Projections show 131 districts could lose money next year, with Portland hit the hardest, leading to calls for the state to increase its education spending.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Winslow contemplates closing outdated junior high school
A committee is floating a proposal to move students out of the building with seventh and eighth grades going to the high school and sixth grade going to the elementary school within the next two years.
‘Non-Traditional’ students are now the norm at colleges, universities
Non-traditional students are now the majority of students in college classrooms and it is important for everyone involved in education to sort through the implications of this trend, Greg Fahy writes.
Travis Mills keynote speaker at Thomas College Diversity Conference
The daylong event at the Waterville college, ‘Disability: Understanding and Overcoming Obstacles,’ also included discussions of ADA law, brain injuries and learning styles.
Capt. Richard Phillips to deliver commencement speech
His daughter was enrolled as an art major at Castleton University in Vermont when he was kidnapped by Somali pirates.
USM followed contract when it laid off faculty members in 2014, arbitrator rules
Of the 26 layoffs, only one did not follow the contract, the arbitrator says, ordering the university to pay for that person’s lost wages and benefits.
Augusta looking to add nurses at public schools, superintendent says
James Anastasio described that effort and others during an Augusta school board workshop on the 2016-2017 budget.
80-year-old man returns to UMA to finish degree
George Van Deventer is taking a history course with the same professor he had for history in the 1980s.
Maranacook Middle School students in Readfield learn about the dangers of drugs
Students listened and took part in presentations from law enforcement and health professionals during Healthy Decisions Day.
Unexpected special education costs prompt RSU 9 budget freeze
Since the start of the school year, nine RSU 9 students have been placed out of district for special education, five more students than the school budgeted for.