Absent teachers risk costing American schools $4 billion a year

Low starting pay, burdensome student loans, attrition and a smaller teacher pipeline have exacerbated absences.

Overwhelmed educators have ‘nothing left’ for kids in understaffed schools

Schools across the state are struggling with a shortage of personnel. Some districts — like Lewiston — say they’ve nearly had to close at times.

Opinion: Celebrate teachers’ extraordinary contributions

We are not "just" teachers.

Tennessee lawmakers pass bill to allow armed teachers, a year after deadly Nashville shooting

Members of the public who oppose the bill harangued Republican lawmakers after the vote, leading House Speaker Cameron Sexton to order the galleries cleared.

Opinion: Here’s something we can do about the crisis in Maine public schools

Inadequate pay is fueling the decline in education professions. These two bills will help turn that around.

Maine launches $1 million ad campaign to attract teachers amid shortage

The initiative is funded with pandemic relief money and quantifies for the first time the number of educator vacancies in Maine: over 850.

Deal reached to end teachers strike in Massachusetts town

Classes in Andover, Mass. have been canceled since Thursday.

Farmington area schools face increase in homeschooled students

During his superintendent's report on Tuesday, Oct. 10, Superintendent Christian Elkington engaged in a discussion with the board over staff and student retention.

UMF receives grant funding for GEAR UP

Maine's congressional delegation announced on Tuesday, Sept. 26, that $4 million would be allocated annually to the GEAR UP program, which has helped prepare Maine students for postsecondary education since 1998.

Farmington-based school district struggles to find applicants for key positions