Early Saturday, police in riot gear cleared an encampment on the campus of Northeastern University in Boston while several dozen students shouted and booed at them from a distance, but the scene ...
The protest kicked off a day of drama at the Paris Institute of Political Studies, known as Sciences Po.
The announcement after 2 days of exhaustive negotiations comes as Columbia's president faces harsh criticism from faculty.
One of the demands of anti-war protestors on college campuses is for their schools to divest their endowments from companies that are profiting from Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza.
On Wednesday about 60 tents remained at the encampment, which appeared calm, with students going in and out.
When complete, the new campus is expected to host about 5,000 students in East Deering at the site of the former B&M Baked Beans factory.
https://www.pressherald.com/2024/04/23/city-reviews-designs-for-new-roux-institute-campus/
Schools struggle with where to draw the line between allowing free expression while maintaining safe and inclusive campuses.
UMaine schools are part of a national trend where acceptance offers are made to select students who never officially applied. So far, nearly 300 students who received the UMaine offers have enrol...
Districts such as Scarborough and others in southern Maine – where residents have balked at tax hikes – have few alternatives when they need to fund large construction projects.
A graduate student was hit by a van driven by a university employee while walking Friday on the Orono campus.
The Biden administration finalized sweeping Title IX rules barring discrimination against transgender students and ordering a new system for sexual assault claims.
The broadest forgiveness category would help borrowers who owe more than they originally borrowed because of runaway interest.
The program is possible because of a $10 million gift from an anonymous donor, the Waterville college said.
The Education Department announced the latest round of cancellations Friday in an update on the progress of its SAVE Plan.
The bill still needs to pass a second round of votes in both chambers and be approved for funding by the Legislature's appropriations committee before going to Gov. Janet Mills.
Consumer Reports is calling for the removal of Lunchables from school trays.
The eight-week class is run by ReVision Energy and funded by a Maine Department of Labor grant.
The spending plan, which would require a 6.6% increase in the schools portion of the tax rate, still needs to be passed by the City Council and voters.
https://www.pressherald.com/2024/04/09/portland-school-board-discusses-school-budget/
The state expects to have a critical need of teachers in health, special education, computer science, music, social studies, early childhood, art, English, English as a second language, science a...
The university system started partnering with Parking Revenue Recovery Services in July. Many students say they have been ticketed when they haven't violated any rules, and that appeals go unhear...
A video feed from a balloon drifting 90,000 feet above Maine will show the shadow pass over Earth as if seeing the eclipse from the vantage point of the moon.
Once thought of as a pop culture phenomenon, the Maine author is now studied by academics and aspiring writers.
The plan would expand federal student loan relief to new yet-targeted categories of borrowers through the Higher Education Act.
Roberta Lucas had come under scrutiny this year because the agency has been failing to meet its legal obligations to provide disability services to young children.
https://www.pressherald.com/2024/04/05/maines-director-of-child-development-services-retires/
The school board's finance committee on Monday voted to add 17 positions that were originally slated to be cut back into the budget for a cost of $1.3 million.
The spending plan reinstates about 17 positions that had been slated for elimination in the original proposal while maintaining the proposed 6.85% tax increase.
The amount lower-income students are paying at elite institutions has been declining over the past 6 years, but some school officials are worried the climbing costs will put off some students fro...
Topsham Police Chief Marc Hagan said in a statement Tuesday that 20-year-old Qingyang Zhan, of California, took her own life Sunday morning.
https://www.pressherald.com/2024/04/02/bowdoin-college-student-death-ruled-suicide-by-police/
The proposed spending plan cuts fewer positions but maintains the 6.85% tax increase under Superintendent Ryan Scallon's $161 million proposal through cost savings and by tapping into reserves.
For 90 years, a book about the soul after death was bound in human skin. Now, Harvard has removed the binding and apologized for its handling of the book.
Authorities are awaiting autopsy results on Qingyang Zhan, a 20-year-old junior whose body was found in a parking lot in Topsham early Sunday. Police say there is no threat to the public.
Career and technical education center directors say statewide increased enrollment in programs is positive, but some are concerned about staffing and space limitations.
A bill pending in the Legislature would require schools to educate and provide services for 3- and 4-year-olds. Some districts are showing the way.
The $161 million plan, which includes $2 million in cuts but would also raise taxes, leaves the City Council and the school board in a difficult position.
https://www.pressherald.com/2024/03/28/portland-city-councilors-share-thoughts-on-school-budget/
Superintendent Ryan Scallon's proposed $161 million budget would eliminate nearly 30 positions. The City Council ultimately has to sign off on the budget before sending it to voters this summer.
The suit stems from the state's decision last year to not count an Advance Placement course on Afridan American Studies toward state credit.
Augusta area schools will start school after Labor Day, but snow days could possibly run school into the week of Juneteenth.
Students applying for college have been left in limbo this year as they await the Education Department’s overhaul of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
Julia Gagnon, who won the Hallowell-based singing competition last summer, will appear on the next episode of the national TV show, which airs Sunday at 8 p.m.
The bill would transfer some of the responsibility for providing disability services to young kids onto individual school districts within 4 years – a timeline that some worry is too quick.
About 25 parents and educators ask the district board to preserve positions in a $161 million budget that would eliminate nearly 30 positions and raise the schools' portion of the tax bill 6.85%.
Baxter Academy's fledgling team wins a state championship in its first few months with help from a 16-year-old from Angola who learned to play while living at the Portland Expo.
The eclipse can be viewed from the vantage point of high-altitude balloons on April 8 on YouTube.
Michele Figueira had sued the York School Department last summer, alleging officials created a hostile work environment in which she was discriminated against for being gay. The terms of the sett...
Fourth-year students at the University of New England and Tufts University's Maine Track program at Maine Med learn where they will complete their medical residencies and in what specialities.
The union is demanding wage increases for the 165 employees currently working under a contract that expired in July 2023.
The arrangement with Norway Police Department was suspended in February, and the former school resource officer is banned from the building.
Scott Tombleson said he plans to leave the district at the end of the school year.
https://www.pressherald.com/2024/03/13/south-portland-high-school-principal-announces-resignation/
The cause of the early morning fire at the York County school is being investigated.
Their concerns focus on cuts to employees who work directly with students and to programs that support the district's marginalized populations.