Category Archives: News Clips

These news clips are provided as a courtesy and are not a complete compilation of Maine education news. If you think an article should be added to this page, please send us the link using the Maine DOE Newsroom “Contact us” page.

• 5/23/12: More pertussis in Skowhegan area, Portland Press Herald
• 5/23/12: CNA major earns Student of the Year at Region 9, Sun Journal
• 5/23/12: SAD 58 voters pass budget by 2-1 margin, Sun Journal
• 5/22/12: Hannaford fund donates $246,000 to 690 Maine schools, Portland Press Herald
• 5/22/12: Morrill schoolchildren cheer former student in Afghanistan, Bangor Daily
• 5/22/12: Old Town middle school class helps write song to benefit Make-A-Wish, Bangor Daily
• 5/22/12: Gov. LePage signs anti-bullying bill into law, Kennebec Journal
• 5/22/12: Augusta school population expected to grow, Kennebec Journal
• 5/22/12: Anti-bullying, concussion prevention bills await LePage decision, Kennebec Journal
• 5/22/12: Auburn school budget passes in recount Monday, Sun Journal
• 5/22/12: Longley inching toward year-round school, Sun Journal
• 5/21/12: State takes away grant to Auburn schools, for now, Sun Journal
• 5/21/12: The charter school path to teacher quality, Bangor Daily
• 5/21/12: Portland tackles childhood obesity with four school fitness courses, Bangor Daily
• 5/21/12: Midcoast school boards to decide on proposal for revamping high school, postsecondary education in region, Bangor Daily
• 5/21/12: ACLU objects to Maine single-gender classrooms, Portland Press Herald
• 5/21/12: Anti-bullying, concussion bills advance in Maine, Kennebec Journal
• 5/20/12: Monmouth searches for answers should it leave RSU 2, Kennebec Journal
• 5/20/12: Lewiston High School gains reaccreditation, Sun Journal
• 5/20/12: Newport school officials to decide whether to renovate or replace buildings, Bangor Daily
• 5/19/12: Whooping cough spreads in SAD 54, Morning Sentinel
• 5/19/12: Maine education bills gain final passage, Kennebec Journal
• 5/19/12: Group of RSU 20 parents looking to add more local foods to school district’s menu, Bangor Daily
• 5/19/12: Auburn parents get college counseling at kindergarten registration, Bangor Daily
• 5/18/12: Jenkins aims to create online charter school, Sun Journal
• 5/18/12: SAD 52 residents speak out about failed budget, Sun Journal
• 5/18/12: RSU 67 attorney stands behind superintendent in labor complaint, Bangor Daily
• 5/18/12: Oxford Hills Comprehensive High students hear dangers of drunk, distracted driving, Sun Journal
• 5/18/12: JOSEPH REISERT: Education: Not a privilege or right but personal responsibility, Kennebec Journal
• 5/18/12: Groups looking to start charter schools in Maine share plans with state, Bangor Daily
• 5/18/12: Proficiency-based diploma bill passed, Morning Sentinel
• 5/18/12: Education bills gain final passage, Kennebec Journal
• 5/18/12: New charter school applications more than state expected, Kennebec Journal
• 5/17/12: Study: Millions of students chronically absent , Kennebec Journal
• 5/17/12: Four more apply for Maine charter school licenses, Kennebec Journal
• 5/17/12: SAD 59 budget passes; suggested changes fail, Sun Journal
• 5/17/12: Paris middle school students to help clean Androscoggin River May 22, Sun Journal
• 5/17/12: PHOTO: Traveling art in Lewiston, Sun Journal
• 5/17/12: Rockport high school students talk to younger kids about pressure to use drugs, alcohol, Bangor Daily
• 5/17/12: Mock accident provides wake-up call to Bucksport students, Bangor Daily
• 5/17/12: Brewer school board to hold workshop Monday on upcoming superintendent referendum, Bangor Daily
• 5/17/12: Legislature approves bill to crack down on bullying in schools, Bangor Daily
• 5/17/2012: Baby eagles have captured the eyes of Waterville students, WABI-TV 5
• 5/17/2012:  SAD 44 proposed budget moves to vote, SJ
• 5/17/2012:  Dixfield woman proud to have earned her degree, SJ
• 5/17/2012:  Clock ticking for Mt. Blue Blue employees, MS
• 5/17/2012:  RSU 4 will keep school bus operation, KJ
• 5/17/2012:  Bonny Eagle to dedicate theater in honor of professor who succumbed to Alzheimer’s, BDN
• 5/17/2012:  Brownville children celebrate school’s new nature trail, BDN
• 5/17/2012:  Lincoln superintendent accused of intimidating union members, BDN
• 5/17/2012:  Midcoast school boards to gather over proposal for regionalized high school campus, BDN
• 5/17/2012:  Camden-Rockport school seeks more iPads after kindergartners see education gains, BDN
• 5/17/2012:  University of Maine at Presque Isle, Maine School of Science and Mathematics unveil new partnership, BDN
• 5/16/12:Student builds garden table for veterans,SJ
• 5/16/12:RSU 10 adopts coordinated calendar,SJ
• 5/16/12:RSU 16 budget passes even though two towns reject it,SJ
• 5/16/12:Lewiston students like healthier lunches,SJ
• 5/16/12:Freeport-Pownal-Durham teachers to vote next week on contract, The Forecaster
• 5/16/12:Hampden students raise funds for school building in Guatemala,BDN
• 5/16/12:School budgets approved by voters in three Maine communities,PPH
• 5/16/12:Five groups apply to open Maine charter schools,PPH
• 5/16/12:Forum introduces one finalist for Portland superintendent’s post,PPH
• 5/16/12:Mother allegedly drunk picking up child at school,PPH
• 5/16/12: SAD 54 to talk bond of safety concerns,MS
• 5/16/12: Messalonskee music teacher earns award from state,KJ
• 5/15/12: First grade teacher to retire, Sun Journal
• 5/15/12: School budget warrants signed, high school class trips approved, Sun Journal
• 5/15/12: RSU 73 board seeks feedback on failed building project, Sun Journal
• 5/15/12: RSU 73 board approves contract to align pay for employees in same positions, Sun Journal
• 5/15/12: Cape Cod Hill School students create school banner, Sun Journal
• 5/15/12: RSU 16 board gives Wilhelm one-year contract, Sun Journal
• 5/15/12: Deer Isle-Stonington school makes dramatic turnaround, Bangor Daily
• 5/14/12: Directors add money to budget for accreditation dues, Sun Journal
• 5/14/12: St. George mulls next step in fight over school control, Bangor Daily
• 5/13/12: Sudden departures of RSU 16′s leaders leaves lingering questions, Sun Journal
• 5/14/2012:RSU 2 language program goes to town meeting,KJ
• 5/11/12: Maine 8th-graders improve but most still fall short on NAEP science test, Bangor Daily
• 5/11/12: Mt. Blue students reinvent the windmill, win recognition for it, Sun Journal
• 5/11/12:  J. Roy: Vote ‘no’ on school budget, Sun Journal
• 5/11/12: Our View: Portland should support school spending hike, Portland Press Herald
• 5/11/12: Whooping cough found in Skowhegan schools, Morning Sentinel
• 5/11/12: Cony students: Ban cigarette butt litter, Kennebec Journal
• 5/10/12: Principal, tech leader leaving Cape Elizabeth, The Forecaster
• 5/10/12: LePage ‘forgot’ he has met with education association, Kennebec Journal
• 5/10/12: Scarborough voters asked to ‘correct’ school spending, The Forecaster
• 5/10/12: South Portland voters get nearly $40M school budget, The Forecaster
• 5/10/12: Renovation, construction begins at South Portland High School, The Forecaster
• 5/10/12: U.S. history enthusiast to retire from teaching, Sun Journal
• 5/10/12: PHOTO: Famous scarecrows, Sun Journal
• 5/10/12: Trespasser triggers lockdown of Scarborough High School, Bangor Daily
• 5/10/12: Bath Middle School 7th-grader charged after bomb threat, Bangor Daily
• 5/10/12: Limestone’s Maine School of Science and Mathematics ranked 38th in nation by US News & World Report, Bangor Daily
• 5/10/12:  ‘This little black box can kill you’, SJ
• 5/10/12:  Oxford Hills civil rights team student’s efforts recognized at Sea Dogs game, SJ
• 5/10/12:  SAD 44 board adopts a $10 million school budget proposal, SJ
• 5/10/12:  Auburn school budget passes on recount, SJ
• 5/10/12:  SAD 52 school budget defeated, SJ
• 5/10/12:  State board members go to Auburn schools to learn about technology, SJ
• 5/10/12:  Auburn school budget passes by 5 votes, SJ
• 5/10/12:  ‘Bully’ making its Maine debut, PPH
• 5/10/12:  ‘Bully’ hits close to home, MS
• 5/10/12:  Student transportation, tower on board agenda, KJ
• 5/10/12:  Panel:  Let go of word ‘bully,’ focus on respect, KJ
• 5/10/12:  Richmond High students hit the beach for unique lesson, KJ
• 5/10/12:  Auburn voters tie on passage of school budget, BDN
• 5/10/12:  Bucksport-area towns face bigger school budget, BDN
• 5/10/12:  Surprise ceremony at Bangor hospital honors University of Maine civil engineering graduate with cancer, BDN
• 5/9/12:School officials expect education budget to increase tax rate by $1 in Mexico,SJ
• 5/9/12:‘Grim Reaper’ visits Mountain Valley High School,SJ
• 5/9/12:Oxford Hills civil rights team student’s efforts recognized at Sea Dogs game, SJ
• 5/9/12:Schools key to fighting America’s obesity, report says,MS
• 5/9/12:Program funding method sent to SAD 53 voters,
• 5/9/12:Madison students win big at wind contest,MS
• 5/9/12:Student transportation, tower on board agenda,KJ
• 5/9/12:Council to hear students’ anti-smoking ideas,KJ
• 5/8/12: Pay raises help increase Portland’s school budget, Portland Press Herald
• 5/8/12: Messalonskee robotics team has strong showing, Morning Sentinel
• 5/8/12: Tax hike would cover languages, nurses, Kennebec Journal
• 5/8/12: Tech center director calling it quits, Kennebec Journal
• 5/8/12: Portland school chief’s retiring secretary will be hard to replace, The Forecaster
• 5/8/12: Teacher-led model thrives at Portland’s Reiche school, The Forecaster
• 5/8/12: Oxford Hills school board OKs proposal to increase budget, Sun Journal
• 5/8/12: RSU 73 budget goes up $96,682, Sun Journal
• 5/8/12: Mechanic Falls seeks review of school-funding formula, Sun Journal
• 5/8/12: More than $700,000 in cuts proposed to Portland school budget, Bangor Daily
• 5/8/12: 12 Ellsworth-area towns to vote on 2 percent increase in RSU 24 budget, Bangor Daily
• 5/8/12:Sanford School Committee votes to stop using Redskins as a team name,KJ
• 5/7/12: Another View: Portland schools, newspaper wrong on laptop filtering, Portland Press Herald
• 5/7/12:Addition, renovation to Jay high school goes to vote,SJ
• 5/7/12:Norway manager in ‘shock’ over town’s share of school budget,SJ
• 5/7/12:Auburn school budget referendum set for Tuesday at Auburn Hall,SJ
• 5/7/12:South Portland marks start of high school renovation project,PPH
• 5/7/2012:MCI student seeks 1,000 shoes for charity,KJ
• 5/7/2012:Key education legislation still awaiting actionKJ
• 5/6/12:Island educator ready to set sail after four decades,BDN
• 5/5/12:Students examine effects of Vietnam War,KJ
• 5/5/12:SAT Saturday for most area juniors,KJ
• 5/4/12: Cornville charter school officials optimistic, Morning Sentinel
• 5/4/12: STILL LIFE: Students set salmon free, Morning Sentinel
• 5/4/12: Private contractor will run RSU 4 buses, Kennebec Journal
• 5/4/12: Winthrop school board endorses $10.2M budget, Kennebec Journal
• 5/4/12: Charter school awaits state acceptance, Kennebec Journal
• 5/4/12: Much loved Woodstock Elementary School secretary to retire, Sun Journal
• 5/4/12: Hartford selectmen discuss education expenses, Sun Journal
• 5/4/12: Farmington students take to the woods to learn sustainable living skills, Sun Journal
• 5/4/12: Rangeley school board moves $3.4 million budget to town meeting vote, Sun Journal
• 5/4/12: RSU 4 directors adopt budget, agree to privatized school busing, Sun Journal
• 5/3/12: South Portland High School renovation begins Monday, The Forecaster
• 5/3/12: Google likes Cape student’s doodle, The Forecaster
• 5/3/12: S.P. robotics team earns quarterfinals, The Forecaster
• 5/3/12: Scarborough council approves $69M budget, sends school spending to voters, The Forecaster
• 5/3/12: School budget cuts please South Portland City Council, The Forecaster
• 5/3/12: Bath council, frustrated with school funding change, gets how-to on withdrawal from RSU 1, The Forcaster
• 5/3/12: Madison voters pull SAD 59 budget through approval, Morning Sentinel
• 5/3/12: Rockport school ends boys-only class, Kennebec Journal
• 5/3/12: Lewiston-Auburn students rally against online bullies, Sun Journal
• 5/3/12: Few L-A families take advantage of health services at schools, Sun Journal
• 5/3/12: Lewiston elementary school students recognized in a big way at Night of the Stars, Sun Journal
• 5/3/12: Education in a continual flux — corrective steps, Bangor Daily
• 5/3/12: St. George loses bid to keep eighth-grade students in town, Bangor Daily
• 5/3/12: Ellsworth-area residents push for RSU withdrawal, Bangor Daily
• 5/3/12: Legislative funding allows Maine Military Authority to refurbish 30 school buses, Bangor Daily
• 5/3/2012:  Teacher plans ghostly flashlight experiment, PDS
• 5/3/2012:  Oxford Hills students work to stop driving tragedies, SJ
• 5/3/2012:  Senior Project will Assist Future Trail Users, SJ
• 5/3/2012:  Residents pass secondary, adult education 2012-13 budgets, SJ
• 5/3/2012:  Madison voters pull SAD 69 budget through approval, MS
• 5/3/2012:  Waterville students build better lunchbox, MS
• 5/3/2012:  Maine ranks 12th in nation for number of male teachers, BDN
• 5/3/2012:  Need work? Maine community colleges recruit students for machinist jobs, BDN
• 5/3/2012:  Portland crash simulation more powerful for students in aftermath of real teen arrest, BDN
• 5/2/12:Porter challenges Campbell for SAD 51 seat in Cumberland; 3 incumbent councilors uncontested,The Forecaster
• 5/2/12:Freeport budget includes 2% hike in property taxes, The Forecaster
• 5/2/12:Resident requests school board reconsider continuing accreditation process, SJ
• 5/2/12:Commission accepting charter school proposals,MS
• 5/2/12:Mt. Blue jobs on the line,MS
• 5/2/12:$51.5 million Augusta budget goes to public, KJ
• 5/2/12:Girl, 13, found ‘not responsible’ in bathroom fire,KJ
• 5/1/12: Portland school budget moves toward council OK, The Forecaster
• 5/1/12: Grants expand after-school programs in Portland, Biddeford public schools, The Forecaster
• 5/1/12: OUR OPINION: Blocking filter limits access on students’ laptops, Kennebec Journal
• 5/1/12: Maranacook senior nails big scholarship, Kennebec Journal
• 5/1/12: Madison student on Maine board, Kennebec Journal
• 5/1/12: M. Keim: Breakfast for students a good idea, Sun Journal
• 5/1/12: Dirigo Middle School students heading to Hadlock Field, Sun Journal
• 5/1/12: PHOTOS: Scarecrow contest, Sun Journal
• 5/1/12: RSU 10 OKs proposed budget hike of 1 percent, Sun Journal
• 5/1/12: Region 9 vocational budget vote Wednesday; adult ed vote, too, Sun Journal
• 5/1/12: Gray-New Gloucester offers IB program, Sun Journal
• 5/1/12: Oak Hill teachers spoof video to promote SATs, Sun Journal
• 4/30/12: First grader receives “magical” room makeover, Sun Journal
• 4/30/12: St. George to make pitch to keep eighth-graders, Bangor Daily
• 4/30/12: Veazie, Glenburn school district withdrawal committees to hold first meetings, Bangor Daily
• 4/30/12: Maine education commissioner disbands federally mandated panel, Bangor Daily

These news clips are provided as a courtesy and are not a complete compilation of Maine education news. If you think an article should be added to this page, please send us the link using the Maine DOE Newsroom “Contact us” page.

