Inside Maine’s Race to the Top application, Part 3
In Part 3 of my series on Maine’s Race to the Top application, we look at section A(2) of the application, which has to do with the state’s capacity to […]
Read More →Inside Maine’s Race to the Top application, Part 2
Maine’s Race to the Top application, Part A(1)(iii): The state’s achievement goals and how stakeholder support “will translate into broad statewide impact.” Yesterday, I briefly described the school reform vision […]
Read More →Inside Maine’s Race to the Top application, Part 1
Whether Maine wins a federal grant or not, the state’s Race to the Top application will likely drive the education reform discussion in Maine for some time. But what does […]
Read More →On education, Maine’s gubernatorial candidates to offer voters a clear choice.
As the Bangor Daily News reports this morning, the gubernatorial nominations of Sen. Libby Mitchell for the Democrats and Mayor Paul LePage for the Republicans “will offer voters a stark […]
Read More →Live Blogging the Education Committee’s June meeting
4:00 pm: Ending on time, and a good meeting overall – good to see the committee throwing its weight around a little. There wasn’t nearly enough of this last legislative […]
Read More →GOP Gubernatorial Candidates on How to Fix Maine Schools
What appears to be the last statewide debate between the seven Republican candidates for Governor took place last night, and was broadcast live on WMTW. (The debate is available for […]
Read More →Maine’s Race to the Top application due today
June 1 has arrived and applications for the second round of federal Race to the Top grants are due today, including Maine’s. Not wanting to tip its hand, the state […]
Read More →MEA: Maine suffering from “ballooning class sizes.” Really? (Part 2)
Yesterday, I took a look at the Maine Education Association’s claims that class sizes in Maine are “ballooning.” The truth, as the U.S. D.O.E., Education Week, and others have found, […]
Read More →MEA: Maine suffering from “ballooning class sizes.” Really?
According to a recent press release from the Maine Education Association, cuts to school budgets are leading to the layoffs of “hundreds of educators,” resulting in “ballooning class sizes”. Really? […]
Read More →Live Blogging the first meeting of the “Joint Select Committee on Health Care Reform Opportunities and Implementation”
*Start at the bottom and read up 3:05: Adjournment. No date set for the next meeting, and really, why bother? The committee sees its role very clearly: the soon-to-be outgoing […]
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