Rep. Alan Casavant, a dangerous man
Yesterday afternoon, the legislature released the committee assignment lists, naming each legislator to one of the myriad legislative committees. As an education policy guy, the first list I checked was […]
Read More →Massachusetts Teachers Association leads the way
Yesterday, I wondered whether the Maine Education Association, fresh off the Election Day shellacking of its gubernatorial candidate, Libby Mitchell, wold take a long look at itself in the mirror […]
Read More →The MEA looks ahead…
The Maine Education Association took its fair share of lumps (and then some) this past election season. The union backed the wrong horse in the gubernatorial race, dropping more than […]
Read More →Balancing Maine’s state budget? Follow the money…
Two years ago, the Maine Heritage Policy Center released a report titled “Where the Money Is: The Fastest-Growing Programs in Maine Government, FY 2000—FY 2009.” For that report, we used […]
Read More →Election Day and Maine’s Education Future
At long last, Election Day is here. The votes cast today will, of course, have a huge impact on the development of public policy generally, but it is education issues […]
Read More →Among the school reformers…
So how far behind is Maine in terms of school reform? Way behind. Though I knew this already and have been banging this drum for what seems like years at […]
Read More →Maine is Number 1! (At being hostile to business)
It has been nearly a week since Forbes Magazine announced its “best states for business and careers,” placing Maine at the very bottom of the list – in 50th place. […]
Read More →Funding Early College High Schools
In my most recent column for the Bangor Daily News, I discussed Paul LePage’s early college high school idea, describing it as the most compelling school reform idea put forward […]
Read More →Libby Mitchell’s fuzzy math
Libby Mitchell’s school reform plan has a lot of different elements, and if they have one thing in common, it is that they involve a great deal of spending. According […]
Read More →New report calls for Maine to adopt charter schools, school vouchers
A new report from Envision Maine is in the news, with articles about it in the Portland Press Herald and the Bangor Daily News. The BDN even goes so far […]
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