A Maine legislative directive to school districts to adopt a cellphone use policy is a major step. One district is already ...

As a Maine state legislator, I see firsthand the mounting pressures our students, teachers, and school systems are under.

Now, with most states adopting new national standards that don't require such instruction, cursive could soon be eliminated at most public schools. For many students, cursive is becoming as ...

Portland schools now have the opportunity to lead. Maine’s children are in crisis. Our students rank among the bottom 14 states in academic performance, and nearly one in six young adults has be ...

More questions need to be asked about the effect of technology on our learners and future thinkers. I was fascinated by David Dyke’s May 18 op-ed (“Stop and ask what technology is doing to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that religious schools can't be excluded from a Maine program that offers tuition aid for private education, a decision that could ease ...

The River Hawks score six times in the first inning and hold on for their fifth win of the season. Skowhegan scored six runs in the first inning and beat Brunswick, 6-3, in a baseball game Monday ...

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff An attempt to allow more charter schools in Maine briefly turned into an effort to ...

All traffic-related controls on all Maine roads open to the public must follow the national "Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices" (MUTCD). This manual provides guidance for traffic signs, ...

A Belfast school has honoured the memory of a young Belfast dad, who died suddenly from a heart attack just over a year ago. John Taggart, from the Shankill Road area, passed away in the early ...

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