Researchers chart a dropoff in scores and graduation rates, but defenders say the education model needs to be assessed differently.
Colin Woodard
Colin Woodard is the Press Herald’s State and National Affairs Writer, and is often at work on large investigative projects. Born in Waterville and raised in western Maine, he was a foreign correspondent for two decades, reported from more than fifty countries on all seven continents, and witnessed the collapse of communism and its bloody aftermath in Eastern Europe and the Balkans. He’s written five books, including histories of Maine (The Lobster Coast), North America’s rival regional cultures (American Nations) and the Golden Age Pirates (Republic of Pirates), which was turned into a quickly forgotten NBC mini-series starring John Malkovich as Blackbeard. Since joining the Press Herald in 2012, he’s won a George Polk Award and was a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting. He used to be an avid sailor and SCUBA diver, but with small kids at home, his hobbies now include sleeping and picking up toys.
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Campobello’s sea change
Visitors are returning to the U.S.-Canadian park after 9/11 upended international rules.
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LePage disagrees with EPA’s logic, but supports more river access for alewives
The EPA last month said Maine must take action to allow alewives above a dam on the St. Croix River.
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Cheap Maine lobsters spark protests in Canada
Emergency tactical police teams respond to distress calls from two separate lobster plants, which were under protest from 200 angry lobstermen.
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Collins, fiance ‘bring out best in each other’
The Maine senator and the political strategist Thomas Daffron share a long history of friendship and success.
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Election 2012: King catches the money wave
The former governor, running for the U.S. Senate as an independent, attracts vastly more money than his opponents — some from surprising sources.
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Maine company leading way as tidal energy comes of age
The Ocean Renewable Power Co. will unveil its first full-scale commercial turbine that will be mounted on the sea floor.
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EPA orders state: Open St. Croix to alewives
The directive overrules two Maine laws intended to protect other fish species, but environmentalists say the presence of the foragers will benefit ecosystems.
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EPA overrules Maine on alewives issue
The ruling is a victory for Maine’s Indian tribes and environmentalists, who say the state’s laws have killed an important food source.