• 4/30/12:Positive behavior of students at Meroby Elementary earns live rock band visit,SJ
• 4/30/12:SAD 17 lunch, milk prices rising,SJ
• 4/28/12:Students, parents support RSU 9 custodians,SJ
• 4/29/12: SAD 58 approves $9.5 million budget, nixes moving adult ed programs to RSU 9, SJ
• 4/30/12:RSU 9 school board accepts $28.9 million budget,SJ
• 4/29/12: Lisbon High School student wins logo design contest for 2012 Moxie Festival,BDN
• 4/30/12:Portland high schools take byte out of laptop use at home, PPH
• 4/30/12: Conference highlights students’ skills, MS
• 4/28/12: Conference highlights students’ skills, KJ
• 4/30/12:RSU 2 might cut budget $1.5M, with union aid, KJ
• 4/27/12: RSU 39 vote OKs plan for schools, Kennebec Journal
• 4/27/12: Auburn students launch strategy to fight cyberbullies, Sun Journal
• 4/27/12: RSU 4 sets calendar for 2012-2013, Sun Journal
• 4/27/12: RSU 4 directors postpone budget vote, reconsider private school busing, Sun Journal
• 4/26/12: Brunswick school repairs fail to keep pace with problems, The Forecaster
• 4/26/12: Is Portland High haunted? ‘Ghost Hunters’ affiliates and teens plan investigation, Bangor Daily
• 4/26/12: Education, energy top discussions for LePage at Newport town hall meeting, Bangor Daily
• 4/26/12: Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium to host teacher workshop, Bangor Daily
• 4/26/2012:   Maine teachers to get ‘financial literacy’ how-tos, KJ
• 4/26/2012:   SAD 58 board faces tough questions on budget, SJ
• 4/26/2012:   Computer driving simulation program teaches MVHS students dangers of texting, OUI, SJ
• 4/26/2012:   Portland committee calls for cuts to school budget, PPH
• 4/26/2012:   Change steers students to healthier food choices, PPH
• 4/26/2012:   Starks to join Mt. Blue district, MS
• 4/26/2012:   What makes schools better?  MS
• 4/26/2012:   Rockland arts and education center to close, BDN
• 4/26/2012:   UMaine students chasing down two scientific balloons launched from Pittsfield, BDN
• 4/26/2012:   RSU 26 board arranges withdrawal talks with Glenburn, Veazie, BDN
• 4/25/2012: Traip students share Utah trip experiences, Portsmouth Herald
• 4/24/12:Free breakfast offered to all Auburn students, SJ
• 4/24/12:Portland High School mentoring program marks 20 years of changing lives, The Forecaster
• 4/24/12:Portland school budget proposal gets chilly reaction from City Council, The forecaster
• 4/25/12:Falmouth schools may accept out-of-town students, The Forecaster
• 4/25/12: RSU 1 changes cost-sharing formula; Bath tax hike may climb to 5.7%, The Forecaster
• 4/25/12: Police raid drinking party; 12 teens summoned,SJ
• 4/24/12: RSU 10 cuts nearly $900K from proposed budget,SJ
• 4/24/12: Buckfield school hosting workshop on gardens, SJ
• 4/24/12:Oxford Hills educator named top special education administrator, SJ
• 4/25/12:RSU 10 board approves teacher retirements, student trips, SJ
• 4/25/12: Oxford Hills prepares for new teacher evaluations, SJ
• 4/25/12:Nine RSU 9 towns accept Starks into district, SJ
• 4/25/12: Lewiston schools to have new chief academic officer, SJ
• 4/25/12:Award-winning Lewiston teacher to move to ELL program , SJ
• 4/24/12: New RSU 20 superintendent selected, BDN
• 4/25/12:Starks to join Mt. Blue school district, MS
• 4/25/12:Ex-student sues Maine Job Corps over dismissal KJ
• 4/24/2012: RSU 16 budget vote set for May 1, SJ
• 4/23/2012: Messalonskee robotics team in national competition, MPBN News
• 4/23/2012: Superintendent expects more layoffs at Howland-area schools, BDN
• 4/23/2012: Veazie council appoints school district withdrawal committee members, BDN
• 4/24/2012: Westbrook city surplus could erase school debt, KJ
• 4/23/2012:Maine Department of Education official to receive national award, SJ
• 4/22/2012: Tough childhood led student to home surf to home of her own, SJ
• 4/22/2012: New Beginnings helps youth get off the streets, SJ
• 4/23/2012: Schools work to help young homeless students,SJ
• 4/23/2012: Homeless students, young and on their own, SJ
• 4/23/2012: Portland school budget goes to City Council tonight, PPH
• 4/23/2012:Monmouth debates whether to stay in RSU 2, KJ
• 4/20/12: RSU 73 budget could prompt increase in taxes, Sun Journal
• 4/20/12: RSU 9 budget increases from debt, fuel, Sun Journal
• 4/20/12: School board requests more information on positions, Sun Journal
• 4/20/12: Hearing on high school addition, renovation project Tuesday, Sun Journal
• 4/19/12: Brunswick parents lobby for tax increase to avoid school budget cuts, The Forecaster
• 4/19/12: Teacher of the Year semi-finalists from Poland and Leavitt get rave reviews, Sun Journal
• 4/19/12: Two teens accused of vandalizing Kents Hill school buses, Bangor Daily
• 4/19/2012:  Oxford Hills tech students plan harvest and sawmill demonstration April 21, SJ
• 4/19/2012:  RSU 73 board considers fewer credits for graduation, SJ
• 4/19/2012:  MSAD 52 budget referendum set for May 8, SJ
• 4/19/2012:  Scholarships available for special ed teachers, SJ
• 4/19/2012:  For-profit colleges on hot seat for ad spending, PPH
• 4/19/2012:  Board approves RSU 19 contract, MS
• 4/19/2012:  Quimby still open after SAD 13 vote, MS
• 4/19/2012:  Conflicting deadlines for Starks students, MS
• 4/19/2012:  Vandals damage buses, police say, KJ
• 4/19/2012:  Youth leadership seminar seeks nominees, BDN
• 4/19/2012:  UMF to stage mock OUI accident, BDN
• 4/19/2012:  Waldo County school district plans to cut teachers, French program, BDN
• 4/19/2012:  Not reading science, doing science: Maine students try new program, BDN
• 4/19/2012:  Police investigate former maintenance director of Hermon School Department, BDN
• 4/17/12: Students will be tested for alcohol at Yarmouth High School prom, The Forecaster
• 4/18/12: Teacher enters plea to ‘threatening remark’,SJ
• 4/18/12: Gilead residents approve $229,931 school budget, SJ
• 4/18/12: Oxford Hills tech students plan harvest and sawmill demonstration April 21,SJ
• 4/18/12: Young author touts pranks to bring family together, SJ
• 4/18/12: Turner, Poland teachers among semifinalists for Maine Teacher of the Year, SJ
• 4/17/12: RSU 13 chair running for Thomaston Board of Selectman, BDN
• 4/17/13: Ellsworth, Lamoine and Hancock residents to vote on RSU 24 withdrawal, BDN
• 4/17/12: Hermon Middle School teacher under investigation, BDN
• 4/17/12: State board backs integrated education, work force development proposal, BDN
• 4/18/12: Councilors say Portland school budget seeks too much, PPH
• 4/18/12: Starks votes to join Mt. Blue RSU, MS
• 4/18/12: St. Michael principal planning to step down, KJ
• 4/18/12: Ga. handcuff case renews school policing debate , KJ
• 4/17/12: Five Teacher of the Year semifinalists selected, Portland Press Herald
• 4/17/12: Students keep focus on distracted driving, Kennebec Journal
• 4/17/12: Freeport teacher pleads not guilty on alleged gun remark, Kennebec Journal
• 4/17/12: Eighth-grader takes bag issue to council, Kennebec Journal
• 4/17/12: SAD 51 budget could raise taxes nearly 8% in Cumberland, North Yarmouth, The Forecaster
• 4/17/12: Search for new Portland school chief yields nearly 160 applicants, The Forecaster
• 4/17/12: Portland schools explore new paths to graduation, The Forecaster
• 4/17/12: Portland City Council to receive $95M school spending plan, The Forecaster
• 4/16/12: SAD 74 dancers have moment in spotlight, Morning Sentinel
• 4/16/12: Teacher evaluation bill based on total fallacy, Kennebec Journal
• 4/15/12: Waterville grad helped by kickstarter, Morning Sentinel
• 4/15/12: Privatized busing divides residents, Kennebec Journal
• 4/15/12: Maine reading scores drop despite above-average education spending, rise in national scores, Bangor Daily
• 4/15/12: Privatizing school buses causes ‘great deal of contention’ in RSU 4, Portland Press Herald
• 4/14/12: RSU 12 shuffles schools, Kennebec Journal
• 4/14/12: Education, taxes and generosity, Sun Journal
• 4/14/12: Governor signs teacher evaluation plan in Maine, Sun Journal
• 4/14/12: Students dream of a better world, clean up school grounds, Sun Journal
• 4/13/12: Portland schools to present $94.9M budget to council, Portland Press Herald
• 4/13/12: Students clean up Bangor Waterfront, Bangor Daily
• 4/13/12: LePage signs teacher evaluation plan into law, Kennebec Journal
• 4/13/12: Maine tribes urge high school to change nickname, Morning Sentinel
• 4/13/12: Sixth-grade English teacher ready for adventures, Sun Journal
• 4/13/12: SAD 58 budget cut by 5 percent, Sun Journal
• 4/13/12: RSU 4 board narrowly votes to privatize busing, layoff 22 drivers, Sun Journal
• 4/12/12: Raccoon forces lockdown of Pittsfield school, Sun Journal
• 4/12/12: Telstar teens say friends and sports keep them in school, Sun Journal
• 4/12/12: Former Allagash worker brings beauty, prose to Telstar middle schoolers, Sun Journal
• 4/12/12: Students plant seeds for community garden, Sun Journal
• 4/12/12: Scarborough residents speak out for proposed school budget, The Forecaster
• 4/12/12: Despite calls for cuts, South Portland School Board won’t budge on budget, The Forecaster
• 4/12/12: MDI superintendent chosen for Mass. position, Bangor Daily
• 4/12/12: Yarn bombing snarls Bangor school into international movement, Bangor Daily
• 4/12/2012:   Paris school library dedicates section to former teacher, poet, SJ
• 4/12/2012:   SAD 44 faces possible job reductions, SJ
• 4/12/2012:   Auburn school budget passed, SJ
• 4/12/2012:   RSU 16 proposed budget up 3.69 percent, SJ
• 4/12/2012:   Former Allagash worker brings beauty, prose to Telstar middle schoolers, SJ
• 4/12/2012:   Falmouth weighs spending increase, PPH
• 4/12/2012:   Mt. Blue school taxes to rise, MS
• 4/12/2012:   Loan for school boiler up for revote in Fayette, KJ
• 4/12/2012:   Pingree tours Educare facility in Waterville during visit, KJ
• 4/12/2012:   YMCA eyes former Waldoboro school for new facility, BDN
• 4/12/2012:   Androscoggin County Jail cutting adult education classes to meet budget, BDN
• 4/12/2012:   Art event planned to raise money for downtown Presque Isle cultural center, BDN
• 4/12/2012:   RSU 26 chairwoman resigns, says school district should split, BDN
• 4/11/12: RSU 9 budget unveiled; Starks merger plan explained,SJ
• 4/11/12: Proposed RSU 73 budget up, staff cuts on table,SJ
• 4/11/12: SAD 58 sets budget sessions as contingency,SJ
• 4/11/12: RSU 1 seeks new legal opinion on cost-sharing formula, The Forecaster
• 4/11/12:It’s elementary: On-site child care a hit at Falmouth school, The Forecaster
• 4/10/12: Maine School of Science and Mathematics tops Bangor for Class A, overall state math meet titles, BDN
• 4/10/12: Forecaster Forum: Close North Yarmouth Memorial School? Not so fast, The Forecaster
• 4/10/12: Letter: RSU 5 teachers are being ignored, The Forecaster
• 4/10/12: Rogers appointed principal at Lyman Moore school, The Forecaster
• 4/10/12: Eight Teacher of the Year nominees named, Portland Press Herald
• 4/10/12: Maine switch: High school diploma based on proficiency, Portland Press Herald
• 4/10/12: Carrabec H.S. project teaching students how to reduce energy use, Morning Sentinel
• 4/10/12: RSU 10 to eliminate 30 positions, Sun Journal
• 4/10/12: Children’s literature fan to retire from Sumner school, Sun Journal
• 4/10/12: RSU 73 proposed budget to be unveiled, Sun Journal
• 4/10/12: Hearing set on adding Starks to RSU 9, Sun Journal
• 4/10/12: Spruce Mountain robotics team raises funds to compete, Sun Journal
• 4/10/12: Students develop learning plans, Sun Journal
• 4/10/12: School grandparents make a difference, Sun Journal
• 4/10/12: RSU 16 superintendent resigns, Sun Journal
• 4/10/12: Lewiston adult ed director says no more wait lists for classes, Sun Journal
• 4/10/12: Lewiston committee approves school budget, sends to council, Sun Journal
• 4/10/12: Western Maine school district, RSU 10, to cut 30 positions, Bangor Daily
• 4/10/12: Teacher evaluation bill awaits LePage’s OK, Bangor Daily
• 4/9/12: Success story: School grandparents making a difference,SJ
• 4/9/12: Hard times thwarting efforts by students to travel abroad, KJ
• 4/9/12: MMTC studentscompete in June, KJ
• 4/8/12: Maine students to help in charitable-housing work, PPH
• 4/8/12: Art, math combine in project, KJ
• 4/8/12: Children with autism finding success, KJ
• 4/8/12: Seniors, students share bonds, KJ
• 4/7/12: $8.9 million high school budget approved on MDI, BDN
• 4/6/12: Senate approves standards-based education bill that was rejected by House, Bangor Daily
• 4/6/12: Public invited to comment on Lewiston school budget Monday, Sun Journal
• 4/6/12: Principals choose Hutchinson, Ventrella to receive awards, Sun Journal
• 4/6/12: RSU 10 looks to cut $1.7 million from budget, Sun Journal
• 4/6/12: Strong students learn geography with giant map, Sun Journal
• 4/6/12: Narrower definition of autism proposed, Portland Press Herald
• 4/6/12: ‘This could cut off some of the students’, Portland Press Herald
• 4/6/12: Westbrook restores 9 school jobs, Portland Press Herald
• 4/6/12: Proposed RSU 18 budget would mean $1.1M increase, Kennebec Journal
• 4/6/12: Monmouth selectmen shave budget, worry over school costs, Kennebec Journal
• 4/5/12: Revisions reduce proposed Scarborough school spending, The Forecaster
• 4/5/12: City Council wants deeper budget cuts in South Portland, The Forecaster
• 4/5/12: Schools revamp suffers setback, Kennebec Journal
• 4/5/12: LePage suffers override of his school-funding veto, Kennebec Journal
• 4/5/12: Potter heading to RSU 19, Kennebec Journal
• 4/5/12: SAD 58 taxpayers facing $1M increase, Sun Journal
• 4/5/12: Auburn school budget gets support during hearing, Sun Journal
• 4/5/12: Auburn approves teacher contract; kitchen worker talks stalled, Sun Journal
• 4/5/2012:   19 Crescent Park School fifth-grade students now trained in life-saving skills, SJ
• 4/5/2012:   Region 9 board approves vocationa, adult education budgets, SJ
• 4/5/2012:   Students get fly-tying lesson, SJ
• 4/5/2012:   Lewiston students cater to the community, SJ
• 4/5/2012:   Overhaul of schools stalls out in House, PPH
• 4/5/2012:   Education bill fails in House, MS
• 4/5/2012:   RSU 2 wants to hear from voters on closing budget gap, KJ
• 4/5/2012:   Schools revamp suffers setback, KJ
• 4/5/2012:   Megan M. Perry receves principal’s award, BDN
• 4/5/2012:   Two Maine students receive national writing award, will be celebrated at Carnegie Hall, BDN
• 4/5/2012:   Hebron Academy Holds First Ever Career Connection Seminars, BDN
• 4/5/2012:   Mass. school committee says MDI superintendent a strong candidate for top job, BDN
• 4/5/2012:   House rejects standards-based education bill after lengthy debate, BDN
• 4/4/12: Towns vote to close Livermore Falls high school,SJ
• 4/4/12: Livermore Falls woman appointed to RSU 73 board,SJ
• 4/4/12: Socialite Brooke Astor’s will includes Maine students, PPH
• 4/4/12: SAD 53 has ‘hit the cliff’, WS
• 4/4/12: Jobs for Maine Graduates students choose five charities for donations, KJ
• 4/4/12: Winthrop town officials get first look at budget, KJ
• 4/3/12: South Portland board OKs school contract, Portland Press Herald
• 4/3/12: SAD 54 budget up 4.3 percent, Morning Sentinel
• 4/3/12: OPINION: Standards-based education up for vote this week, Kennebec Journal
• 4/3/12: RSU 4 workshop on budget tonight, Kennebec Journal
• 4/2/12: OPINION: Maine needs to slow down on education reform, Kennebec Journal
• 4/2/12: Auburn school budget hearing Wednesday, SJ
• 4/2/12: RSU 11 budget may be flat, possibly cut, KJ
• 4/2/12: More classes, more choices for Mt. View students, MS
• 4/1/12: New wind turbine at Rockport high school now producing energy, BDN
• 4/1/12: Schools use ‘Zeroes Aren’t Permitted’ program in attempt to stem student failure, BDN
• 3/31/12: Bath students create H20 ice cream with local companies to help fund clean water, BDN
• 3/31/12: York teen wins Maine’s geography bee for second year in row, BDN
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• 3/30/12: 3% school budget hike goes to Cape Elizabeth council, The Forecaster
• 3/30/12: South Portland School Board opts for 2.2% budget increase, The Forecaster
• 3/30/12: South Portland students take aim at robotics championship in St. Louis, The Forecaster
• 3/30/12: Add AP classes, sports to possible Brunswick school budget cuts, The Forecaster
• 3/30/12: School voucher bill awaits Maine Senate vote, Kennebec Journal
• 3/30/12: 13-year-old girl faces arson, mischief charges, Kennebec Journal
• 3/30/12: 400 evacuated from Wilton schools after bomb threat, Sun Journal
• 3/30/12: Auburn councilor: Too little spent on education, Sun Journal
• 3/30/12: Governor’s religious school funding bill rejected by House, Bangor Daily
