School Choice coalition launched in Virginia
A Virginia legislator has launched a school choice advocacy group there called School Choice Virginia. Disappointed at his lack of success passing school choice legislation, Delegate Chris Saxman took the […]
Read More →School Choice now a felony in Broward County, Florida
The bloggers at the Fordham Foundation happened upon this bit of news from the Miami Herald the other day. It seems as though parents and children are exercising their own […]
Read More →Another consolidation plan goes down the tubes
A couple of weeks ago, I suggested in this space that the school consolidation effort was not going as well as the administration might hope. The Freeport/Durham/Pownal merger plan, at […]
Read More →School Voucher advocate Milton Friedman being recognized today
It was more than fifty years ago that the late Dr. Milton Friedman first proposed expanding school choice options through the use of taxpayer-funded school “vouchers.” Arguing that government-run schools, […]
Read More →School budget validation process working as designed
Voters in Monmouth, Sabattus, Lamoine, Lubec and Cape Elizabeth have yet to approve school budgets for the coming year, despite several trips to the ballot box by voters in all […]
Read More →Vermont sales tax holiday a big hit
The Maine Heritage Policy Center has argued repeatedly that high tax burdens depress the economy by taking money out of the pockets of taxpayers. We have shown how Maine’s high […]
Read More →Freeport School Board shoots down consolidation plan
As I related yesterday, the consolidation plan for Freeport, Durham and Pownal has generated opposition among folks in Freeport, who feel as though they are paying too high a share […]
Read More →Reorganization update: Falmouth gets cold feet, opposition group in Freeport organizes against consolidation plan
A quick look at the Department of Education’s reorganization plan website would have the casual observer thinking the school unit consolidation effort is going swimmingly. All down the list of […]
Read More →Utah state government goes to a 4-day workweek
The state of Utah is moving to a 4-day workweek in a bid to cut state spending, according to this AP report on MSNBC.com. Just keeping government buildings closed on […]
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