In the wake of a marketing campaign, the university in Orono has received 14,205 applications for admission this fall, a 17 percent increase over last year.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Madison superintendent quits; resignation effective June 30
Todd LeRoy said the issue is ‘leadership style’ at School Administrative District 59 and not related to the Madison Paper Industries mill closing, slated for May.
Education, shared missions open up opportunities
Partnerships among organizations with shared educational missions are crucial to offer new high quality education to many different groups of people in Maine, Greg Fahy writes.
Augusta parents say suspension from school, athletics for smoking too severe, ineffective
School policy now requires the same discipline for cigarette smoking as for heroin use.
Home-schooling community gets ready for 3-day conference
The annual gathering will begin Thursday in Rockport.
Legislative committee votes to phase in new graduation standards
Legislators say proficiency requirements in a 2012 law are too stringent for many students – and schools.
Arianna Huffington to speak at Colby College commencement
The co-founder and editor-in-chief of the liberal news site Huffington Post will also be given an honorary degree at Colby’s commencement.
Tutoring program builds community at Carrabec schools
A new partnership between SAD 74’s AmeriCorps program and the Literacy Volunteers of Franklin and Somerset Counties is bringing high school, middle school and elementary students together to learn to read.
Bangor High School senior wins $150,000 in national science talent competition
Paige Brown, 17, is working on developing a cost-effective filter to remove phosphate from stormwater systems.
Central Maine high schools set stage for Maine Drama Festival competition
Actors and technical crews from Waterville, Winslow, Lawrence and Maine Central Institute say they are working in theater arts to learn skills, enjoy camaraderie.