• 3/30/12: Maine teachers describe how standards-based education really works, Bangor Daily
• 3/29/2012:  Underage drinking topic of community meeting, SJ
• 3/29/2012:  Rangeley School Board gets update on alternative education, SJ
• 3/29/2012:  School seniors sponsoring prom dress show, sale, SJ
• 3/29/2012:  Mt. Blue school addition, renovation project moving along, SJ
• 3/29/2012:  Popular teacher, 26, killed in crash, PPH
• 3/29/2012:  School board approves tax increase, KJ
• 3/29/2012:  Schools notebooks:  High school learning models considered in Portland, Greely frosh takes top science prize, BDN
• 3/29/2012:  MDI superintendent hits budget snag at Mass. job interview, BDN
• 3/29/2012:  Work begins on expanding Elm Street School in East Machias, BDN
• 3/29/2012:  Monticello fundraiser assists hearing-impaired student, BDN
• 3/29/2012:  After deciding what to cut, RSU 26 now struggling with decisions on what to save, BDN
• 3/29/2012:  Gay tolerance T-shirt on Brunswick classroom wall triggers wider conversation, BDN
• 3/28/12: RSU 5 budget includes tax hikes for Freeport, Durham, Pownal, The Forecaster
• 3/28/12: Peru selectmen want school budget cut, SJ
• 3/28/12: Andover school stays open for 2012-13, SJ
• 3/28/12:Questions raised at school-closing hearing in Livermore Falls, SJ
• 3/28/12: Request presented for Strong to study withdrawal from SAD 58, SJ
• 3/28/12: E. Millinocket gets first Sudden and Severe Impact payment after LePage controversy, BDN
• 3/28/12: MDI superintendent hits budget snag at Mass. job interview, BDN
• 3/28/12: Voters in Veazie, Glenburn favor secession from school district,BDN
• 3/27/12: SAT, ACT tests to require photo IDs to curb cheating, Morning Sentinel
• 3/27/12: VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Feds still have role in improving graduation rate, Kennebec Journal
• 3/27/12: Nine seek position as RSU 13 superintendent, Bangor Daily
• 3/27/12: Proposed Rockland area school budget calls for cutting 26 jobs, Bangor Daily
• 3/27/12: MDI school superintendent a contender in Massachusetts as field narrows, Bangor Daily
• 3/27/12: Letter: Silence on standards isn’t golden for Maine school boards, The Forecaster
• 3/27/12: Letter: SAD 51 needs to hear from North Yarmouth, The Forecaster
• 3/27/12: SAD 51 seeks input on fate of North Yarmouth school, The Forecaster
• 3/27/12: Pre-kindergarten slots among possible cuts in Bath-area school budget, The Forcaster
• 3/27/12: RSU 10 budget drops assistant principal position, Sun Journal
• 3/26/12: Brewer High jazz ensemble scores big at Berklee Jazz Festival, BDN
• 3/26/12: Student choice at center of proficiency-based learning, KJ
• 3/26/12: Maine students travel around the world in 33 feet, KJ
• 3/26/12: Rushed or cautious? ,KJ
• 3/25/12: Brewer children caught with stolen school laptop, BDN
• 3/25/12: No bomb in Belgrade Central School, KJ
• 3/25/12: A transformation for teachers,KJ
• 3/24/12:Strong woman named adult education director for RSU 73 , SJ
• 3/23/12: Maine students compete in poetry event, Portland Press Herald
• 3/23/12: Smiles for Life gives local students a brighter smile, Morning Sentinel
• 3/23/12: Merged RSU 18 pacts win approval; all staff covered, Morning Sentinel
• 3/23/12: Skowhegan Savings opens new branch in high school, Morning Sentinel
• 3/23/12: JOSEPH REISERT: Education bills would help schools compete for ‘customers’, Kennebec Journal
• 3/23/12: Winthrop Grade School remembers Mr. G with spelling bee, Kennebec Journal
• 3/23/12: Special ed instructors plead for students, Kennebec Journal
• 3/23/12: Panel OKs educator evaluation legislation, Kennebec Journal
• 3/23/12: Fair provides students financial crash course, Kennebec Journal
• 3/23/12: Special school district withdrawal committee to meet Tuesday in Byron, Sun Journal
• 3/23/12: Andover selectmen to meet today on school issue, Sun Journal
• 3/23/12: Region 9 board sends budget to voters, Sun Journal
• 3/23/12: RSU 73 board sends $5.3 million building project to voters, Sun Journal
• 3/23/12: Tickets on sale for Price Is Right, Sun Journal
• 3/23/12: Auburn elementary school students drum to a different beat, Sun Journal
• 3/23/12: Bill to allow public funds for religious schools rejected, school choice put on hold, Bangor Daily
• 3/23/12: Maine school lunch program says no to ‘pink slime’, Bangor Daily
• 3/22/12:  Committee approves system for evaluating Maine’s teachers, BDN
• 3/21/12: Andover voters OK talks with SAD 44 to keep school open, Sun Journal
• 3/21/12: Fan of high school students to retire, Sun Journal
• 3/21/12: Leaking pipe cancels school in Woodstock, Sun Journal
• 3/21/12: Students learn of various occupations during Career Day, Sun Journal
• 3/21/12: Schools seek to merge Waterford, Harrison elementaries, Sun Journal
• 3/21/12: Livermore Falls to appoint school director, Sun Journal
• 3/21/12: Community center blooms in former West Harpswell School, The Forecaster
• 3/21/12: Falmouth school budget calls for nearly 12% increase, The Forecaster
• 3/21/12: Aspire Higher event to highlight seniors, college process, Sun Journal
• 3/21/12: Lisbon glimpses school and town budget hikes, Sun Journal
• 3/21/12: RSU 18 seeing $1.7M less in outside funds, Morning Sentinel
• 3/21/12: Board passes school budget, Morning Sentinel
• 3/21/12: Standards-based grading caused problems at Hall-Dale, Kennebec Journal
• 3/21/12: Panel may vote today on educator review bill, Kennebec Journal
• 3/21/12: Augusta public hearing on school budget, Kennebec Journal
• 3/21/12: Charter school hearings set for Presque Isle, Machias, Kennebec Journal
• 3/20/12: Career PATHS: Portland tech school pushes for more students, The Forecaster
• 3/20/12: Brush fire chars ground near middle school in Paris, Sun Journal
• 3/19/12: Pupils study all things Canadian, SJ
• 3/20/12: Leaking pipe cancels school in Woodstock, SJ
• 3/20/12: Aspire Higher event to highlight seniors, college process, SJ
• 3/20/12:Schools seek to merge Waterford, Harrison elementaries SJ
• 3/19/12: Education panel amends bill requiring schools to sync calendars, BDN
• 3/20/12:Cuts squeeze English classes,PPH
• 3/20/12: Closed schools seeking new tenants, PPH
• 3/20/12: Board passes school budget, MS
• 3/20/12:Charter school hearings set for Presque Isle, Machias, KJ
• 3/18/2012: Lee Academy speaker tells Maine educators how to recruit Chinese exchange students, BDN
• 3/19/2012:Technology education bill could affect potato harvest breaks at schools in Aroostook, BDN
• 3/18/2012: LePage discusses school reforms in radio address, PPH
• 3/18/2012: As gas prices increase, schools take hard look at transportation costs, KJ
• 3/18/2012: Spelling Bee turns into endurance test, KJ
• 3/19/2012: Commission hears desire for online charter schools, KJ
• 3/16/2012: Westbrook to shutter elementary school, Portland Press Herald
• 3/16/2012: School budget cut worries CATC, Kennebec Journal
• 3/16/2012: LePage school choice proposals divisive, Kennebec Journal
• 3/16/2012: Greely Middle School principal wins state award, Kennebec Journal
• 3/16/2012:  College not for everyone, LePage tells youths, Kennebec Journal
• 3/16/2012:  PTO head: Brunswick school budget gets it wrong, The Forecaster
• 3/16/2012:  Brunswick Junior High School students test well, face budget cuts, The Forecaster
• 3/16/2012:  LePage presses for education improvement, Boston Globe
• 3/16/2012:  Testimony divided on LePage education bills, Sun Journal 
• 3/16/2012:  SAD 44 board dealing with air quality, new grading system, Andover school, Sun Journal
• 3/16/2012:  Nurse, teacher to retire, Sun Journal 
• 3/16/2012:  Pingree wants ‘pink slime’ banned from school cafeteria food, Bangor Daily
• 3/16/2012:  Warren to vote on demolishing old school, Bangor Daily
• 3/16/2012:  Peru, Dixfield consider withdrawing from RSU 10, Bangor Daily
• 3/16/2012:  Some schools planning to drop ‘pink slime’ meat, Bangor Daily
• 3/16/2012:  School choice, public money for private religious schools draw public to hearings, Bangor Daily
• 3/15/2012:  Teachers wary of evaluation bill, MS
• 3/15/2012:  Rangeley School Board OKs Quebec trip for 8th grade, SJ
• 3/15/2012:  Starks closer to leaving school district, joining Mt. Blue, SJ
• 3/15/2012:  RSU 10 panel to study school building changes, SJ
• 3/15/2012:  Petitions seek withdrawal from RSU 10, SJ
• 3/15/2012:  RSU 18 fundraiser exceeds goal, MS
• 3/15/2012:  LePage tells students to keep their options open, MS
• 3/15/2012:  Teacher evaluations: Differences about appealing dismissals key, KJ
• 3/15/2012:  Island school namesd after author, BDN
• 3/15/2012:  Debate over the fate of an Old Milbridge schoolhouse winds up in court, BDN
• 3/15/2012:  State Charter School Commission – Public Input Session, BDN
• 3/15/2012:  LePage’s teacher evaluation bill hits Legislature to mixed reviews, BDN
• 3/15/2012:  Waterville school cuts ribbon on wood pellet heater that wll save $94,000 a year, BDN
• 3/15/2012:  Belfast, Searsport area school board mulling radical plan to address $2.2 million shortfall, BDN
• 3/14/2012: Portland school budget elicits little initial public response, The Forecaster
• 3/14/2012: Byron voters say no to RSU 10 withdrawal until options known, SJ
• 3/14/2012: Lewiston School Committee opposes LePage’s school choice bills, SJ
• 3/14/2012: RSU 3 merges bus runs, MS
• 3/14/2012: SAD 59 workers get new contract, MS
• 3/13/12: Portland students talk revolution with Egyptian activist, Forecaster
• 3/13/12: Newly accredited Quaker school creates ‘culture of joyful learning’, Forecaster 
• 3/13/12: School costs may require tax increase in Falmouth, Portland Press Herald
• 3/13/12: RSU 3 returns to single bus run system, Morning Sentinel
• 3/13/12: MAINE COMPASS: Education reform bill’s essence is to make it easier to fire teachers, Kennebec Journal
• 3/13/12: OUR OPINION: Education reform too vital to rush through, Kennebec Journal
• 3/13/12: Crowd backs separate Mountain Valley, Dirigo high schools, Sun Journal 
• 3/13/12: Oxford Hills schedules budget meetings, Sun Journal
• 3/13/12: Research Night displays everything from Picasso to artillery, Sun Journal
• 3/13/12: Correction: SAD 58 budget hike, Sun Journal 
• 3/13/12: Poland says no to plowing school properties, Sun Journal
• 3/13/12: More programs, new teaching methods, requested for Lewiston Middle School, Sun Journal 
• 3/13/12: Bangor Chinese School expanding into southern Maine, Bangor Daily
• 3/13/12: Belfast-area school district, teachers heading to arbitration after 2 1/2 years without a contract, Bangor Daily
• 3/13/12: RSU 13 seeks input on superintendent search, Bangor Daily
• 3/13/12: Veazie residents at hearing favor exploring bid to get out of school district, Bangor Daily
• 3/12/2012: Students create wearable art,KJ
• 3/12/12: Lewiston student uses committee seat to ask ‘why?’, SJ
• 3/12/12:Education committee to hold public hearings on LePage’s controversial reform bills, BDN
• 3/11/12:More schools mine China for students,PPH
• 3/11/12:Students put to the test: Build the best outhouse, PPH
• 3/11/12:Athens debates relationship with SAD 59, MS
• 3/11/12: Program lengthens road time for buses, KJ
• 3/11/12: New head of RSU 38 selected,KJ
• 3/11/12: Skowhegan earns regional drama title; Winthrop also wins, KJ
• 3/10/12: Region 9 school to explore alternative fuels, SJ
• 3/9/2012:  Our View: Rating agency made wrong call on ‘Bully’, Portland Press Herald
• 3/9/2012:  Athens Elementary briefly locked down, Morning Sentinel
• 3/9/2012:  Man who hit boy while passing school bus indicted, Kennebec Journal
• 3/9/2012:  Byron voters to decide whether to withdraw from RSU 10, Sun Journal
• 3/9/2012:  Region 9 looking at hikes in budgets, Sun Journal
• 3/9/2012:  RSU 73 board gets updates on building disposition, addition talks, Sun Journal
• 3/9/2012:  Maine experts agree with national report that says high school isn’t ‘tough enough’, Bangor Daily
• 3/9/2012:  Berwick-area school officials defend students’ use of laptops, Bangor Daily
• 3/9/2012:  Lewiston man faces 3 charges in connection with passing school bus, hitting child, Bangor Daily
• 3/9/2012:  Glenburn residents offer no support for staying in regional school unit, Bangor Daily
• 3/9/2012:  Bucksport manager says draft school budget includes $553,000 increase, Bangor Daily
• 3/9/2012:  One in five US high school students now smokes, report says, Bangor Daily
• 3/8/2012:  Study:  Many Maine high schools have junk food ads, KJ
• 3/8/2012:  Children’s author teaches story writing, SJ
• 3/8/2012:  Oxford Hills School District locks in electric rate for three years, SJ
• 3/8/2012:  Hartford-Sumner students focus on Canada, SJ
• 3/8/2012:  Auburn school budget proposal up 4.6 percent, SJ
• 3/8/2012:  Lewiston school budget would add 18 staffers, programs to help students graduate, SJ
• 3/8/2012:  Athens weighs school district issue, MS
• 3/8/2012:  Ex-teacher sentenced in child porn, KJ
• 3/8/2012:  Updated:  Superintendent Morse’s $94.9M Portland school budget proposal, BDN
• 3/8/2012:  Frankfort residents set to vote on school district secession, BDN
• 3/8/2012:  RSU 12 receives positive financial audit following two years in the red, BDN
• 3/8/2012:  Washington Academy students help rear endangered North Atlantic salmon, BDN
• 3/8/2012:  Teachers union, Dems accuse LePage of stifling debate around his education plans, BDN
• 3/8/2012:  Former Monmouth teacher pleads guilty to child porn charge, BDN 
• 3/7/12:RSU 13 seeks input for superintendent search, VS
• 3/6/2012: Diversity Days broadens students’ horizons, SJ
• 3/7/12:SAD 44 seeking bids to replace high school sound system, SJ
• 3/7/2012: History day projects show Poland students’ research, SJ
• 3/6/12: Washington Academy students help rear endangered North Atlantic salmon,BDN
• 3/7/12: FBI investigates powder found in envelope at Fort Kent school, BDN
• 3/7/12 : $94.9 million school budget proposed in Portland, PPH
• 3/6/2012: Panel favors closing North Yarmouth school, Morning Sentinel
• 3/6/2012: Report: Minority students face harsher punishments , Morning Sentinel
• 3/6/2012: RSU 3 board to vote on combining bus runs, Morning Sentinel
• 3/6/2012: Palmyra voters to consider community center funding, school sale, Morning Sentinel
• 3/6/2012: Charter school officials studying, Morning Sentinel
• 3/6/2012: MAINE COMPASS: Anti-bullying bill would help curb threats, violence children fear, Kennebec Journal
• 3/6/2012:  Maine charter school commission sets deadline, Associated Press
• 3/6/2012: D. Brule: School closing heartbreaking, Sun Journal 
• 3/6/2012: David Sirota: Santorum snobbish on higher education, Sun Journal 
• 3/6/2012: Portland’s State of the Schools: Progress has been made, but buildings aging fast, Bangor Daily
• 3/6/2012: Brewer High School moving to block scheduling system, Bangor Daily
• 03/05/2012: Afghan student at Kents Hill; program aims to bring lessons back home,KJ
• 03/05/2012:Charter school efforts pick up speed, KJ
• 03/04/2012: Student turns love of fishing into school project, MS
• 03/03/2012: Olympian comes to Rumford elementary, SJ
• 03/03/2012: Minot elects write-in to school board, SJ
• 03/03/2012: MDI schoolchildren reading a minute for every mile in Iditarod, BDN
• 03/03/2012: Teachers pay more these days to supply classrooms, KJ
• 03/03/2012: Winslow High School senior awarded $20,000 scholarship, KJ
• 03/03/2012: Health insurance changes likely for school employees, KJ
• 03/03/2012: Students tested in ‘quiz’, KJ
• 3/2/2012: Local control of education should top state control, Kennebec Journal
• 3/2/2012: RSU 12 office will not move to Chelsea school, Kennebec Journal
• 3/2/2012: A. Feeley: Standards-based education works, Sun Journal
• 3/2/2012: Mountain Valley parents create college savings plans, Sun Journal
• 3/2/2012: Dirigo High gets ready for diversity days, Sun Journal
• 3/2/2012: Oxford Hills schools take one too many snow days, Sun Journal
• 3/2/2012: RSU 16 hires interim superintendent, Sun Journal
• 3/2/2012: Lewiston Christian school closing, Bangor Daily
• 3/2/2012: Milo-area schools get 174 MacBook computers, Bangor Daily
• 3/2/2012: Winslow student receives $20,000 scholarship, Bangor Daily
• 3/1/2012: Proposal seeks to study merging Rumford, Dixfield schools, Sun Journal
• 3/1/2012: High school in Farmington cleared by sprinkler alarm, Sun Journal
• 3/1/2012: Students find rifle in Lincoln high school parking lot, Bangor Daily News
• 3/1/2012: Rockland area residents offer views on education, Bangor Daily News
• 3/1/2012: Bangor children get new science summer camp opportunity with Camp Invention, Bangor Daily News
• 3/1/2012: Our View: Teacher’s summons shows danger of joke, Portland Press Herald

