Maine launches $1 million ad campaign to attract teachers amid shortage

The initiative is funded with pandemic relief money and quantifies for the first time the number of educator vacancies in Maine: over 850.

Deal reached to end teachers strike in Massachusetts town

Classes in Andover, Mass. have been canceled since Thursday.

Farmington area schools face increase in homeschooled students

During his superintendent's report on Tuesday, Oct. 10, Superintendent Christian Elkington engaged in a discussion with the board over staff and student retention.

UMF receives grant funding for GEAR UP

Maine's congressional delegation announced on Tuesday, Sept. 26, that $4 million would be allocated annually to the GEAR UP program, which has helped prepare Maine students for postsecondary education since 1998.

Farmington-based school district struggles to find applicants for key positions

Maine Voices: Remember the inestimable power of a good and caring teacher

From a portable classroom on the grounds of Sanford High School, Bill Ferguson – Ferg or Fergie, to his students – showed me the light.

As students head back to school, some districts struggle to find the staffing to serve them

The problem is particularly severe in Skowhegan-based Maine School Administrative District 54, which still needs more than 20 educational technicians as the 2023-24 school year launches.

School year in Maine begins with familiar staffing shortages

Special-education teachers are in especially short supply.

Maine Voices: Despite centuries of education fads, good schooling always starts with good teachers

No substitute exists for the simple, clear eloquence and mentoring of the relationship between a student and an educator.