Bates students worry about decreasing diversity if affirmative action is overturned

They say their schools would lose an important tool for giving opportunities to marginalized groups and bringing people from different backgrounds together.

Classes to resume today at Maranacook Community Middle and High Schools after threat suspect identified

Classes were canceled for Monday after a threatening text message prompted officials to close the high school and middle school campus on Halloween.

13 Maine school districts receiving total of $13 million for 34 electric buses

Wells-Ogunquit is receiving the most funding – $4.3 million – to purchase 11 electric buses and replace most of its fleet of diesel buses.

Maine students’ math and reading scores plummet during pandemic

The first comprehensive look at how the nation's students are faring after two years of pandemic learning shows decades of academic progress erased – in Maine and nationwide.

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Harpswell charter school set to close after commissioners shoot down renewal bid

The Maine Charter School Commission narrowly rejected Harpswell Coastal Academy's charter renewal application Tuesday afternoon, ending the school's months-long fight for survival.

Supreme Court ruling on religious schools has broader impact in Maine

A special exception in state law already allows the use of taxpayer funds to send students to private schools, extending the reach of the Supreme Court’s decision.

Oxford’s schoolhouse makes Most Endangered Historic Places list

The 1857 building on Pigeon Hill closed in 1940.

Board of Buxton school district votes against removing book from library

Parents who mounted a challenge to keeping the book, "Gender Queer: A Memoir," on the shelves of the Bonny Eagle High School library failed to convince the board to remove the book on gender and sexuality

Skowhegan early learning center gets $1.6 million boost

Sam Hight, who heads a committee leading the fundraising effort for the center, announced that it will be built at the new $75 million elementary school for Maine School Administrative District 54, to be constructed at the site of the Margaret Chase Smith School off Heselton Street.