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• 02/29/2012: RSU 10 inks two labor contracts, SJ
• 02/29/2012: Mt. Blue board discusses student behavior problems, SJ
• 02/29/2012: Selectmen, school directors to be elected in Minot, SJ
• 02/29/2012: RSU 16 school officials placed on leave, SJ
• 2/29/2012: Freeport teacher’s comment leads to terrorizing summons,PPH
• 2/28/2012: RSU 10 high school budgets presented, Sun Journal
• 2/28/2012: This week’s agenda, Sun Journal
• 2/28/2012: Lewiston has new assistant school superintendent, Sun Journal 
• 2/28/2012: Lewiston Middle School lacrosse team approved, Sun Journal 
• 2/28/2012: Freeport teacher accused of making threatening remark in class, suspended, Bangor Daily
• 2/27/2012: No state subsidies for religious schools, Kennebec Journal
• 2/27/2012: Teaching security fading for smart young people, Kennebec Journal
• 2/27/2012: Parent-teacher conferences set at OHCHS, Sun Journal
• 2/27/2012: J. Berg: Did consolidation save money?, Sun Journal 
• 2/27/2012: RSU 13 sets forum on future of education in Rockland area, Bangor Daily
• 2/27/2012: Investigators pursuing porn case against former Fort Fairfield school worker, Bangor Daily
• 2/27/2012: Chinese exchange program expands for students, teachers, principals in Maine, Bangor Daily
• 2/27/2012: Portland residents don’t want rural superintendent taking top schools job, Bangor Daily
• 2/27/2012: Obama urges governors to boost education funding, Kennebec Journal
• 2/26/2012: School choice for some causes problems for others, Kennebec Journal
• 2/26/2012: Another View: Anti-bullying bill needed to help students succeed in school, Portland Press Herald
• 2/26/2012: Our View: Bill too free with tax money for private schools, Portland Press Herald
• 2/26/2012: OUR OPINION: School choice part of bill has potential flaws, Kennebec Journal
• 2/25/2012: South Portland school project brings high construction bids, Kennebec Journal
• 2/24/2012: Pen Bay Christian School principal looks ahead to future, Village Soup
• 2/24/2012: Brewer schedules March public hearing on superintendent residency requirement, Bangor Daily
• 2/24/2012: SAD 1 plans to cut six teaching jobs to account for loss of funding, Bangor Daily
• 2/26/2012: Artist focuses on talented youth,KJ
• 2/25/2012:Maine teacher guilty of giving alcohol to teen, SJ
• 2/25/2012: PHOTO: Building Future Leaders,SJ
• 2/25/2012:Lower cost sought in rebuilding South Portland school,PPH
• 2/25/2012: Hall-Dale’s grading system raises questions, KJ
• 2/24/2012:  Free school and community gardening course offered Sun Journal
• 2/24/2012:  Middle school student gets approval to set up gardens Sun Journal
• 2/24/2012:  Former Westbrook teacher, coach gets five days in jail for giving minor alcohol Bangor Daily
• 2/24/2012:  Education, energy hot topics at Madison town hall meeting with LePage Bangor Daily
• 2/23/2012:  PHOTO:  Fiddlin’  around, SJ
• 2/23/2012:  Selectmen updated on proposed school closure, SJ
• 2/23/2012:  Spicing up scientific inquiry, PPH
• 2/23/2012:  Report: Crime at U.S. public schools on the decline, MS
• 2/23/2012:  Thomas College freezes tuition rates, KJ
• 2/23/2012:  Educators asked, how much pain?, KJ 
• 2/22/2012: Selectmen updated on proposed school closure, Sun Journal
• 2/22/2012: RSU 16 seeks towns to plow school grounds, Sun Journal
• 2/22/2012: Lewiston seniors who fail to graduate miss an average of half of school days, Bangor Daily News
• 2/22/2012: Federal judge: Machiasport let principal go due to budget cuts, not abuse, Bangor Daily News
• 2/22/2012: Help keep kids’ school meals healthy, Portland Press Herald
• 2/22/2012: Westbrook school plan would trim net 21 jobs, Portland Press Herald
• 2/22/2012: Restrictions on ‘double dipping’ may be revamped, Kennebec Journal
• 2/21/2012: Palermo candidates differ on school facts, Morning Sentinel
• 2/21/2012:  Maine charter school panel seeking public feedback, Bangor Daily News
• 2/21/2012:  School issues occupy Palermo selectmen candidates, Kennebec Journal
• 2/20/2012:  Area educators running out of places to cut budgets, Kennebec Journal
• 2/20/2012:  At schools already strapped, the vise tightens, Morning Sentinel
• 2/20/2012:  Dirigo student organizes drive for pet supplies, Sun Journal 
• 2/19/2012:  Teachers, students would lose if LePage get his way, Kennebec Journal
• 2/19/2012: Letters to the Editor, Feb. 19, 2012 Attacking MEA gets personal, Portland Press Herald
• 2/19/2012: Farm to School to canvas, Village Soup 
• 2/19/2012: EL PM helps Auburn students get in step to graduate, Sun Journal 
• 2/19/2012:  Helping 150 Lewiston dropouts graduate each year, Sun Journal 
• 2/19/2012:  Poor attendance tied to Lewiston graduation rates, Sun Journal 
• 2/19/2012:  School consolidation: money saver or total failure?, Bangor Daily
• 2/19/2012:  SAD 27 board supports Wallagrass Elementary School library with $25,000 recommendation, Bangor Daily
• 2/19/2012:  Lewiston seniors who fail to graduate miss an average of half of school days, Bangor Daily
• 2/19/2012:  Southern Maine college, middle school students make impacts in Guatemala, Bangor Daily
• 2/19/2012:  Edward Little tackles graduation rates, one student at a time, Bangor Daily
• 2/18/2012: Pain inspires student’s self portrait, Kennebec Journal
• 2/18/2012:  Portland sees cost in LePage’s school proposal, Portland Press Herald
• 2/18/2012:  Auburn signs contract to demolish Great Falls School, Sun Journal 
• 2/18/2012:  ‘It all begins with education’, Village Soup
• 2/18/2012:  Sex offender arrested outside West Bath elementary school, Bangor Daily
• 2/17/2012:  Page selected to run UMaine schools, Kennebec Journal
• 2/17/2012:  New state panel seeks input on charter schools, Kennebec Journal
• 2/17/2012:  Maria Clark Grammar School, Village Soup
• 2/17/2012:  RSU 3 board opts not to expel student caught with alcohol, Village Soup
• 2/17/2012:  RSU 13 invites public to help with five-year plan, Village Soup
• 2/17/2012:  Jay/Livermore Falls system hiring adult education director, Sun Journal
• 2/17/2012:  Starks one step closer to merger with RSU 9, Sun Journal 
• 2/17/2012:  Superintendent: Is it time to close Schenck High School? Bangor Daily
• 2/17/2012:  Camden-Rockport school budget shows slight increase, Bangor Daily
• 2/16/2012:  Superintendents seek details on governor’s education proposal, SJ
• 2/16/2012:  RSU 73 students demonstrate robot’s moves for board, SJ
• 2/16/2012:  Educators coming to Auburn to see iPads in classrooms, SJ
• 2/16/2012:  Auburn report: iPads help kingergartners learn, SJ
• 2/16/2012:  Husson wants to add campus in Portland, PPH
• 2/16/2012:  What will be cut from Augusta schools?  KJ
• 2/16/2012:  Town to give SAD 29 more time to find bus space, BDN
• 2/15/2012: Mountain Valley school district learns of possible state aid boost, Sun Journal
• 2/15/2012: Bethel students get money for Maine books, author visit, Sun Journal
• 2/15/2012: RSU 73 board approves continued work with architectural firm, Sun Journal
• 2/15/2012: School choice lifts ‘tyranny of town line’, Bangor Daily News
• 2/15/2012: Lincoln leaders honor schoolchildren for aid at bus accident, Bangor Daily News
• 2/15/2012: School department issues top Brewer council discussions, Bangor Daily News
• 2/15/2012: Bill would ease withdrawal from consolidated school districts, Bangor Daily News
• 2/15/2012: Two Maine school systems awarded grants, Portland Press Herald
• 2/15/2012: Kennebec Valley Community College now has health-care simulation lab, Kennebec Journal
• 2/15/2012: Boy genius’s book reveals life in college at age 8, Kennebec Journal
• 2/14/2012: Another View: Editorial wrong about LePage’s bills and the teachers union, Portland Press Herald
• 2/14/2012: Maine runs out of time on No Child Left Behind, Portland Press Herald
• 2/14/2012: Westbrook government in consolidation mode, Portland Press Herald
• 2/14/2012: Natural science magnet school unveils solar panels, Morning Sentinel
• 2/14/2012: Pupils urged to ride imagination with reading, Kennebec Journal
• 2/14/2012: Former Auburn Lanes, aid for schools earn responses, Sun Journal
• 2/14/2012: Two expelled from Dixfield high school, Sun Journal
• 2/14/2012: School upgrades, Sun Journal
• 2/14/2012: Solar power project proposed for Poland schools, Sun Journal
• 2/14/2012: Lewiston Middle School may get lacrosse team, Sun Journal
• 2/14/2012: Oxford Hills football coach resigns after allegedly posting nude photo on Facebook, Bangor Daily
• 2/14/2012: Bowen: At least one more year of No Child Left Behind, Bangor Daily
• 2/14/2012: Obama proposes 2.5 percent increase in spending on education, Bangor Daily
• 2/14/2012: Good Will-Hinckley school switches to solar power, Bangor Daily
• 2/13/2012: Homelessness turned EL student into advocate, Sun Journal
• 2/13/2012: Homeless high school student hopes to use his experience to help others, Bangor Daily News
• 2/13/2012: Obama to promote job training at community college, Kennebec Journal
• 2/12/2012: Yarmouth, Vermont students’ robot secures them spot in world championship, Bangor Daily News
• 2/12/2012: Bill Nemitz: With $100,000 gift to schools, a lesson in generosity, Portland Press Herald
• 2/12/2012: Cornville charter school ready for students to come in fall, Kennebec Journal
• 2/12/2012: Public funds possible for religious schools , Kennebec Journal
• 2/11/2012: Study buddies, Portland Press Herald
• 2/11/2012: Kents Hill School opens Akin Learning Center, Village Soup
• 2/10/2012: LePage proposes sweeping education changes, Portland Press Herald
• 2/10/2012: Departing RSU 2 could cost Monmouth money, school, Kennebec Journal
• 2/10/2012: Feds grant 10 states ‘No-child’ waivers, Kennebec Journal
• 2/10/2012: Longtime Mid-Coast School of Technology administrator resigns, Village Soup
• 2/10/2012: RSU 13 budget process struggling due to lost revenue, Village Soup
• 2/10/2012: Pen Bay Christian School student wins county spelling bee, Village Soup
• 2/10/2012: N Maine school receives $5M gift, Boston Globe
• 2/10/2012: RSU 10 gets word of state aid hike, Sun Journal
• 2/10/2012: Livermore Falls high school closure, building addition votes outlined, Sun Journal
• 2/10/2012: Board sells former Wilton Primary School for $50, Sun Journal
• 2/10/2012: Educators react to governor’s plan, Sun Journal
• 2/10/2012: School choice is the wrong choice, Bangor Daily
• 2/10/2012: Forums, survey slated for Portland superintendent search input, Bangor Daily
• 2/10/2012: Frankfort starts exploring secession from school district, Bangor Daily
• 2/10/2012: Glenburn to vote on withdrawal from school district, Bangor Daily
• 2/9/2012:  UMF begins offering degree program at Southen Maine CC campus, SJ
• 2/9/2012:  Test scores mixed for Oxford Hills students, SJ
• 2/9/2012:  Local schools stand to get more state money for education, SJ
• 2/9/2012:  School choice, public funding for religious institutions headline LePage education plan, SJ
• 2/9/2012:  Committee votes to close Prides Corner school, PPH
• 2/9/2012:  Sweeping changes set out for education, PPH
• 2/9/2012:  New rules proposed for schools. MS
• 2/9/2012:  Petition clearned to leave RSU 12, KJ
• 2/9/2012:  Alternative energy ideas given, KJ
• 2/9/2012:  LePage reveals schools’ plans, KJ
• 2/9/2012:  Belfast Area High School expels student for selling drugs, BDN
• 2/9/2012:  Proposed bill would require school boards to get parents involved, BDN
• 2/9/2012:  University of Maine at Presque Isle forges partnership with Chinese university, BDN
• 2/9/2012:  Widow donates $5 million to Northern Maine Community College, BDN
• 2/9/2012:  LePage unveils controversial education proposals, BDN
• 02/08/2012: Patriot’s Pen essays,VS
• 02/08/2012: Essay winners announced in GAMS contest,VS
• 2/08/2012: Belfast Area High School expels student for selling drugs,BDN
• 2/08/2012: Region 9 forestry instructor leaving field in June, SJ
• 02/08/2012: Wiscasset to vote on leaving RSU 12,KJ
• 2/08/2012: LePage proposes sweeping education changes, KJ
• 2/08/2012:Bill seeks parents’ involvement in schools ,KJ
• 2/08/2012:E. Machias school cancels classes for funeral ,KJ
• 2/08/2012: Car hits Kennebunk girl trying to board school bus, KJ
• 2/8/2012: Tax pros in training, KJ
• 2/7/2012:   Rumford Elementary School principal to retire, SJ
• 2/7/2012:   Buckfield students show interest in voc ed, SJ
• 2/7/2012:   Seventh-grader works on plan to raise food for needy people, SJ
• 2/7/2012:   Westbrook board looks at plan to close school, PPH
• 2/7/2012:   Program helps low-income students, KJ
• 2/7/2012:   Maine lawmakers look at bullying in schools, BDN
• 2/7/2012:   Brownville Elementary pupils learn that calling their peers names is not a game, BDN
• 2/7/2012:   Orono group tries to withdraw from school district, becoming third town to do so, BDN
• 2/06/2012: Kindergarten registration, VS
• 2/06/2012: Spruce Mountain students, staff to showcase talent,SJ
• 2/06/2012: Districts win, lose pieces of aid pie, PPH
• 2/04/2012: RSU 21 recognized for healthy eating, Journal Tribune
• 2/04/2012: Expert: Schools can do better, MS
• 2/06/2012: After Starks’ secession, school plan needed, KJ
• 2/05/2012: Grant builds interesting magnet high school,KJ
• 2/05/2012: Plan for Somerville school goes to public,kj
• 2/3/2012: Local schools asked to adopt common schedule for Many Flags, Village Soup
• 2/2/2012: Carrabec elevates the bar, Morning Sentinel
• 2/2/2012:  RSU 73 building committees set first meetings, SJ
• 2/2/2012:  Auburn test scores show improvement, SJ
• 2/2/2012:  Charter school would focus on STEM learning, MS
• 2/2/2012:  Maine students post higher scores in math, reading, MS
• 2/2/2012:  Students improve on math, reading tests, but fall back on writing, KJ
• 2/2/2012:  Portland may benefit directly from next round of federal ‘Race To The Top’ school funding, BDN
• 2/2/2012:  Carrabec High School setting example for rural schools, says federal official, BDN
• 2/2/2012:  Rockport-area school district tackles football in budget talks, BDN
• 2/2/2012:  LePage executive order seeks to expand digital learning options, BDN
• 2/2/2012:  Limestone checking what school would cost if town withdrew from RSU 39, BDN
• 2/2/2012:  School bus driver cleared in Lincoln accident that injured girl,6, BDN
• 02/01/2012: Superintendent Ward’s contract extended by school board in Dixfield, Sun Journal
• 02/01/2012: RSU 73 schools collect used electronics to earn equipment, Sun Journal
• 02/01/2012: School expansions big part of Lewiston’s capital budget plan, Sun Journal
• 02/01/2012: Four students hurt in Farmington crash, Morning Sentinel
• 02/01/2012: Google to help proposed charter school, Kennebec Journal
• 02/01/2012: Calais school rescinds ban against ‘Tebowing’ student, Kennebec Journal

