The University of Maine at Augusta has been without a permanent president since Allyson Handley left in 2014 to take a job in California after more than six years in Augusta.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Federal ‘college scorecard’ gives students, parents new tools
The recently launched website contains detailed information about schools, including graduates’ earnings and loan debt.
Crossing the college finish line to close the skilled workers gap
America is facing a shortage of college graduates. That notion probably doesn’t seem all that plausible to college grads who are underemployed or unemployed, yet the shortage is real. The U.S. can expect a shortfall of 11 million skilled workers over the next 10 years, according to a recent study by Georgetown University’s Center on […]
Upper Kennebec Valley Memorial High shows it’s Beating the Odds
The Bingham-based high school was ranked 175th out of 500 nationally by Newsweek for its efforts to send low-income students to college.
Fall enrollment in UMaine System down overall, but out-of-state numbers up
Higher-tuition students now make up 30 percent of the student body at the flagship campus.
New standardized test results for Maine public schools are in, but they reveal little
Scores were down last year, but because the Smarter Balanced test was only used once, comparisons with results from other years are largely meaningless.
Waterville High School teachers, staff interviewed in Reiter probe
AOS 92 Superintendent Eric Haley won’t release details of the letter that officially put the high school principal on paid administrative leave Sept. 1.
China Middle School students pedal ahead in class
Two bike desks, installed in a math classroom last year, have been a hit with students who say getting some exercise in the classroom helps them focus.
‘Making is knowing’: How true knowledge happens when we’re engaged
At the start of each school year I find myself asking, “What is the one thing I want my students to walk away with from my classes if they learn nothing else?” Certainly, there are learning outcomes each class needs to achieve, but I often wonder what larger context my teaching might offer. This year […]
U.S. News & World Report ranks Bowdoin No. 4 among liberal arts colleges
Bates and Colby also crack the top 25 in the annual ranking.