Education Archives - Bangor Daily News

Maine Human Rights Commission sues 5 school districts over transgender policies

by Callie Ferguson and Daniel O'Connor November 17, 2025November 18, 2025

All of the school policies were enacted after the Trump administration began pressuring Maine last winter to ban transgender athletes from girls sports teams.

Why UMaine isn’t publicly fighting the Trump administration’s funding cuts

by Callie Ferguson July 29, 2025July 29, 2025

The feds cleared UMaine of violating Title IX. They’re still taking money away.

by Callie Ferguson June 21, 2025June 24, 2025

Read about the impact of federal funding uncertainty on the University of Maine System

by Christopher Burns May 28, 2025

Donald Trump’s administration is holding up nearly $50M for Maine universities

by Callie Ferguson May 28, 2025May 28, 2025

Maine public universities have no transgender athletes. The Trump administration tried to pull funding anyway.

by Callie Ferguson and Erin Rhoda March 13, 2025March 13, 2025

This new program to keep kids out of the justice system is a 1st for Maine

by Callie Ferguson February 11, 2025February 11, 2025

Report: Math and reading scores worsened among Maine students

by Callie Ferguson June 10, 2024June 11, 2024

Bangor is trying to get absent kids back to class

by Sawyer Loftus May 22, 2024May 22, 2024

They came together to help at-risk kids in the midcoast. Will it be enough?

by Callie Ferguson May 14, 2024

Bangor switched to full-day pre-K and is seeing remarkable results

by Sawyer Loftus March 21, 2024March 21, 2024

Flawed funding formula threatens Maine’s pre-K goals

by Sawyer Loftus March 20, 2024March 20, 2024