President Bush’s “Pell Grants for Kids” program
Supporters of school choice got a boost this past week when President Bush outlined his “Pell Grants for Kids” program in the State of the Union speech. The concept is […]
Read More →Whither consolidation reform?
For the past few weeks, the Education Committee has wrestled with trying to repair the troubled school district consolidation law. The Education Department came to the Committee in early December […]
Read More →New York Sun: Wisconsin teachers union fights successful virtual school
At MHPC’s next Maine Issues Forum, I’ll be talking about some of the new school reform ideas being discussed across the nation, and how they might be implemented here in […]
Read More →AP: U.S. students do worse in science and math
New article out today: WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. students are lagging behind their peers in other countries in science and math, test results out Tuesday show. The test, the Program […]
Read More →Center for College Affordability and Productivity: The REAL reasons why Universities cost too much
The state got more finger-pointing from the University of Maine system yesterday, as it continues to find a way to explain massive budget shortfalls. The blame this time is directed […]
Read More →Portsmouth Herald: Baldacci’s Maine school consolidation idea unravels
A couple of weeks ago, the Brunswick Times Record became one of the few major papers to editorialize against the state’s school system consolidation plan. Today, the Portsmouth Herald joins […]
Read More →BDN – Greenville’s small school a key to its community
The BDN features a very good front page article this morning about how well the Greenville school has done despite its small size. Check out these statistics from the article: […]
Read More →Why are we consolidating schools again?
The Bangor Daily ran a nice piece yesterday about our recent report on school district size and student achievement. In criticizing the report, though, Department of Education spokesman David Connerty-Marin […]
Read More →MHPC in the middle of the Bath/Union 47 consolidation debate
The Brunswick Times Record, which last week became one of the first daily newspapers in Maine to editorialize against the state’s current school “reorganization” effort, was kind enough to publish […]
Read More →Times-Record Editorial: Time to Stop Consolidation Effort
Could it be that Maine’s newspapers are beginning to turn against the school district consolidation effort? The Brunswick Times Record published the following editorial on Wednesday, calling for a halt […]
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