Education

Published
February 16, 2021

Proposed law would require Maine schools to teach African American history

The measure, which would also require schools to teach about the history of genocide, comes as states across the U.S. are examining how they're teaching about racial and social injustice.
Published
February 14, 2021

Black History Month: Schools were segregated in the North, too

The battles of the civil rights era were also fought outside the Jim Crow South.
Published
February 12, 2021

Maine Catholic schools celebrate 100 days of in-person learning
Published
February 10, 2021

Portland schools to consider adding in-person learning for high school students

There is no timeline for when students in grades 10 through 12 might be back in classrooms, but the school board is expected to discuss plans for more in-person learning Feb. 23.
Published
February 9, 2021

In vaccine rollout, 26 states have plans for teachers to get their shots. Maine isn’t one of them.

Teachers are defined as essential workers, a large group in Maine that also includes grocery employees, postal workers, agricultural and other food workers, and manufacturing employees.