education

Newly published data from the Maine Department of Education show a slight decline this fall to about 172,600 students, which is about 4% below pre-pandemic levels.

The complaint argues the school district violated Lavigne's parental rights to control and direct the education and upbringing of her child by intentionally withholding information about her child's gender expression.

The new test is similar to the current test, and state officials say it will be briefer and provide faster information for teachers and schools.

Residents of the Oxford County town of Paris have voted to recall two local school board members over a proposed student gender identity policy.

Maine students' scores on the "nation's report card" have fallen significantly over the past three years, as the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted learning.

Last week, with little fanfare, a historic, livestreamed debate took place between a team of students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a team of residents from the Maine Department of Corrections.

The approval comes in the wake of a consequential U.S. Supreme Court decision that found the state's exclusion of religious schools from a state tuition program to be unconstitutional.

They worry that students with disabilities, who struggled when schools went to remote learning during the pandemic, could fall even further behind.

State officials estimate that with universal school meal waivers in place, districts across Maine provided 3 million more meals last year.

A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling opened the door for funding from the state program, which serves about 5,000 students, to flow to religious schools.