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Berwick-area district shuffling students, moving 8th graders to high school to avoid overcrowding

BERWICK, Maine — Maine School Administrative District 60 will look very different next year, as the district School Board voted Thursday to rearrange the school ...

Bill would clarify rules on double dipping by state workers

AUGUSTA, Maine — A Maine state senator has proposed changing the rules that restrict educators and other state workers from collecting retirement benefits at the ...

Maine charter school panel seeking public feedback

AUGUSTA, Maine — The newly formed Maine State Charter School Commission is taking to the road to hear the public’s ideas on what they want ...

Maine community college president to stay at job

FAIRFIELD, Maine — The president of Maine’s Kennebec Valley Community College in Fairfield is going to be staying on. President Barbara Woodlee announced her retirement ...
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    Joyce Hedlund, center, seen here leading delegates from South Korea through Eastern Maine Community College, will retire after a 43-year in education that includes 25 years in Maine's community college system.

    Community college advocate Joyce Hedlund stepping down after 25 years

    POLL QUESTION
    Glenburn School physical education teacher Heidi Thayer plays the jump rope game with kindergarteners and first graders. Glenburn joined with Veazie and Orono during the school consolidation process.

    School consolidation: money saver or total failure?

    University of Maine marine science professor Lee Karp-Boss (sitting, right) explains part of the scientific research behind the 2 1/2-year Tara Oceans Expedition to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (sitting, second from right) and his wife, Yoo (Ban) Soon-taek (sitting, left). Sitting next to the secretary general's wife is French fashion designer Agnes B., the owner of the Tara and a financial contributor to its research.

    UMaine researchers help lead 81,000-nautical-mile scientific ocean expedition

    SAD 27 board supports Wallagrass Elementary School library with $25,000 recommendation

    WALLAGRASS, Maine — The SAD 27 board of directors demonstrated ...

    Lewiston seniors who fail to graduate miss an average of half of school days

    LEWISTON, Maine — The list of students not in school ...
    Edward Little High School students from left, Caroline Snowe, 17, Alex Stratton, 17, and Derek Caron, 18, work on assignments during the "EL PM" credit recovery program that helps students graduate on time.

    Edward Little tackles graduation rates, one student at a time

    Machias Memorial High School, honor roll

    Second quarter honor roll Seniors, high honors: William Baker; honors: ...

    Superintendent: Is it time to close Schenck High School?

    EAST MILLINOCKET, Maine — The school system’s enrollment has fallen ...

    Husson seeking approval for Portland campus

    PORTLAND, Maine — Bangor-based Husson University wants to boost its ...
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    Dr. James H. Page, current principal and chief executive officer of James W. Sewall Co., speaks at a press conference at the University of Southern Maine in Portland Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, during which he was named the next chancellor of the University of Maine System by trustee chairman Michelle Hood.

    Old Town CEO James Page to serve as UMaine System chancellor

    Mia Burgess, left, shows Rebecca Noone something on her iPad in Susan Lemeshow's kindergarten class at Sherwood Heights Elementary School on Wednesday.

    Report says giving iPads to Auburn kindergartners increases test scores

    EDUCATION
    Portland Public Schools Superintendent James Morse addresses the media Thursday alongside Kate Snyder, chairwoman of the Portland Board of Education, in October 2011.

    Portland, Sanford schools awarded $9M in grants; critics say money comes with baggage

    Bangor High School honor roll

    Second quarter honor roll Grade 12, highest honors: Jade Baumrind, ...

    Veazie aims to hold school district withdrawal vote on March 27, same day as Glenburn

    VEAZIE, Maine — The Town Council is expected to accept ...

    Sumner Memorial High School honor roll

    Sumner Memorial High School, Sullivan Second quarter honor roll Seniors, ...
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