These news clips are provided as a courtesy and are not a complete compilation of Maine education news. If you think an article should be added to this page, please send us the link using the Maine DOE Newsroom “Contact us” page.

• 1/31/2012: Bowen plan for schools changes focus, Bangor Daily News
• 1/31/2012:  Panel suggests how more Maine high school students could access college classes, BDN
• 1/31/2012:  Student trips approved for RSU 10 board in Mexico, SJ
• 1/31/2012:  Oxford Hills School District gets federal job money, SJ
• 1/31/2012:  Telstar students find focus during Career Week, SJ
• 1/31/2012:  Towns have $300,000 plus in credits toward 2012-13 school budget, SJ
• 1/31/2012:  Chocolat! tasty way to earn money for Lewiston Middle School, SJ
• 1/31/2012:  Trends toward school choice could benefit Auburn, consultants tells council, SJ
• 1/31/2012:  Falmouth approves sale of old schools, PPH
• 1/31/2012:  Better school is goal, MS
• 1/31/2012:  SNAPSHOT:  What goes up, KJ
• 1/31/2012:  Math team results for Eastern Maine: Dec. 2, 2011, BDN
• 1/31/2012:  Veazie holds off on passing deed for school to district, superintendent hints at legal action, BDN
• 1/31/2012:  More than a third of students miss school in St. Agatha because of norovirus, BDN
• 1/30/2012: Oxford Hills School District gets federal job money,SJ
• 1/30/2012: Chocolat! tasty way to earn money for Lewiston Middle School,SJ
• 1/29/2012: Veazie, Glenburn residents start ‘difficult-by-design’ school district withdrawal process,BDN
• 1/29/2012: School districts reeling from a cut in federal funding for special ed students,BDN
• 1/29/2012: Plan to reorganize RSU 11 elementary students goes to board, KJ
• 1/27/2012: Obama to outline plan to control rising college costs, Morning Sentinel
• 1/27/2012: RSU 12 board debates tax formula change, Morning Sentinel
• 1/27/2012: Mediation may lead to more even share of SAD 13 tax costs, Morning Sentinel
• 1/27/2012: Mayor, schools chief ask LePage not to cut funds, Kennebec Journal
• 1/27/2012: Superintendent: Moving fifth-graders offers more opportunities, Kennebec Journal
• 1/27/2012: Residents question demolition of historic Thorndike schoolhouse, Village Soup
• 1/27/2012: Gardening course to be offered in Rumford, Sun Journal
• 1/27/2012: Vandalized posters outrage parents, students at Dixfield school, Sun Journal
• 1/27/2012: Rumford man accused of driving drunk to pick up teens at Rumford high school, Sun Journal
• 1/27/2012: Farmington class learns techniques for making composite catamaran, Sun Journal
• 1/27/2012: Subcommittees to be formed for addition, decommissioning schools, Sun Journal
• 1/27/2012: Livermore Falls high school staff to receive $7,294 in grants, Sun Journal
• 1/27/2012: Subcommittees to be formed for addition, decommissioning schools, Sun Journal
• 1/27/2012: New Sharon sixth-grader to participate in world leadership forum, Sun Journal
• 1/27/2012: Lewiston schools hire controller, Sun Journal
• 1/27/2012: Lewiston schools work to fix audit concerns, Sun Journal
• 1/27/2012: Lincoln girl hit by school bus describes accident to police, Bangor Daily
• 1/27/2012: Parents outraged after school name-calling activity leads to obscenities on hallway posters, Bangor Daily
• 1/27/2012: Lawmakers, industry decry ‘backdoor approach’ to limiting potatoes in schools, Bangor Daily
• 1/26/2012:  RSU 9 board learns about dividends from elementary early release days, SJ
• 1/26/2012:  Adult educaton offering new online courses, SJ
• 1/26/2012:  Class to tackle school, community gardens, SJ
• 1/26/2012:  Big gift brings excitement, resonsibility at KVCC, MS
• 1/26/2012:  Mediation may lead to more even sahre of SAD 13 tax costs, MS
• 1/26/2012:  Panel backs overhaul of graduation requirements, KJ
• 1/26/2012:  Principal: Moving fifth graders offers more opportunities, KJ
• 1/26/2012:  School board prepares to cut budget, KJ
• 1/26/2012:  Ocean Avenue Elementary Schools gets $15,000 grant for playground upgrades, BDN
• 1/26/2012:  Voters agree to bail out Howland-area schools to the tune of $1.1 million, BDN
• 1/26/2012:  Rockport considers tearing down parts of old school, BDN
• 1/26/2012:  School choice will make Maine more student-friendly, commissioner says, BDN
• 1/24/2012:Tremont students learn from visiting artists,VS
• 1/24/2012: Howland-area residents voting on $1.1M school bailout loan, BDN
• 1/24/2012: Rockland city panel recommends action on deteriorating, shuttered school,BDN
• 1/25/2012:SAD 58 to consider closing school to cut costs,SJ
• 1/25/2012: Students learn words can hurt,SJ
• 1/24/2012: LePage calls for reform of Maine education system, AP
• 1/25/2012: Anti-bullying bill endorsed,KJ
• 1/25/2012: Panel backs overhaul of graduation requirements,KJ
• 1/23/2012: SAD 40 board meets at Miller School, VS
• 1/23/2012: 6-year-old Lincoln girl struck by bus in stable condition, BDN
• 1/23/2012: Council votes to buy Hampden Academy in exchange for cash, 65 acres, BDN
• 1/23/2012: Alfond gift supports community college, magnet school, SJ
• 1/24/2012: School bus rules outlined in Livermore Falls, SJ
• 1/24/2012: New school director needed to fill vacancy,SJ
• 1/24/2012: Author: Reform failed because schools delivering 1892-style education, SJ
• 1/24/2012: Athens protests student relocation idea, MS
• 1/23/2012:Political Pulse: School choice, State of the State mark busy week for LePage, SJ
• 1/21/2012:Teacher evaluation plan draws concern, KJ
• 1/21/2012: Early budget seeks 4.26 percent tax hike, KJ
• 1/20/2012: Cut state aid if minors don’t attend school, Kennebec Journal
• 1/20/2012: LePage: I will close schools if talks do not move along, Kennebec Journal
• 1/20/2012: Local teacher offers heating oil, life lessons, VillageSoup
• 1/20/2012: Couple sponsor contest to save Andover school, Sun Journal
• 1/20/2012: Board approves Livermore Falls school closure, Sun Journal
• 1/20/2012: Public invited to hear education author in Auburn, Sun Journal
• 1/20/2012: Bullets prompted search of Sullivan school, superintendent says, Bangor Daily
• 1/20/2012: Is Gov. LePage preparing to propose school choice? Bangor Daily
• 1/19/2012: Commissioner Bowen on WGAN radio, WGAN NewsRadio 560 (opens new window)
• 1/19/2012:  UMF campus adopts tobacco-free policy, SJ
• 1/19/2012:  Wilton program provides food totes for schoolchildren, SJ
• 1/19/2012:  State looks at new high school diploma, SJ
• 1/19/2012:  Schools planning French program, PPH
• 1/19/2012:  Nobody hurt on smoky bus, KJ
• 1/19/2012:  Millinocket town, school leaders meet, but possibility of lawsuit remains, BDN
• 1/19/2012:  Colby College fires up new $11M biomass plant, BDN
• 1/19/2012:  Students kept in classrooms as police conduct search of Sullivan school, BDN
• 1/19/2012:  Orono area school board receives list of suggested cuts, BDN
• 1/19/2012:  Magnet school students, Presque Isle business create computer lab at homeless shelter, BDN
• 1/19/2012:  Lincoln girl hit by school bus after being dropped off, BDN
• 1/18/2012: School’s blood drive draws students, community members , SJ
• 1/18/2012: Student believes dress code simple to follow, SJ
• 1/18/2012: Local superintendents praise new state education plan, Sun Journal
• 1/18/2012: Falmouth picks plan for school sites, Portland Press Herald
• 1/18/2012: Colby students spread love of science, Morning Sentinel
• 1/18/2012: Proposal urges more flexibility in education, KJ
• 1/17/2012: Maine education commissioner releases strategic plan, WCSH-6
• 1/17/2012: Education Commissioner Unveils Ambitious Plan to Overhaul K-12 Schools, WABI TV-5
• 1/17/2012: Maine unveils plan for education improvements, Portland Press Herald
• 1/16/2012: SAD 59 hopes to remedy loss, Morning Sentinel
• 1/16/2012: RSU 12 to discuss cost-sharing plan, Kennebec Journal
• 1/16/2012: Paris school might burn wood waste in future, Sun Journal
• 1/14/2012: Don’t forget adult ed, Bangor Daily
• 1/14/2012: TV workshop offered for Portland school kids, Bangor Daily
• 1/13/2012: Early education and security, Bangor Daily
• 1/13/2012: Historic, but vacant, Nathan Clifford School drawing interest from potential buyers, Bangor Daily
• 1/13/2012: Millinocket council, school leaders to meet Jan. 17, Bangor Daily
• 1/13/2012: OUR OPINION: Expulsion doesn’t have to mean end of kid’s education, Kennebec Journal
• 1/13/2012: 5th-grade question at issue, Kennebec Journal
• 1/13/2012: ‘It would be very unpleasant to have kids on the buses right now’, Kennebec Journal
• 1/13/2012: Maine students cheer marriage proposal at assembly,  Boston Globe
• 1/13/2012: College financial aid program set in Dixfield, Sun Journal
• 1/13/2012: Telstar High students help with renovations at Bethel Historical Society, Sun Journal
• 1/13/2012: Longfellow School students take the initiative to battle back playground erosion Bangor Daily
• 1/13/2012: Whitefield-area school district may change what towns pay, Bangor Daily
• 1/13/2012:  Dixfield-area school district decides not to ban controversial book, Bangor Daily
• 1/12/2012:  SAD 44 panel to study proposals for work at Telstar, SJ
• 1/12/2012:  Fryeburg school gets state money; Auburn too low on list, SJ
• 1/12/2012:  Tech students fact off in career competition, SJ
• 1/12/2012:  Sanford schools near top for state building funds, PPH
• 1/12/2012:  New school leader must stay course, board says, PPH
• 1/12/2012:  Quimby Middle School to stay open, MS
• 1/12/2012:  State board sets school construction funding priority list, KJ
• 1/12/2012:  Portland School Board brings in consultant for superintendent search, BDN
• 1/12/2012:  Howland-area voters approve $1.1M bailout loan for embattled school district, BDN
• 1/12/2012:  Six Maine schools approved for major upgrades, BDN
• 1/12/2012:  Bath-area school budget facing $1 million gap, BDN
• 1/12/2012:  Bill would require schools to help create game plan for expelled students, BDN
• 1/12/2012:  Former Aroostook potato farmers presented Distinguished Service Award, BDN
• 1/11/2012: AOS #91 board discusses possible middle school sports consolidation, Village Soup
• 1/11/2012: RSU 13 sets budget schedule, Village Soup
• 1/11/2012: RSU 13 hires consultant to aid in superintendent search, Village Soup
• /11/2012: Norway student penning third book, Sun Journal
• 1/11/2012: Panel to hear more information Jay, Livermore Falls school options, Sun Journal
• 1/11/2012: RSU 10, volunteers seek to quash drinking-party mentality, Sun Journal
• 1/11/2012: Bill would require schools to help create game plan for expelled students, Bangor Daily
• 1/11/2012: Police: Man stole lunch money from son’s elementary school cafeteria, Bangor Daily
• 1/11/2012: Bangor kindergartner wins ride to school in police car, Bangor Daily
• 1/11/2012: Panel backs Maine bill to avoid expulsions from school, Portland Press
• 1/11/2012: SAD 13 board to vote on closing Quimby school, Morning Sentinel
• 1/11/2012: Cabana to remain Waterville Board of Education chairman, Morning Sentinel
• 1/11/2012: Bill calls for changing school discipline rules, Morning Sentinel
• 1/11/2012: SAD 54 board members question superintendent’s pay raise, Morning Sentinel
• 1/11/2012: Starks secedes from SAD 59, Morning Sentinel
• 1/11/2012: Measure would change rules for school expulsion, discipline, KJ
• 1/10/2012: Falmouth makes headway on school reuse proposals, Portland Press Herald
• 1/10/2012: Portland schools might offer retirement deals, Portland Press Herald
• 1/10/2012:  SAD 13 board to vote on closing Quimby school, Morning Sentinel
• 1/10/2012:  Book to remain in school libraries, board rules, Sun Journal
• 1/10/2012:  Deaths bring ‘sad faces’ to school, Sun Journal
• 1/10/2012:  School superintendent gets contract extension in vote at Poland, Sun Journal
• 1/10/2012:  LHS hopes to build artificial turf field, Sun Journal
• 1/10/2012: RSU 12 to present new funding formula to taxpayers, Bangor Daily
• 1/10/2012: Brewer tuition cut by $200 per student, now $1,028 less than Bangor Bangor Daily
• 1/10/2012:  Maine early college program honored, Bangor Daily
• 1/9/2012: School board approves Medomak Valley’s program of studies, Village Soup
• 1/9/2012: Oxford Hills tech students to compete, Lewiston Sun Journal
• 1/9/2012: Stepping Stones’ 10-year growth ‘natural’, kennebec Journal
• 1/9/2012: Former bus driver sues Waterboro school district , Kennebec Journal
• 1/7/2012: R. Jones: Do we need this addition in Jay? , Lewiston Sun Journal
• 1/7/2012: Towns study school district changes, Morning Sentinel
• 1/7/2012: Strong Elementary named top school, Morning Sentinel
• 1/7/2012:  School district secessions now allowed, Kennebec Journal
• 1/06/2012: Superintendent says he won’t advise keeping Prides Corner school open, Portland Press Herald
• 1/06/2012: SAD 58 plans community visioning session, Sun Journal
• 1/06/2012: Maine companies create investment group to fund early childhood education efforts, Bangor Daily
• 1/05/2012:  Region 9 board approves PayPal for adult ed courses, SJ
• 1/05/2012:  Forestry students cut teeth on wood, SJ
• 1/05/2012:  Sisters create mural for Mechanic Falls’ library, SJ
• 1/05/2012:  Restructuring plan rejected in RSU 38, KJ
• 1/05/12:  Nokomis taxidermy students going to work on Ape-raham, mascot gorilla of Perry’s Nut House, BDN
• 1/04/2012: RSU 20 superintendent to selectmen: ‘The cliff year is here’, Village Soup
• 1/04/2012: Charter school benefits from Huntsman focus on NH, Boston AP
• 1/3/12 UMF admissions director retires from 33-year career, Sun Journal
• 1/3/12 Kendall to run for Auburn school board chairman, Sun Journal
• 1/3/12 Boiler problem closes Portland High School, Portland Press Herald
• 1/2/12 Retired principal loves her new ‘job’, Sun Journal
• 1/2/12 Orland meetings to discuss budget, school building’s future, Bangor Daily
• 1/1/12 STEM education proliferating in Maine, Bangor Daily
• 1/1/12 MAINE COMPASS: Make resolutions to help after school programs, other worthy causes, Kennebec Journal

These news clips are provided as a courtesy and are not a complete compilation of Maine education news. If you think an article should be added to this page, please send us the link using the Maine DOE Newsroom “Contact us” page.

• 12/31/11 Reporters notebook for Dec. 31, Sun Journal
• 12/30/2011:  Newsmakers 2011:  Patrick Manuel, New RSU 1 superintendent, Phippsburg parent, The Times Record
• 12/30/2011:  Bill Nemitz:  Hooked on giving back, PPH
• 12/29/2011:  Students build warming hut for Norway rink, SJ
• 12/29/2011:  Program at Winthrop High School benefits volunteer firefighter, MS
• 12/29/2011:  Southern Maine Community College professor receives national award, BDN
• 12/27/2011: RSU 12 students give back, VS
• 12/27/2011: Brunswick High art students to exhibit at Thornton Oaks, TR
• 12/27/2011: Maine adult ed shares joys of high-speed internet, SJ
• 12/28/2011: Program at Winthrop High School benefits volunteer firefighter, MS
• 12/27/2011: Best-loved toys are the inspiration at Nickerson School, VS
• 12/27/2011: PATHS students put their skills to work, MS
• 12/26/2011: Science academy has first students, KJ
• 12/26/2011: Bringing her ideas to RSU 12, KJ
• 12/23/2011:  PHOTO: Lewiston tech students donate food for the holidays, Sun Journal
• 12/23/2011:  All Auburn kindergartners have iPads, Sun Journal
• 12/23/2011:  Nontraditional students will grow Maine’s work force, Bangor Daily
• 12/23/2011:  Bucksport High School evacuated after wood shop fire, Bangor Daily
• 12/23/2011:  Brewer fourth-grader wins $1,000 for growing giant cabbage, Bangor Daily
• 12/23/2011:  Efficiency grant to enhance Limestone magnet school, Bangor Daily
• 12/23/2011:  SUV hits school boy, Portland Press Herald
• 12/23/2011:  Police: Teacher, student had sex at least seven times, Portland Press Herald
• 12/22/2011: Beyond the Classroom: SHS senior Craig LaBrecque’s letter to the editor is an Extended Learning Opportunity, Sanford News
• 12/22/2011:  Lisbon High School welcomes literacy specialist/coach, SJ
• 12/22/2011:  Board puts Primary School property out to bid, SJ
• 12/22/2011:  Career center helping students, The Times Record
• 12/22/2011:  Giving in the moment, PPH
• 12/22/2011:  Mount View teacher starts campaign to help heat homes of local families, KJ
• 12/22/2011:  Students, drivers escape injury in Houlton school bus accident, BDN
• 12/22/2011:  Fired Washington County principal can proceed with wrongful termination lawsuit, BDN
• 12/21/2011: Former NH bus driver faces new abuse charges, AP
• 12/21/2011: Strong Elementary’s scores gain recognition, SJ
• 12/21/2011: Cost-sharing burden on school closing vote discussed, SJ
• 12/20/2011: Caribou kids receive art awards, WAGM-TV 8
• 12/20/2011: RSU 1 looking at $1M budget gap , Times Record
• 12/20/2011: Rumford teen trying to raise $8,000 to work to help African wild animal orphans survive, Sun Journal
• 12/20/2011: Oxford Hills superintendent gets contract extension, Sun Journal
• 12/20/2011: Panel to recommend postponing action on high schools, Sun Journal
• 12/20/2011: Broken pump closes Oak Hill High School, Sun Journal
• 12/20/2011: Lewiston Middle School Lego teams win awards, Sun Journal
• 12/20/2011: Rockland school district $525,000 over budget for special education, Bangor Daily
• 12/20/2011: LePage emphasizes vocational education during Ellsworth visit, Bangor Daily
• 12/20/2011: Standard poodle helps Orrington schoolchildren develop reading skills, Bangor Daily
• 12/20/2011: Power outage closes schools, local businesses, Morning Sentinel
• 12/18/2011: Acadia seeks teacher-ranger candidates, VS
• 12/17/2011: Chinese student underenrollment among factors in significant Millinocket schools budget shortfall, BDN
• 12/17/2011: Tiny St. George eighth-grade class faces tough transition to new school, BDN
• 12/17/2011: PHOTO: Defibrillator bought for Auburn Middle School , SJ
• 12/17/2011: Maine misses out on education grant, MS
• 12/18/2011: Students speak up on proposed budget cuts, KJ
• 12/19/2011: Helping hungry students, KJ
• 12/16/2011:  PHOTO: Region 9 students learn fire behavior, Sun Journal
• 12/16/2011:  Volunteers needed for guiding RSU 9 into the future, Sun Journal
• 12/16/2011:  Former teacher gets 5 days, pass on sex offender registry for unlawful sexual touching, Bangor Daily
• 12/16/2011:  Head Start proposal concerns local mother, Kennebec Journal
• 12/16/2011:  STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) method being used at Cony, Kennbec Journal
• 12/16/2011:  Board approves busing contract, Kennebec Journal
• 12/15/2011:  Little donors make big difference, The Times Record
• 12/15/2011:  Rangeley high school students reinstated in ski program, SJ
• 12/15/2011:  SAD 44 supervisor to retire after 38 years, SJ
• 12/15/2011:  Poland middle school students face off against fire fighters in cooking competition, SJ
• 12/15/2011:  Former school board member tapped to take top admin job, PDS
• 12/15/2011:  AOS 9 budget meeting causes some to ponder consolidation, MS
• 12/15/2011:  Planners OK new school road plan, KJ
• 12/15/2011:  Portland looks to revive student exchanges with Russian sister city, BDN
• 12/15/2011:  Officials following leads in series of Mount Blue bomb threats, BDN
• 12/15/2011:  Bangor schools receive more tuition revenue than expected, BDN
• 12/15/2011:  Education commissioner goes to Portland for brainstorming sessions, BDN
• 12/15/2011:  High schoolers take a stand on Glenburn-Veazie-Orono budget cuts:  Don’t cut our teachers, BDN
• 12/14/2011: Kents Hill School to present 25th annual Young People’s Holiday Show, Village Soup
• 12/14/2011: RSU 20 teachers lament continued lack of contract,  Village Soup
• 12/14/2011: Committee: Book should stay in Buckfield school library, Sun Journal
• 12/14/2011: Mt. Blue bomb threats costly, Morning Sentinel
• 12/13/2011: David Sirota: What real education reform looks like, Sun Journal
• 12/13/2011: Guidance secretary hired to fill new RSU 73 administrative position, Sun Journal
• 12/13/2011: Board approves labor pact, Sun Journal
• 12/13/2011: Livermore Falls school plan draws questions, Sun Journal
• 12/13/2011: Officials meet on Farmington bomb threat investigation, Sun Journal
• 12/13/2011: RSU 73 holiday concerts to feature school bands, choir, Sun Journal
• 12/13/2011: RSU 16 board reviews superintendent’s contract, Sun Journal
• 12/13/2011: SAD 53 seeking new superintendent, Bangor Daily
• 12/13/2011: Lisbon school board to elect leaders, Times Record
• 12/13/2011: Former school eyed for business center, Times Record
• 12/13/2011:  School board to consider five-year busing contract, Kennebec Journal
• 12/13/2011:  Voters to decide AOS 92 budget, Kennebec Journal
• 12/12/2011: Visual Arts Day at University of Maine at Presque Isle, WAGM-TV 8
• 12/12/2011: Classroom work adjusts for concussions ,KJ
• 12/12/2011: SAD 74 union to expand its role, MS
• 12/11/2011: Maine ranks second for student debt, BDN
• 12/11/2011: Brewer, SAD 63 discussing high school contract, again , BDN
• 12/11/2011: Students get tips on risk, startups , MS
• 12/11/2011: SAD 59 bus drivers, custodians speak up ,MS
• 12/11/2011: STILL LIFE: Fruit loops + robotics = drama ,MS
• 12/10/2011: Eglinton returning to Portland school district ,PPH
• 12/10/2011: Climbing into life — Cony students learn the ropes , VS
• 12/10/2011: Students ‘Dig Into Science’ in bid for $1,000 prizes , BDN
• 12/9/2011: Department of Education seeking input as it tries to get Maine out of ‘a disaster’ of a law, Bangor Daily
• 12/9/2011: Public forums for No Child Left Behind standards, WLBZ2
• 12/9/2011: No Child Left Behind Act revisited by Maine Dept. of Education, WABI TV5
• 12/9/2011: All Saints students bring baby items for St. Andre Home, Bangor Daily
• 12/9/2011: $3.4 million grant to improve distance learning, telemedicine in Maine, Bangor Daily News
• 12/9/2011: Declining participation, resignation of instructor ends drivers ed in SAD 29, Bangor Daily
• 12/9/2011: Complaint to school led to Ashland teacher’s arrest on sexual assault charge, Bangor Daily
• 12/9/2011: USDA honors healthy Maine schools, Bangor Daily
• 12/9/2011: Mexico Math Night adds up to fun, Sun Journal
• 12/9/2011: Buckfield High School students to help Good Shepherd Food-Bank, Sun Journal
• 12/9/2011: PHOTO: Helping military families in Buckfield, Sun Journal
• 12/9/2011: RSU 73 expels student for drugs, weapons, vandalism on school property, Sun Journal
• 12/9/2011: RSU 73 sets meeting to get community input on school closure, Sun Journal
• 12/9/2011: RSU 73 to consider regional adult, community education partnership, Sun Journal
• 12/9/2011: Leeds students win while learning about science, Sun Journal
• 12/9/2011: Auburn’s ‘mega-campus’ idea gets green light, Sun Journal
• 12/9/2011:  Let’s redo lunch!, Portland Press Herald
• 12/9/2011:  Restructuring questions remain, Kennebec Journal
• 12/8/2011:  Madison School District looks at replacing staff with contractors, Morning Sentinel
• 12/08/2011:  Unity College to Celebrate New Root Cellar on Friday, December 9 at 3p.m., Project Featured in Book, Village Soup
• 12/08/2011:  Medomak students compete to help raise SAT scores, Village Soup
• 12/08/2011:  School board launches superintendent search, Portland Daily Sun
• 12/08/2011:  Foreign students at Buckfield School enjoy enjoy treats, activities, SJ
• 12/08/2011:  Auburn’s ‘mega-campus’ idea gets green light, SJ
• 12/08/2011:  Wind turbins will go up, school board says after noice concerns, BDN
• 12/08/2011:  Ashland teacher arrested on charge of gross sexual assault, BDN
• 12/08/2011:  High school students pepper-sprayed as part of Ellsworth law enforcement class, BDN
• 12/07/2011: Guidance counselor welcomed, Sun Journal
• 12/07/2011: Buckfield board gets update on RSU 10 costs, Sun Journal
• 12/07/2011: RSU 73 panel faces 2 options to house high school students, Sun Journal
• 12/07/2011: Foreign-exchange students like school in Dixfield, Sun Journal
• 12/07/2011: Longley school out of room, lacks security, Sun Journal
• 12/07/2011: Grants will fund extras at schools in Yarmouth, Portland Press Herald
• 12/07/2011: Number of students at charter schools skyrockets, Associated Press
• 12/06/2011: SAU 31 gets $1.1M loan to cover budget, oversight miscues, Bangor Daily
• 12/06/2011: State wants help as it reworks school assessment model, Bangor Daily
• 12/06/2011: Police: Hampden Academy student taken to hospital for drug use, Bangor Daily
• 12/06/2011: Maine seeks new school-accountability system, Boston Globe
• 12/06/2011: Input sought on grading Maine schools, Portland Press Herald
• 12/06/2011: New rules for Maine schools, Morning Sentinel
• 12/06/2011: Comments sought in assessing students, educators, Kennebec Journal
• 12/06/2011: Forums give RSU 4 parents chance to hear about initiative, Kennebec Journal
• 12/05/2011: Maine to Seek Alternative to ‘No Child Left Behind’ Standards, MPBN News
• 12/05/2011: Portland schools may move away from traditional grade levels, grading systems, The Forecaster
• 12/05/2011:Middle school Lego teams to present projects to community, Sun Journal
• 12/05/2011: Robotics competition tests students’ skills, KJ
• 12/04/2011: RSU 26: Position cuts to make up for $2M budget gap could cripple schools; tax hikes requested, BDN
• 12/04/2011: Carrabec fourth-graders collect for African nation, Morning Sentinel
• 12/03/2011: Drug search at Oak Hill turns up nothing illegal, KJ
• 12/02/2011: Maine lauded for progress on online database that compares students, classes, schools, Bangor Daily
• 12/02/2011: Dixfield preschoolers helping animal shelter, Sun Journal
• 12/02/2011:  Exchange students like combining studies, sports, Sun Journal
• 12/02/2011:  Forums set in Sabattus, Litchfield on new teaching method, Sun Journal
• 12/02/2011:  Design group submits plan for former school land, Portland Press Herald
• 12/02/2011:  More parents in US opting out of school shots for their kids, Morning Sentinel
• 12/02/2011:  Maine’s rate of school vaccine exemptions slightly below average, Morning Sentinel
• 12/02/2011:  Monmouth residents make progress in school district withdrawal research, Kennebec Journal
• 12/01/2011:  Mexico’s Region 9 to offer elective courses, SJ
• 12/01/2011:  RSU 10 could provide retirement incentives, SJ
• 12/01/2011:  RSU 10 braces for bath salts, SJ
• 12/01/2011:  Two River Valley students learn life lessons through Rotary Club, SJ
• 12/01/2011:  Mexico’s Region 9 board to discuss Local Access Channel 7 move, SJ
• 2/01/2011:  Paris meeting to focus on student safety, SJ
• 12/01/2011:  Norway student’s sled-dog book to hit stores, SJ
• 12/01/2011:  Telstar class sponsors benefit supper, SJ
• 12/01/2011:  Mt. Blue Middle School LEGO League 2010 state winners gear up for next tournament, SJ
• 12/01/2011:  Lewiston High principal wins medical award, SJ
• 12/01/2011:  Messalonskee students learn science of baking, MS
• 12/01/2011:  School committee approves groundbreaking new Bangor High program, BDN
• 12/01/2011:  Students and horses learn new steps through University of Maine program, BDN

