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Education & Training

  • Seven high schoolers honored for Maine App Challenge

    Staff June 13, 2016

    Tyler Technologies Inc., the Plano, Texas-based public sector software developer with offices in Maine, on Sunday presented the seven student winners of its Maine App Challenge with scholarships totaling $10,000 in front of a crowd gathered for a

    Staff June 13, 2016
  • It may be a great idea, but STEM Loan Program didn't get funded

    James McCarthy June 13, 2016

    LD 1655, a bill designed to increase the number of science, technology, engineering or mathematics professionals in Maine, received strong bipartisan support from both Gov. Paul LePage and Senate Minority Leader Justin Alfond, D-Portland, as it made

    James McCarthy June 13, 2016
  • MECA president resigns for post at Oregon art college

    Staff June 10, 2016

    After six years of serving as president of the Maine College of Art, Don Tuski announced his resignation from the downtown Portland art college on Tuesday to take the post of president at Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Ore.

    Staff June 10, 2016
  • Bristol Seafood donates $10K to UNE marine sciences program

    Staff June 9, 2016

    Southern Maine seafood processor and distributor Bristol Seafood and its partners donated $10,000 to the University of New England's Center for Excellence in the Marine Sciences.

    Staff June 9, 2016
  • Unity College student lands $50K federal research fellowship

    Staff June 3, 2016

    Rae-Ann MacLellan-Hurd, an earth and environmental science major at Unity College, has been awarded a $50,000 federal fellowship under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Greater Research Opportunities Fellowships for Undergraduate

    Staff June 3, 2016
  • Maine nonprofits are big draw for federal R&D funding

    Lori Valigra June 3, 2016

    Maine's colleges and universities fell short in attracting federal funding for science and engineering in fiscal 2014, but the state's nonprofit institutions made a comparatively strong showing with almost double the amount of money.

    Lori Valigra June 3, 2016
  • Susan Hunter will remain as UMaine flagship president through 2018

    Staff May 27, 2016

    Susan Hunter will continue to serve as president of the University of Maine System's flagship campus in Orono through June 30, 2018.

    Staff May 27, 2016
  • Maine Maritime hosts inaugural STEM Conference for Girls

    Staff May 25, 2016

    The Maine Maritime Academy is Castine hosted nearly four-dozen girls from nine local high schools for the first ever “STEM Conference for Girls” on May 21.

    Staff May 25, 2016
  • UMaine System unanimously reappoints Chancellor Page

    Staff May 24, 2016

    In a unanimous vote, the University of Maine System Board of Trustees has reappointed Chancellor James H. Page to continue serving at his post through June 2018.

    Staff May 24, 2016
  • 300 students vie for $20K at UMaine competition

    Staff May 24, 2016

    The last time Mainebiz checked in with students at King Middle School's “makerspace” in Portland, students were hard at work constructing model wind turbines in advance of the annual Maine Windstorm and Wind Blade Challenge competitions hosted at

    Staff May 24, 2016
  • Virtual reality at Husson becomes reality thanks to $1M gift

    Staff May 24, 2016

    Students attending Husson University in Bangor will no longer have to rely on daydreaming in the middle of a lecture to find themselves in another world — thanks to a $1 million donation from an anonymous donor that will be used to create a virtual

    Staff May 24, 2016
  • Aging workforce, lack of skilled workers leads to worker shortage in construction

    May 19, 2016

    A “perfect storm” has led to a shortage of skilled workers in Maine's construction industry, forcing some contractors in the state to turn down projects.

    May 19, 2016
  • National Science Foundation awards Bigelow Labs $1.1M for microbe study

    Staff May 17, 2016

    The National Science Foundation has awarded $1,093,785 to the East Boothbay-based Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences to fund a study on microbes and their effects on oceans.

    Staff May 17, 2016
  • Learning beyond the classroom at King Middle School's makerspace

    James McCarthy May 16, 2016

    The makerspace reflects a convergence of several important education trends that are based on the realization that teaching the STEM disciplines of science, technology, engineering and math benefits greatly when academic learning is combined with

    James McCarthy May 16, 2016
  • Haystack's new director looks at a future of inclusion

    Laurie Schreiber May 16, 2016

    Mainebiz contributor Laurie Schreiber spoke to Paul Sacaridiz, who stepped in as Haystack Mountain School of Crafts' fourth director last September, following the retirement of Stuart Kestenbaum, who served as director for 27 years.

    Laurie Schreiber May 16, 2016
  • UMaine says 'cheers' to trend for more science in craft brewing

    Lori Valigra May 16, 2016

    UMaine food science and human nutrition professors Jason Bolton and Brian Perkins developed a course, FSN 121 Brewing with Food Science, and taught it over the past three years. Their idea caught on fast. The undergraduate course is so popular that

    Lori Valigra May 16, 2016

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Are you paying more for school supplies this year?
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Sponsored by: Kennebunk Savings Bank

With most public school kids in Maine heading back to class this week, students and their parents are paying more for school supplies, according to a report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Students and their parents are paying more this year for textbooks and reference materials, school lunches, day care and preschool, college tuition and boys' clothes. 

The cost of girls' clothing decreased and the prices of both footwear and snacks were unchanged from a year ago.