McKinsey report shows need for municipal transparency
At the press conference on the release of his budget a couple of weeks ago, the Governor referred to a new study by the McKinsey & Co. consulting firm, which […]
Read More →RSU votes upcoming with implications for school choice
According to the state, 20 RSU plans are still awaiting approval by voters, and a number of them have implications for school choice: Alton/Bradley/Greenbush/Milford/Old Town: RSU plan would protect school […]
Read More →Former IBM chief’s education reform ideas
Former IBM CEO Louis Gerstner had an interesting piece in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, in which he suggests a handful of education reform options: “- Abolish all local school districts, […]
Read More →School Choice op-ed in today’s Bangor Daily
The Bangor Daily News was good enough to publish an op-ed I wrote on the subject of school choice. It will be interesting to see what kind of a response […]
Read More →How do you save school choice? One vote at a time.
Over on our school choice website, http://maineschoolchoice.ning.com, Karen Balas-Coté, who helped lead the effort to preserve school choice in Orland, provides a quick overview of what the Orland school choice […]
Read More →Could consolidation lead to MORE school choice?
MHPC has done quite a bit of work to publicize the fact that school choice in Maine is under threat. Is it possible that school choice could be expanded as […]
Read More →The Obama family enjoys school choice, why not you?
An article from today’s New York Post details the choice facing President-Elect and Mrs.Obama as they look to move to Washington in January – to which school will they send […]
Read More →Consolidation proves popular…
Turns out, more folks are prepared to merge school districts than I had anticipated. I predicted in this space that about half of the consolidation plans sent out to voters […]
Read More →School choice saved by voters in Raymond and Orland
Not a great Election Day as far as I’m concerned, but there was one bright note. Voters in Raymond and Orland both voted to preserve school choice. The vote in […]
Read More →New Report Shows Widespread Support for School Choice in Maine
Our friends at the University of Maine have just released a report, done in cooperation with the Penquis Superintendents’ Association, which shows that preserving school choice was a critical issue […]
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