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• 11/30/2011: Just a drill: Camden-Rockport Middle School tests lock-down procedures, Village Soup
• 11/30/2011: RSU 1 ponders reaching overseas, Times Record
• 11/30/2011: Fewer Maine children getting fully vaccinated; new program hopes to reverse trend, Bangor Daily
• 11/30/2011: Bomb threat closes Bangor’s Cohen School, Bangor Daily
• 11/30/2011: Tom Allen touts new math and science education group at South Portland event, Sun Journal
• 11/30/2011: Yes, there are ‘Miracles on School Street’, Sun Journal
• 11/30/2011: Rowe School to host ‘Lost Trail’ author, Sun Journal
• 11/30/2011: Students decorate Giving Tree, Sun Journal
• 11/30/2011: Mexico’s Region 9 to offer 10 elective courses, Sun Journal
• 11/30/2011: RSU 10 could provide retirement incentives, Sun Journal
• 11/30/2011: RSU 10 braces for synthetic drug, Sun Journal
• 11/30/2011: Two River Valley students learn life lessons through Rotary Club, Sun Journal
• 11/30/2011: City considers senior citizen options, Longley School space, Sun Journal
• 11/30/2011: Falmouth school proposals kept under wraps, Portland Press
• 11/30/2011: Education entrepreneurs: Virtual schools seek national presence, Portland Press
• 11/30/2011: Messalonskee students learn science of baking, Morning Sentinel
• 11/30/2011: Ex-Monmouth teacher denies child porn charge, Kennebec Journal
• 11/29/2011:  Study shows income disparity widening, Sun Journal
• 11/29/2011:  Maine college launches business internships, Sun Journal
• 11/29/2011:  Parent objects to book in Buckfield school library, Sun Journal
• 11/29/2011:  Teacher association grievance going to arbitration, Sun Journal
• 11/29/2011: New scholarship targets older college students, Sun Journal
• 11/29/2011: Proposal deadline today for former Falmouth schools, Portland Press Herald
• 11/29/2011: Principals lost sight of principles, Portland Press Herald
• 11/29/2011:  RSU 38 holding second forum on restructuring, Kennebec Journal
• 11/29/2011:  Schools proud of their flags, honor the country, Kennebec Journal
• 11/28/2011: PHOTO: Class of 2024, SJ
• 11/28/2011: Bus driver with bachelor’s degree touts importance of education, BDN
• 11/27/2011: Charter school groups see enrollment rules as roadblock, PPH
• 11/27/2011: Rules may slow charter schools, KJ
• 11/27/2011: Cony claims new schedule is working, KJ
• 11/25/2011: Cony Latin Club ranks high, VS
• 11/25/2011: Stolen school laptops have been recovered, KJ
• 11/24/2011:City employees sue over school board policy, KJ
• 11/23/2011: Career Technical Education gets a second look, WCSH6
• 11/23/2011: Stuffed animals to comfort children, SJ
• 11/23/2011: STILL LIFE: An early feast, MS
• 11/23/2011: Mt. Blue hit with second bomb threat, MS
• 11/23/2011: Cheverus abuse victims protest, KJ
• 11/23/2011: China selectmen authorize school road redesign, KJ
• 11/23/2011: Seventh-grader charged with setting fire in school bathroom, KJ
• 11/22/2011: Proponents protest changes as student restraint rules head to legislative panel, Sun Journal
• 11/22/2011: Oxford Hills district expects tight school budget, Sun Journal
• 11/22/2011: Online petition seeks to name Mt. Abram field in Salem after coach, Sun Journal
• 11/22/2011: Hebron Academy suit against town gets under way, Boston Globe
• 11/22/2011: Passamaquoddy teacher shares inspiration with students, Morning Sentinel
• 11/22/2011: Toilet-roll fire forces evacuation of 500 students, Kennebec Journal
• 11/21/2011: Warren students donate 2,423 items to food pantry, VS
• 11/21/2011: St. George considers extending eighth grade moratorium, VS
• 11/20/2011: Hampden Academy students help artist build bronze bronco statue for new school, BDN
• 11/21/2011: Hebron Academy lawsuit against town set for Tuesday trial, SJ
• 11/21/2011: Carrabec teachers in leadership role, MS
• 11/21/2011: Schools hit by federal budget cuts, KJ
• 11/20/2011: Program teaches girls to look past stereotypical roles, KJ
• 11/18/2011:  LePage reiterates education overhaul to improve business growth, Sun Journal
• 11/18/2011:  City school officials must either renovate or build new central kitchen, Press Herald
• 11/18/2011:  School assesses air system, Kennebec Journal
• 11/18/2011:  Old firetruck donated to Tech Center, Kennebec Journal
• 11/18/2011:  Bomb threat at Mt. Blue forces students elsewhere, Kennebec Journal
• 11/17/2011:  LePage team networks wth business owners in Bethel, SJ
• 11/17/2011:  More ideas floated in Jay- Livermore Falls high school consolidation, SJ
• 11/17/2011:  Donors help teacher in Auburn, SJ
• 11/17/2011:  Biomass boiler gets private, public showings in Paris, SJ
• 11/17/2011:  Auburn kicks off three-day iPads-in-education conference, SJ
• 11/17/2011:  Citizens tell Auburn School Committee: ‘EL has to be fixed’, SJ
• 11/17/2011:  City schools’ kitchen to get safety check, PPH
• 11/17/2011:  Public art panel endorces sculpture plan, PPH
• 11/17/2011:  Generations get to know each other, PPH
• 11/17/2011:  Colby student drowns in Chile, KJ
• 11/17/2011:  China approves access road to primary school, KJ
• 11/17/2011:  The jobs of Maine’s future, the students of Maine’s present, BDN
• 11/17/2011:  Unum event for students tries to develop Maine’s high-tech workforce, BDN
• 11/16/2011: Auburn extends the reach of its iPad innovation, Sun Journal
• 11/16/2011: iPads in education attract teachers, WCSH6
• 11/16/2011: Great American Smokeout - This Thursday November 17th – Two Free Ways to Help You Quit!, Village Soup (WellnessUpdate)
• 11/16/2011: Frankfort residents sign on for withdrawal from RSU 20, Village Soup
• 11/16/2011: Hope school teacher recognized for agriculture practices, Village Soup
• 11/16/2011: Dixfield wins grant to build sidewalks for schools, Sun Journal
• 11/16/2011: Students escape injury when car hits bus on Route 26 in Gray, Sun Journal
• 11/16/2011: Potatoes, pizza loophole survive for school lunches, Bangor Daily
• 11/16/2011: Bad behavior prompts decision to put cameras on school buses, Bangor Daily
• 11/16/2011: Camden Hills takes steps to lower laptop repair costs after receiving $56,000 bill, Bangor Daily
• 11/16/2011: Bath salts abusers losing custody of children, expert says at Blue Hill bath salts forum, Bangor Daily
• 11/16/2011: Starks closer to leaving SAD 59, Morning Sentinel
• 11/15/2011: K. Boulet: Teachers are a bargain, Sun Journal
• 11/15/2011: Biomass boiler goes online at Paris school, Sun Journal
• 11/15/2011: Farmington recreation starts After School Hours today, Sun Journal
• 11/15/2011: Spruce Mountain’s late-start days modified again, Sun Journal
• 11/15/2011: Auburn seeks input on closing two or more schools, building new schools, Sun Journal
• 11/15/2011: RSU 16 to start formulating next year’s budget, Sun Journal
• 11/15/2011: Auburn hosting national iPad education conference this week, Sun Journal
• 11/15/2011: RSU 38 restructuring plan widely condemned, Kennebec Journal
• 11/15/2011: Private sector boosts community colleges with $11.3M, Kennebec Journal
• 11/14/2011: New SAT class begins Nov. 28 at Thomas College,VS
• 11/12/2011: Cony Art Club news, VS
• 11/12/2011: Making the College Grade, VS
• 11/14/2011: RSU 73 committee to discuss high school options,SJ
• 11/14/2011: Madison students making progress,ms
• 11/13/2011: Promoting liberal arts education, ms
• 11/12/2011: Mount View grad’s schoolwork turns into real work at school, ms
• 11/13/2011 Students can save, learn at branch, KJ
• 11/12/2011: More and more teachers forced to moonlight, KJ
• 11/11/2011: Veterans Day a special time at Mitchell School, Portsmouth Herald
• 11/10/2011:  Unity College President Stephen Mulkey Joins Nation Student Aid Movement, Village Soup
• 11/10/2011:  Students analyze Maine’s recycling habits, MS
• 11/10/2011:  In one third-grade class: No girls allowed!, BDN
• 11/10/2011:  Calais hospital presents devices to help school nurses address asthma, BDN
• 11/10/2011:  Husson celebrates construction of unique dormitory-classroom building, BDN
• 11/10/2011:  Presque Isle school board to consider agreement with Chinese school, BDN
• 11/10/2011:  LePage:  Cut welfare and MainCare or we’ll have to cut education, BDN
• 11/09/2011: Friends of Peru School ready to work on school, Sun Journal
• 11/09/2011: Two Hermon High School students killed in car accident, Bangor Daily
• 11/09/2011:Bangor literacy volunteer honored, Bangor Daily
• 11/09/2011: An exit interview with RSU 13’s superintendent, Bangor Daily
• 11/09/2011: SAD 29 board presented results of survey of parents in district, Bangor Daily
• 11/09/2011: Election: Scarborough votes to replace Wentworth school, Portland Press Herald
• 11/09/2011: Teacher gets 16 years in prison for child porn, Kennebec Journal
• 11/09/2011: Straw vote shows desire to quit RSU 12, Kennebec Journal
• 11/09/2011: Town board to consider school plan, Kennebec Journal
• 11/08/2011: A new direction for Traip, Portsmouth Herald
• 11/08/2011: WorkReady helping York job seekers find employment, Portsmouth Herald
• 11/08/2011: Oxford Hills board gets report on student transfers, Sun Journal
• 11/08/2011: Towns’ share of education budget may be reshuffled, Kennebec Journal
• 11/07/2011: Anson students’ family stories captured in book, MS
• 11/07/2011: No adult left behind, MS
• 11/06/2011: Syntiro committed to collaboration, KJ
• 11/06/2011: New Saddleback-Rangeley Learning Campus Project kicks off Nov. 7, Sun Journal
• 11/05/2011: Auburn School Committee at-large write-in candidate James J. Tracey, SJ
• 11/04/2011: Education priority, Sun Journal
• 11/04/2011: Budget process is broken, Sun Journal
• 11/04/2011: RSU 73 faces ‘tough decisions’, Sun Journal
• 11/04/2011: High school actors find their inner feline, Village Soup
• 11/04/2011: College in high school, Village Soup
• 11/04/2011: RSU 12 provides Wiscasset with stability, Times Record
• 11/04/2011: New rules for charter schools refine funding issues, Bangor Daily News
• 11/04/2011: Monmouth ponders switch in school districts, Kennebec Journal
• 11/04/2011: RSU 38 parents consider scenarios, Kennebec Journal
• 11/3/2011:  Students volunteer for community service at nonprofit fair, SJ
• 11/3/2011:  Facilities committee to get review of high school study, SJ
• 11/3/2011:  Crafty Kids prepare for Saturday craft fair, The times Record
• 11/3/2011:  Reading to their hearts’ content, MS
• 11/3/2011:  LePage says he’ll spend on training if MEA does, KJ
• 11/3/2011:  News and notes from the Portland schools, BDN
• 11/3/2011:  Parents complain about about three-day closure of Greenville High, BDN
• 11/3/2011:  Vinalhaven voters to consider school budget for a third time, BDN
• 11/3/2011:  Fire damages loader behind Ellsworth High while fire inspector was at school, BDN
• 11/3/2011:  Ellsworth suspends three students after drug bust, BDN
• 11/3/2011:  Bangor meets school committee candidates, BDN
• 11/02/2011: Camden Hills to begin drug-dog searches in wake of bath salts case, Village Soup
• 11/02/2011: Police tell Camden Hills parents: Bath salts ‘can kill your kid’, Bangor Daily
• 11/02/2011: Alternative schools offer unconventional approach for students with behavior problems, Bangor Daily
• 11/02/2011: Maine test scores show major reforms needed, education official says, Bangor Daily
• 11/02/2011: Facilities committee to get review of high school study, Sun Journal
• 11/02/2011: Bath salts conference in Rumford exposes prolonged effects, Sun Journal
• 11/02/2011: Maine’s test scores above average, Morning Sentinel
• 11/02/2011: SAD 53 superintendent retiring, Morning Sentinel
• 11/02/2011: Report card: Maine students keeping pace with nation, but could improve, Kennebec Journal
• 11/01/11 A responsible budget for RSU 16, Sun Journal
• 11/01/11 Obliged to support RSU 16, Sun Journal
• 11/01/11 Scarborough voters face decision on new school , Portland Press Herald
• 11/01/11 Nokomis grad recalls being inspired, now hopes to inspire, Morning Sentinel

These news clips are provided as a courtesy and are not a complete compilation of Maine education news. If you think an article should be added to this page, please send us the link using the Maine DOE Newsroom “Contact us” page.

