Posted: April 26th, 2011 | Author: Education Week: Maine | Filed under: Maine | Comments Off
A new teachers' union contract that will save Portland, Maine, taxpayers nearly $2 million in salary concessions in the coming year also requires the district to pay 80 percent of the union presidents salary and benefits.
Posted: November 4th, 2009 | Author: Education Week: Maine | Filed under: Maine | Comments Off
From ballot measures with funding implications to high-profile mayoral races, school issues factored into a number of state and local races.
Posted: October 14th, 2009 | Author: Education Week: Maine | Filed under: Maine | Comments Off
Despite budget shortfalls, about half the high schools in the state plan to issue laptops to students.
Posted: September 1st, 2009 | Author: Education Week: Maine | Filed under: Maine | Comments Off
But budget cutbacks are forcing some schools to look for cheaper alternatives.
Posted: January 6th, 2009 | Author: Education Week: Maine | Filed under: Maine | Comments Off
A consortium of four states will try to reinvent secondary schools at the practical and policy levels.
