Teachers

Maine State Senator Rebecca Millett, D-Cumberland, has proposed a bill that would raise the minimum wage for a teacher in Maine from $30,000 a year to $40,000 a year, starting on July 1, 2016.

Our new Bee Teacher of the Month is Ms. Katie Conway from Readfield Elementary School.  Described by a parent as kind, caring and compassionate; Ms. Conway devotes 100% of her time to help her students succeed.  With a classroom decorated like a tropical island, the Morning Buzz took a trip to Conway Island to surprise this very deserving teacher.

Nancie Atwell is one of 50 finalists for an international teaching prize. She teaches at the Center for Teaching and Learning, a K-8 school in Edgecomb. Atwell, a teacher since 1973. In 1990 she founded the Center for Teaching and Learning, a demonstration school where the faculty develops effective methods and shares them with other educators. She is also She is also the author of nine books for

Congratulations Ms. Ashley Stowe from Lincoln Elementary School in Augusta.  She is our new Bee Teacher of the Month!  Ms. Stowe won a trophy from Yankee Trophy of Benton and also a $50 gift certificate from the China Dine-ah!

Special Education Teacher Jennifer Dorman has been named Maine's Teacher of the Year. Dorman, who teaches English and language arts, has taught at Skowhegan Area Middle School since 2009.

Even teachers are nervous on the first day of school, although they don't usually cope with the butterflies in their stomachs the way this one did.

The Maine Department of Education has announced the 16 educators chosen as Maine’s 2014 county teachers of the year. One of the 16 will be selected in the fall as Maine’s Teacher of the Year for 2015.

Modern media is pretty simple to understand. The problem is teenagers don't think older people, like their teachers, can learn or use things like Twitter, Instagram or Snapchat. But....yes. Yes, we can! And we LOOOOOVE reading what you write about us!

While making an effort to mold young minds the pop culture teachers of our past (and recent past) succeeded in not only learning us a thing or two but also in making themselves stars. .

David Fabrizio, the principal at Ipswich Middle School (Massachusetts) is being criticized for canceling 'Honors Night' at the school. He told MyFoxBoston.com that the evening could be "devastating to a child who has worked extremely hard in a difficult class but who, despite growth, has not been able to maintain a high grade-point average."

A proposed bill would allow teachers and other school employees to carry concealed firearms in school. As you might guess, the bill raised questions among legislative leaders. First of all it would not be mandatory.

It's been a long time. A very long time. I graduated from Lawrence High School in 1992. And Ioved every minute of it. When I was a teenager, I didn't really do much. So going to school was fun because we didn't have to stay home. I was pleasantly surpriesd when I asked Andy Capwell to decide who should get the Teacher of the Month for December. He was reading through the entries and decided on a t