• 10/31/2011: Gardiner Adult Ed offers classes in November, VS
• 10/30/2011: unconventional approach for students with behavior problems, BDN
• 10/29/2011: Incumbents, newcomer vying for SAD 49 school board seat, MS
• 10/31/2011: High school janitor faces drug charges, PPH
• 10/31/2011: Evidence released in Massabesic teacher sex case, PPH
• 10/29/2011: Grant to aid special education training, KJ
• 10/29/2011: Mitchell visits hometown, schools, KJ
• 10/28/2011: PHOTO: Dixfield kindergarten class learns fire safety, SJ
• 10/28/2011: School library to dedicate section to former teacher, SJ
• 10/27/2011: Schools beef up anti-obesity efforts, Times Record
• 10/27/2011: Wiscasset, RSU 12 divorce details studied, Times Record
• 10/27/2011:  OH students receive checking account lessons, SJ
• 10/27/2011:  Design students view exhibit at Norway art center, SJ
• 10/27/2011:  One of two students involved in fight taken to hospital, SJ
• 10/27/2011:  School officials:  L-As students treat laptops well, SJ
• 10/27/2011:  RSU 1 studies school choice transportation costs, The Times Record
• 10/27/2011:  Kennebec Technologies sees growth in struggling economy, MS
• 10/27/2011:  Local businesses boasts in-demand job, KJ
• 10/27/2011:  Kids in decline spells trouble for schools, BDN
• 10/27/2011:  Wiscasset forum weighs pros, cons of leaving consolidated school district, BDN
• 10/27/2011:  Bath salts discovered in Rockport high school, BDN

• 10/26/2011: Hours of labor on the ground will help these hopeful eagles fly, Courier
• 10/26/2011: Wiscasset vies for students from China, Bangor Daily
• 10/26/2011: Yarmouth teacher wins $25,000 with national award, Bangor Daily
• 10/26/2011: New RSU 67 board candidates cite school mismanagement fears, Bangor Daily
• 10/26/2011: SAD 58 leader says education law frustrating, Sun Journal
• 10/26/2011: Credit union open to student jobs, Kennebec Journal
• 10/25/2011:  Board OKs study to revamp Lewiston Middle School, Sun Journal
• 10/25/2011:  ‘Outstanding’ educator gets national prize, Portland Press Herald
• 10/24/2011: Auburn police, EL students host candidates Monday, Sun Journal
• 10/24/2011: RSU 16 attempts a budget for fourth time, Sun Journal
• 10/24/2011: High rate of return from early learning programs, Kennebec Journal
• 10/24/2011: Busy week for State House, Kennebec Journal
• 10/23/2011:  Early childhood education reduces crime costs, Kennebec Journal
• 10/23/2011:  Memories lost when teens go to anti-school dance, Kennebec Journal
• 10/23/2011:  LePage says youths should be able to work during school vacation, Bangor Daily
• 10/23/2011:  ‘Carelessness’ leads to Rockport high school’s $56,000 laptop repair bill, Bangor Daily
• 10/23/2011:  Alternative school’s partnership with UMPI flourishing after two years, Bangor Daily
• 10/22/2011: Students enjoy class time on Streaked Mountain, Sun Journal
• 10/21/2011:  Oxford schools reaping benefits of energy work, Sun Journal
• 10/21/2011:  Rally honors L-A after-school ‘champions,’ programs, Sun Journal
• 10/21/2011:  Husson, EMCC join forces to offer English to foreign students, Bangor Daily
• 10/20/2011:  Oxford Hills schools to show energy savings projects to public, SJ
• 10/20/2011:  KVCC turbine begins turning, KJ
• 10/20/2011:  ‘It’s time to get to real work,’ LePage says of job creation, BDN
• 10/20/2011:  Little river Lighthouse launches effort for full-time caretaker, educator, BDN
• 10/20/2011:  Hampden council, school board candidates speak at forum, BDN
• 10/20/2011:  Maine applies for funds for early childhood education, BDN
• 10/20/2011: Maine seeks early education grant, Kennebec Journal
• 10/19/2011: Two juveniles charged in Dixfield schools office break-in, Sun Journal
• 10/19/2011: School board OKs plan for budget reserves, Portland Press Herald
• 10/19/2011: Maine’s homeless youth a hidden problem, Morning Sentinel
• 10/19/2011: Maine Teacher of the Year urges personalization in classrooms, Morning Sentinel
• 10/19/2011: Change saves school potatoes, Kennebec Journal
• 10/18/2011: SAD 17 superintendent says higher education critical, Sun Journal
• 10/18/2011: Lewiston School Committee gets look at McMahon expansion, Sun Journal
• 10/18/2011: School committee passes no-position casino resolve, Sun Journal
• 10/18/2011: Chalk talk, Village Soup – MDI
• 10/18/2011: Parents, officials detail problems at aging Scarborough school, Portland Press Herald
• 10/18/2011: Collins digs in for potato fight, Morning Sentinel
• 10/18/2011: Elementary schools remix back on agenda, Kennebec Journal
• 10/18/2011: Lewiston’s mayor, school committee chair at odds over casino, Bangor Daily
• 10/15/2011: Down East clam research engages local students, BDN
• 10/16/2011: Public hearing to discuss future of Auburn school buildings, SJ
• 10/16/2011: Riders raise funds for science scholarship in teacher’s name, MS
• 10/15/2011: District may close school, MS
• 10/17/2011: Exchange rates don’t favor public schools, KJ
• 10/17/2011: Schools steer students to home on the free-range, KJ
• 10/16/2011: Carrabassett Valley Academy launches fundraiser , KJ
• 10/14/2011: Telstar principal hopes for community help in Bethel area, Sun Journal
• 10/14/2011: Oxford student is semifinalist on ‘Kick Start’ show, Sun Journal
• 10/14/2011: Firefighters give safety lessons to first-graders, Sun Journal
• 10/14/2011: RSU 73 may make decision on high schools in December, Sun Journal
• 10/14/2011: Portland superintendent retiring, Morning Sentinel
• 10/14/2011: Symposium focuses on higher education in Maine, Kennebec Journal
• 10/14/2011:  Former superintendent of RSU 18 plans to retire, Kennebec Journal
• 10/13/2011:  Superintendent to give overview of school closure process, SJ
• 10/13/2011:  RSU 16 meeting on budget Oct. 25 in Poland, SJ
• 10/13/2011:  Non-working smoke detectors top reason for Maine fire deaths, SJ
• 10/13/2011:  Falmouth wants school property bids under cover, PPH
• 10/13/2011:  Garbology 101 at UMF, MS
• 10/13/2011:  Maine special ed teacher accused of sleeping with teen, giving him drugs, BDN
• 10/13/2011:  Newly installed College of the Atlantic president interested in tuition-free campus, BDN
• 10/13/2011:  Ellsworth student to study in Ireland, BDN
• 10/13/2011:  Entertainer Rudy Vallee remembered at University of Maine, BDN
• 10/13/2011:  Board decides to keep 54-student school in Monroe open, BDN
• 10/13/2011:  Rights group protest changes in education law, BDN
• 10/13/2011:  Foxcroft Academy students volunteer in community, BDN
• 10/12/2011: Fact-finding report marks milestone in RSU 20 contract dispute, Village Soup
• 10/12/2011: Monroe Elementary School to remain open, Village Soup
• 10/12/2011: Laptop repair costs stun Camden Hills school board, Village Soup
• 10/12/2011: Oxford County schools get physical education grant, Sun Journal
• 10/12/2011: Oak Hill students learn from Columbine victim, Sun Journal
• 10/12/2011: Teacher accused of sexual assault, Portland Press Herald
• 10/12/2011: New boiler praised at Oakland groundbreaking ceremony, Morning Sentinel
• 10/12/2011: Board of Education mulls goals for school year, Kennebec Journal
• 10/11/2011: L-A schools scrambling to find, hire bus drivers, Sun Journal
• 10/11/2011: Hammonds making rounds in RSU 2, Kennebec Journal
• 10/11/2011: Take vegetables from school lunches?, Kennebec Journal
• 10/10/2011: Teacher and parent voices are missing in learning accountability debate, Bangor Daily
• 10/10/2011: Winthrop students to start catching bus earlier, Kennebec Journal
• 10/9/2011:  Schools may take brunt of cuts as state tries to balance budget, Bangor Daily
• 10/8/2011: Handful cause ruckus in Lewiston Middle School neighborhood; solutions call for community involvement, Sun Journal
• 10/8/2011: Steve Jobs called Auburn iPads ‘wonderful news’, Sun Journal
• 10/8/2011: Teen on school arrest: ‘I was goofing around’, Bangor Daily
• 10/8/2011: Falmouth school sale raises role of secrecy, Portland Press Herald
• 10/8/2011: Students need real-world education, speaker says, Morning Sentinel
• 10/7/2011: Soccer player shot with BB gun, Sun Journal
• 10/7/2011: Longley Elementary School gets new mascot, Sun Journal
• 10/7/2011: Head Start cuts tabled for now, Waterville Sentinel
• 10/7/2011: RSU 12 to review building use, Kennebec Journal
• 10/6/2011:  Dirigo students plan fundraiser for trip, SJ
• 10/6/2011:  Auburn principals:  Anti-bullying programs are working, SJ
• 10/6/2011:  Oak Hill forum to focus on improving school culture, SJ
• 10/6/2011:  Role Model, SJ
• 10/6/2011:  Feds pony up $5M for training, The Times Record
• 10/6/2011:   Library, staff earn high marks in survey, PPH
• 10/6/2011:  Fight continues to keep spuds in schools, KJ
• 10/6/2011:  Richmond Middle/High School sees third bomb threat, KJ
• 10/6/2011:  Popular program now based at Buker Community Center, KJ
• 10/6/2011:  Millinocket teen to pedal 50 miles, with his hands, BDN
• 10/6/2011:  Want to enroll in a Maine community college? You may have to wait, BDN
• 10/6/2011:  Portland parent opts children out of standardized testing, BDN
• 10/5/2011: Trimming Maine waistlines starts with kids, Portland Phoenix
• 10/05/2011: Camden Hills students to hold raffle to aid Searsmont fire victims, Village Soup
• 10/05/2011:  A visit to Warren Community School, Village Soup
• 10/05/2011: Peru to vote on wind moratorium, old school
• 10/5/2011: RSU 16 shoots for Nov. 8 budget vote, Sun Journal
• 10/5/2011: Photos: Coloring in our history at Evergreen, Portland Press Herald
• 10/5/2011: Mt. Blue readers get a gift, Kennebec Journal
• 10/04/2011: ‘No Child’ tough to live up to, Ward says, Sun Journal
• 10/04/2011: New after-school programs offered at RSU 10, Sun Journal
• 10/04/2011: Student testing has its limits, Rangeley principal says, Sun Journal
• 10/04/2011: Friday furlough day means no classes for RSU 10, Sun Journal
• 10/04/2011: Falmouth expanding computer-use review, Portland Press Herald
• 10/04/2011: Unified school day for elementaries explored, Kennebec Journal
• 10/04/2011: Maine schools sliding off ever-steeper curve, Kennebec Journal
• 10/01/2011: Investing in an investment: Business Careers Academy, VS
• 10/03/2011: Bartlett Street couple worried about recent crime, wants busing, SJ
• 10/02/2011: Town, school races crowded in Winslow, MS
• 10/02/2011: Mallett school celebrates past, future, MS
• 10/03/2011: Education cuts get review, KJ
• 10/02/2011: City school board to discuss adding buses, KJ
• 10/01/2011: Becoming confident job seekers, KJ
• 10/01/2011: Maine Voices: Don’t ban Maine ingredient in school lunches ,Portland Press Herald

These news clips are provided as a courtesy and are not a complete compilation of Maine education news. If you think an article should be added to this page, please send us the link using the Maine DOE Newsroom “Contact us” page.

• 9/30/2011:  Fryeburg students hear of importance of small business growth, Sun Journal
• 9/30/2011:  Correction: Band program cost wrong, Sun Journal
• 9/30/2011:  Possible buyer for Madison junior high school building not named, Morning Sentinel
• 9/29/2011:  Mt. Blue high school officer gets high marks from students, staff, SJ
• 9/29/2011:  Paris students attend 4-H camp, SJ
• 9/29/2011:  Masonry students work on Hippach Field wall, SJ
• 9/29/2011:  Unity Colleg’s Hunters and Huggers feast boasts local menu, MS
• 9/29/2011:  Summer overhaul a breath of fresh air, KJ
• 9/29/2011:  Stearns High School heating system being replaced for $1.45M, BDN
• 9/29/2011:  Former Searsport music teacher to serve three years for sexually abusing child, BDN
• 9/29/2011:  Visually impaired teacher honored for work with children, BDN
• 9/28/2011: Brewer Housing Authority awarded $2.4M for community center, BDN
• 9/28/2011: Committee to RSU 3 board: Don’t close that school!, Village Soup
• 9/28/2011: Wiley sentenced, but free on bail while awaiting appeal, Village Soup
• 9/28/2011: Public to be asked for advice on what to do with old MacDougal, Village Soup
• 9/28/2011: Governor, superintendents to participate in forum on education, Village Soup
• 9/28/2011: Mallett School dedication, open house set for Saturday, Sun Journal
• 9/28/2011: Schools’ late start day plan modified, Sun Journal
• 9/28/2011: High school meets accreditation goals, Sun Journal
• 9/28/2011: School board approves adding student reps, Sun Journal
• 9/28/2011: Wyeth shares grandfather’s art with Auburn students, Sun Journal
• 9/28/2011: OMG! UR brkng th law!, Portland Press Herald
• 9/28/2011: Bangor police brief school committee on bath salts, Bangor Daily
• 9/28/2011: Winslow High School to host public bonfire, Morning Sentinel
• 9/28/2011: Mt. Blue schools to welcome public, Morning Sentinel
• 09/27/2011: Collins: Keep potatoes on school menus, Kennebec Journal
• 09/27/2011: Education commissioner visits MDI school district, discusses standards, charter schools, Village Soup
• 09/27/2011: School reorganization gets cool reception in Swanville, Village Soup
• 09/27/2011: School changes policy on breast cancer bracelets, Village Soup
• 09/27/2011: ‘Public education one last enduring hope for America’, Village Soup
• 09/27/2011: Dirigo High student expelled, Sun Journal
• 09/27/2011: Oxford principal honored in Washington, Sun Journal
• 09/27/2011: SAT scores give snapshot on proficiency, Sun Journal
• 09/27/2011: RSU 16 budget vote set for Nov. 11, Sun Journal
• 09/27/2011: Businesses, educators must work together to close Maine’s ‘skills gap’, Bangor Daily News
• 09/26/2011: Motivating thoughts of life after high school, Times Record
• 09/25/2011: Winslow school names wing, scholarship for teacher, Morning Sentinel
• 09/25/2011: Collins: Keep potatoes on school menus, Kennebec Journal
• 09/25/2011: School lifts ban on breast cancer bracelets, Kennebec Journal
• 09/25/2011 Senators respond to column about potatoes, KJ
• 09/24/2011: Another bomb threat in at Richmond schools, KJ
• 09/24/2011: Maine can alter No Child Left Behind rules, KJ
• 09/26/2011: Kids say ‘potato,’ USDA says ‘poh-tay-NO’, KJ
• 09/26/2011: Kents Hill School hosts Fall Visit Day, VS
• 09/25/2011: Three Chinese students settling in well at Stearns, BDN
• 09/26/2011: John Bapst goes international with new program, BDN
• 09/26/2011: Lepage in NY for education panel : bdn
• 9/26/2011: Students learn the ins and outs of firefighting, SJ
• 9/26/2011 Son of Augusta comes back to lead Kents Hill School, KJ
• 9/23/2011: Auburn superintendent asks residents to read book, Sun Journal
• 9/23/2011: Students at Waldoboro school suspended for wearing controversial bracelets, Sun Journal
• 9/23/2011: Livermore Falls, Jay schools using grant, Sun Journal
• 9/23/2011: Pupils flood Ocean Avenue school, Portland Press Herald
• 9/23/2011: New Chelsea School opens to public, Kennebec Journal
• 9/22/2011:  NH woman fights to get school bus for disabled granddaughter, BDN
• 9/22/2011:  Oxford Hills high school tests fail to make the grade, SJ
• 9/22/2011:  Oxford Hills School District strives to educate homeless students, SJ
• 9/22/2011:  Experts say Mt. Blue campus safe after collapse during construction, SJ
• 9/22/2011:  AMS students used summer laptops for math, Facebook, SJ
• 9/22/11:  Revised scores show Biddeford High School juniors still performing below average, PPH
• 9/22/2011:  Washington teachers to vote on contract, strike, Morning Sentinel
• 9/21/2011: Monroe Elementary School closure to come before school board, Times Record
• 9/21/2011: Camden Hills teachers go global, gain recognition, Times Record
• 9/21/2011: Bus driver charged with sexual assault of disabled Kittery boy, Bangor Daily
• 9/21/2011: Hanging around after school, Sun Journal
• 9/21/2011: Oxford Hills high school test scores fail to make the grade, Sun Journal
• 9/21/2011: Seniors defend use of Multi-Purpose Center to Lewiston City Council, Sun Journal
• 9/21/2011: Falmouth may revise computer use policies, Portland Press Herald
• 9/21/2011: At Mount View, a call for kindness, Morning Sentinel
• 9/20/2011: Aspire Higher to celebrate for a month, Sun Journal
• 9/20/2011: RSU 16 board, budget panel to meet Monday, Sun Journal
• 9/20/2011:  2 Maine schools earn federal kudos, Boston AP
• 9/20/2011: Kids should walk away from all types of bullying, Kennebec Journal
• 9/20/2011: Early-college study panel appointed , Kennebec Journal
• 9/19/2011: Education Commissioner Steve Bowen to visit MDIRSS, VS
• 9/19/2011: Get published! Writing for money and fun , VS
• 9/18/2011: Maine Voices: Make job-related education a priority, Portland Press Herald
• 9/17/2011: Sex case against former Mars Teacher unresolved, BDN
• 9/15/2011: Eliot Elementary receives national award, pph
• 9/17/2011: Vote may turn school into library, ms
• 9/19/2011: Skowhegan school is owner’s dream come true, ms
• 9/19/2011: Schools find value in single-gender classes, kj
• 9/16/2011: Maine Teacher of Year honored, Portland Press Journal
• 9/16/2011: Panel cuts teacher salary supplements, Kennebec Journal
• 9/15/2011: RSU 57 names interim superintendent, Current Publishing
• 9/15/2011:  Lewiston High School working on re-accreditation, SJ
• 9/15/2011:  Author touts schools teamwork, The Times Record
• 9/15/2011:  Breakwater fair attracts high schools from across the region, PPH
• 9/15/2011:  Accident on Mt. Blue campus hurts man, KJ
• 9/15/2011:  State to help develop science standards, KJ
• 9/15/2011:  Forestry students show off skills at Oxford Fair, BDN
• 9/15/2011:  Dennysville voters adopt school budget, approve library lease, BDN
• 9/15/2011:  Maine to help develop next-generation science standards, BDN
• 9/14/2011: Maine school chief to make science announcement, Boston AP
• 9/14/2011: RSU 16 budget fails for third time, Sun Journal
• 9/14/2011: Board votes to readmit student, Bangor Daily
• 9/14/2011: Portland booster clubs will soon be all on same team, Portland Press Herald
• 9/14/2011:Changes follow strandings
  of two Portland students, Portland Press Herald
• 9/14/2011: Maine School Chief to make science announcemnt in Orono, Bangor Daily News
• 9/13/2011: Lewiston schools full, more room needed, Lewiston Sun Journal
• 9/13/2011: School board to consider shift in cost-sharing plan, Portland Press Herald
• 9/13/2011: NCLB does not benefit students, Sun Journal
• 9/13/2011: No Child Left Behind, Sun Journal
• 9/13/2011: SADD 44 appoints new staff, discusses grant options, Sun Journal
• 9/13/2011: Peru selectmen get petition for old school, Sun Journal
• 9/13/2011: Enrollment up unexpectedly at RSU 10, Sun Journal
• 9/13/2011: Board approves 13 delayed-start Wednesdays for high schools, Sun Journal
• 9/13/2011: RSU 16 validation vote today, Sun Journal
• 9/12/2011: Mad Louie encourages positive student behavior, Sun Journal
• 9/12/2001: Letters to the editor, Preschool far too expensive, Portland Press Herald
• 9/12/2011: Our View: Augusta jobs conference offers some good news, Portland Press Herald
• 9/12/2011: New principal combines duties at Athens Elementary, Morning Sentinel
• 9/12/2011: Student-teacher ratios growing, Kennebec Journal
• 9/11/2011: Letter to the Editor – Be prepared, Bangor Daily News
• 9/11/2011: Dexter event educates parents on services for children, Bangor Daily News
• 9/11/2011: Another View: Students don’t need protection from military recruiters, Portland Press Herald
• 9/11/2011: Teens learn a language, and a culture, Morning Sentinel
• 9/10/2011: ‘No’ on RSU 16′s third budget vote, Sun Journal
• 9/10/2011: Rumford woman pleads guilty to charges from Wednesday’s lockdown at Dixfield school, Sun Journal
• 9/10/2011: Digging into the past … a priceless present for future students, Portland Press Herald
• 9/10/2011: Young brains need a solid foundation, Kennebec Journal
• 9/10/2011: No Child Left Behind lawcan compromise privacy, Kennebec Journal
• 9/10/2011: LePage: More trades training needed in Maine, Kennebec Journal
• 9/9/2011: LePage: Maine Students Graduating with Wrong Skills for Available Jobs, MPBN
• 9/9/2011:  Oxford Hills group learns team work, combating hunger at Mass. farm, SJ
• 9/9/2011:  Former school rezone revisited, The Times Record
• 9/9/2011:  Freeport High gets tough on cell talk, texts, PPH
• 9/9/2011:  Mom’s persistence brings school fence, KJ
• 9/9/2011:  Second offer made for purchase of former Dexter schools, BDN
• 9/9/2011:  Ellsworth elementary school to be razed for park, BDN
• 9/8/2011:  Auburn kindergartners get iPads, SJ
• 9/8/2011:  UMF center gives home to local artists, MS
• 9/8/2011:  Race to the Top will help all students succeed, KJ
• 9/8/2011:  SAU 31 towns seek answers for $1.2M budget deficit, BDN
• 9/8/2011:  Performance workshops to be held at Maine high schools, BDN
• 9/8/2011:  Bates students’ start: Buy together, save together, BDN
• 9/8/2011:  House Democratic Leader Cain to speak at MCI, BDN
• 9/8/2011:  Three Maine teachers finalists for national science, math awards, BDN
• 9/8/2011:  Celebration to mark Northern Maine Community College’s 50th year, BDN
• 9/7/2011: Van Buren school selected for Schools for Excellence initiative, St. John Valley Times
• 9/7/2011:Sweetser employee accused of assaulting juvenile resident, Village Soup
• 9/07/2011:Wilson resigns from RSU 13 Board, Village Soup
• 9/07/2011: New magnet school welcomes first students, Bangor Daily
• 9/07/2011:New year, new schools, Portland Press Herald
• 9/07/2011: Oxford Hills schools’ openings ‘great’, Sun Journal
• 9/07/2011:PHOTO: First day of school, Sun Journal
• 9/07/2011: W.G. Mallett School opening a big success, Morning Sentinel
• 9/07/2011:New school, new school year at Good Will-Hinckley, Morning Sentinel
• 9/07/2011: Farmington elementary school opens its doors, Kennebec Journal
• 9/07/2011: RSU 18 voters approve biomass plant, Kennebec Journal
• 9/6/2011: Pre-K teachers make house calls, Sun Journal
• 9/6/2011: Richmond HS hosts top court, Kennebec Journal
• 9/6/2011: OUR OPINION: Lesson No. 1: You’ll be just fine, Kennebec Journal
• 9/5/2011: Students to head back to school at Mt. Blue, Mallet, Sun Journal
• 9/5/2011: UMF arts center ready to open doors, Morning Sentinel
• 9/5/2011: Maine’s newest high school opens Tuesday, Kennebec Journal
• 9/4/2011: Maine Supreme Judicial Court announces high school visits in October, Bangor Daily
• 9/4/2011: USM study targets obesity in high schools, Bangor Daily
• 9/4/2011: Study: Junk foods easily accessible to Maine children, Portland Press Hearld
• 9/4/2011: Support all types of teaching techniques, Kennebec Journal
• 9/3/2011: State has high hopes for UMFK’s Pleasant Street Academy pilot program, Bangor Daily
• 9/3/2011: The importance of education, Waldo – Village Soup
• 9/3/2011: Ready for school, Knox - Village Soup
• 9/3/2011: City makes a push for preschool, Portland Press Hearld
• 9/3/2011: Maine study finds unhealthful foods pervasive , Portland Press Hearld
• 9/3/2011: Moscow backs off departing SAD 13, Morning Sentinel
• 9/3/2011: Weekly radio address: LePage touts teacher development program , Kennebec Journal
• 9/2/2011: New SAD 75 chief aims to make ‘good’ better, Times Record
• 9/2/2011:  Officials say Universityof New England’s new dental school is built to last, Bangor Daily
• 9/2/2011:  Failure of public education, Sun Journal
• 9/2/2011:  Hebron, Otisfield schools finally open, Sun Journal
• 9/2/2011:  Math teacher makes extra effort; produces engineers, Sun Journal
• 9/2/2011:  In Yarmouth, group becomes school partner, Portland Press Hearld
• 9/2/2011:  Holmes accepts new role, Kennebec Journal
• 9/1/2011:  Opening celebration for EmeryCommunity Art Center planned, SJ
• 9/1/2011:  Oxford Hills school chief reports good first day, SJ
• 9/1/2011:  New students get leg ups from peers, orientations, SJ
• 9/1/2011:  School starts smoothly in SAD 58, SJ
• 9/1/2011:  Consolidated middle schoola hit first day, SJ
• 9/1/2011:  Bad bus day worries parents, SJ
• 9/1/2011:  Bishop celebrates the start of school, tells ‘the big God story’, SJ
• 9/1/2011:  Speaker endorses teaching revamp, MS
• 9/1/2011:  Irene aftermath:  School openings delayed, KJ
• 9/1/2011:  Children, parents alike transition back to school, KJ
• 9/1/2011:  Hartland, St. Albans schools receiving music instrument gifts, BDN
• 9/1/2011:  Free Rockland program educates parents while children learn, BDN
• 9/1/2011:  UMaine, Orono businesses urge students to feel welcome downtown, BDN

These news clips are provided as a courtesy and are not a complete compilation of Maine education news. If you think an article should be added to this page, please send us the link using the Maine DOE Newsroom “Contact us” page.

• 08/31/2011: Free Rockland program educates parents while children learn, Bangor Daily News
• 08/31/2011: WELCOME BACK – First day at school not just for kids, Current Publishing
• 08/31/2011: Drive carefully, school’s open, Village Soup
• 08/31/2011: Most Oxford Hills schools opening today, Sun Journal
• 08/31/2011: One day delay in RSU 16, Sun Journal
• 08/31/2011: Overhauled school awaits Waterville students, Morning Sentinel
• 08/31/2011: Bowen: Teachers’ task ‘largely impossible’, Kennebec Journal
• 08/31/2011: Winthrop Middle School canceled today, Kennebec Journal
• 08/30/2011: Oxford Hills schools closed another day, Sun Journal
• 08/30/2011: Freshman orientation canceled, no school for students Friday, Sun Journal
• 08/30/2011: Board approves calendar change for middle school, Sun Journal
• 08/30/2011: Student handbooks approved, Sun Journal
• 08/29/2011: It’s back to school at Maine universities, Sun Journal
• 08/30/2011: Some schools open despite storm, Sun Journal
• 08/30/2011: New Falmouth school not just big, but green, Sun Journal
• 08/30/2011: Drive carefully, school’s open, Village Soup
• 08/30/2011: Berwick Selectmen to try again on lease for old high school, Bangor Daily
• 08/30/2011: Falmouth’s tab to save on supplies: $16,400, Portland Press Hearld
• 08/30/2011: Parent supper to go on as scheduled in Waterville, Morning Sentinel 
• 08/30/2011: Only 10 transfer to Hussey, Kennebec Journal
• 08/29/2011: Back-to-school breakfast, VS
• 08/29/2011: New Franklin principal says life experience will help him help students, SJ
• 08/29/2011: Area schools announce new projects, staff changes, PPH
• 08/29/2011: ‘Green’ school set to open in Falmouth, PPH
• 08/29/2011:08/29/2011: Waterville teacher plans to engage students differently, MS
• 08/29/2011: Waterville junior high parents dinner Wednesday; AOS 92 school schedules announced, MS
• 08/29/2011: Students in Waterville grades K-9 to get extra day of summer, MS
• 08/27/2011: RSD 9 postpones first day of school, kj
• 08/29/2011: Moscow may leave SAD 13 over taxes, kj
• 08/29/2011: Program in funds crunch, kj
• 08/29/2011 Lower-income students closing achievment gaps, KJ
• 8/26/2011: Hurricane Irene postpones first day of school, Republican Journal
• 8/26/2011: Getting ready for school, Sun Journal
• 8/26/2011: Mt. Blue Regional School District opening delayed one week, Sun Journal
• 8/26/2011:  Interim principal named for Spruce Mountain South, Sun Journal
• 8/26/2011:  Key step in changing teacher evaluation methods, Kennebec Journal
• 8/25/2011:  Town votes to take school, Times Record
• 8/25/2011:  RSU 9 may delay school start, PPH
• 8/25/2011:  Westbrook school getting repairs long after opening, PPH
• 8/25/2011:  New Great Falls school: ‘It’s cool’, PPH
• 8/25/2011:  STILL LIFE: Back to the books, MS
• 8/25/2011:  First day not set, KJ
• 8/25/2011:  No apparent rush to switch schools, KJ
• 8/25/2011:  Students return to Portland public schools Sept. 6, BDN
• 8/25/2011:  New SAU 31 leader says bad practices led to $1.2M deficit, BDN
• 8/25/2011:  Former school employee indicted again in possession of child porn, BDN
• 8/25/2011:  UMA Bangor’s new dental health clicic open for business, BDN
• 8/25/2011:  Racing to the top - this time Maine strives to win, BDN
• 8/25/2011:  Maine should seek waiver for testing standards, Sun Journal
• 8/25/2011:  RSU 10 eyes tight budget as school year starts, Sun Journal
• 8/24/2011: What’s stopping successful charter schools from expanding?  Bangor Daily
• 8/24/2011: Region 9 gears up for students, cookout, Sun Journal
• 8/224/2011: Family coalition hosting workshops for parents, guardians, Sun Journal
• 8/24/2011: Minot reviews school budget, Sun Journal
• 8/24/2011: Mt. Blue work could delay schools’ openings, Sun Journal
• 8/24/2011:Maine education boss: NCLB had good goals, but is failing schools, Sun Journal
• 8/24/2011: Child porn charge against ex-teacher dropped, Portland Press Herald
• 8/24/2011: New leader at Waterville Senior High School, Morning Sentinel
• 8/24/2011: Rosenthal to run Fayette/Winthrop consolidated school district, Kennebec Journal
• 08/23/2011: Otisfield school mold problem resolved, Sun Journal
• 08/23/2011: Consolidated middle school nearly ready for students, staff, Sun Journal
• 08/23/2011: New school system for students, staff to begin, Sun Journal
• 08/23/2011: School doctor approved for 2011-12 year, Sun Journal
• 08/23/2011: Minot tax rate awaits school budget vote, Sun Journal
• 08/23/2011: Few requests for school transfers in Lewiston, Sun Journal
• 08/23/2011: Elementary choice for parents looms, Kennebec Journal
• 08/20/2011: Casual Friday pays off for school children: VS
• 08/22/2011: 20 more school buses to get digital cameras, SJ
• 08/20/2011: Ed tech arrested in Windham burglary, pph
• 8/19/2011: Oxford Hills administrators take up canoe challenge on retreat, Sun Journal
• 8/19/2011: Mallett School demolished, Sun Journal
• 8/19/2011: VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Don’t eat that lunch, Kennebec Journal
• 8/19/2011: Cony High loses on-site doctor, Kennebec Journal
• 8/19/2011: Maine will request waiver to No Child Left Behind law, Kennebec Journal
• 8/18/2011:  Auburn schools hire planning consultant, SJ
• 8/18/2011:  Auburn schools receive iPads, SJ
• 8/18/2011:  Holy Savior school prepares for start of classes, SJ
• 8/18/2011:  China selectmen approve boiler for RSU 18 schools, MS
• 8/18/2011:  Learning life skills while working land, MS
• 8/18/2011:  Maine’s grads 5th best in US in ACT results, KJ
• 8/17/2011: Teacher hired for Newport school, Nokomis test scores rise, Bangor Daily
• 8/17/2011: RSU 10 continues taking consistency steps for the three regions, Sun Journal
• 8/17/2011: School work, Sun Journal
• 8/17/2011: School officials consider atheltic concussion policy, Sun Journal
• 8/17/2011: State ranks 11th on child well-being, Sun Journal
• 8/17/2011:   Greenville’s Nickerson Elementary School to be closed in late autumn, BDN
• 8/17/2011: New summer program to become after-school center, Sun Journal
• 8/17/2011: State to apply again in federal Race to the Top, Kennebec Journal
• 8/16/2011: Cushing sees drop in tax rate, Village Soup
• 8/16/2011: Maine town restores 1-room schoolhouse, Sun Journal
• 8/16/2011: Coming next fall: New regulations for healthier school lunches, Sun Journal
• 8/16/2011: Our View: States should get relief on ‘No Child’ deadlines, Portland Press Hearld
• 8/16/2011: State school board member James Carignan dies, Portland Press Hearld
• 8/16/2011:  School board run-off election scheduled for Clinton tonight, Morning Sentinel
• 8/16/2011: OUR OPINION: If Congress can’t fix No Child law, then get a waiver, Kennebec Journal
• 8/14/2011: Mitchell Institute boosts scholarships by 20%, BDN
• 8/13/2011: Maine school’s Chinese outreach exceeds grasp, MS
• 8/12/2011: Study approved for high schools, Sun Journal
• 8/12/2011: New math techniques add up for teachers, Sun Journal
• 8/12/2011: Schools chief choice delayed, Kennebec Journal
• 8/12/2011:  School officials fear last-minute changes, Kennebec Journal
• 8/11/2011:  Solar technology lab opens at community college, KJ
• 8/11/2011:  Superintendent tour touts RSUs, KJ
• 08/10/2011: New SAD 40 superintendent gets ready for school, VS
• 08/10/2011 Telstar Middle School gets new principal, SJ
• 08/10/201: RSU 16 revised budget going to voters, SJ
• 08/10/2011: Third try proves successful for SAD 61 budget, PPH
• 08/09/2011: Dixfield taxes rise 7 percent, Sun Journal
• 08/09/2011: Maine school lunch prices going up this fall, Portland Press Hearld
• 08/09/2011: BRIEFS, Kennebec Journal
• 08/09/2011: City ponders 2 fund transfers, Kennebec Journal
• 08/08/2011: Lessons Learned – Engaging business, adult ed and colleges to upgrade Maine’s workforce, Mainebiz
• 08/08/2011: School’s open: Teachers set up at new Stowe School, Times Record
• 08/08/2011: Is this website offering the future of Education?, Bangor Daily
• 08/08/2011: Jay graduate sets her sights on biomedical engineering career, Sun Journal
• 08/08/2011: New Mallett School nearly ready; demolition of old school imminent, Sun Journal
• 08/08/2011: School lunch prices rising, Kennebec Journal
• 08/05/2011: 8 Portland schools win U.S. healthy-diet award, Portland Press Hearld
• 08/05/2011: Pratt to leave RSU 73 district to lead mid-coast school system, Sun Journal
• 08/05/2011: Lewiston’s list of ‘in need’ schools grows, Sun Journal
• 08/05/2011: RSU 16 budget meeting seeks common ground, Sun Journal
• 08/05/2011: Millinocket school coming up short on Chinese students, Kennebec Journal
• 08/05/2011: Test probe forces middle school teacher’s exit, Kennebec Journal
• 8/4/2011:  School’s open:  Teachers set up at new Stowe School, The Times Record
• 8/4/2011:  Three elementary schools in Auburn fail to meet federal math standards, Sun Journal
• 8/4/2011:  Students have a right to vote, Sun Journal
• 8/4/2011:  Moscow, Bingham settle on budget, Morning Sentinel
• 08/03/2011: Collins cut from school board, Courier (Village Soup)
• 08/03/2011: SAD 44 Adult Education commencement to be held Thursday, Sun Journal
• 08/03/2011: Ideas for Peru school include community center, Sun Journal
• 08/03/2011: Kennebunks, Arundel, Wells-Ogunquit eye regional high school, Portland Press Herald
• 08/03/2011: Skowhegan Savings collects school supplies, Morning Sentinel
• 08/02/2011: Otisfield School: Mold removal nearly complete, Sun Journal
• 08/02/2011: OUR OPINION: Adding 5th year to high school still a good idea, Kennebec Journal
• 08/01/2011: Program to aid ‘students in middle’, MS