Press Release: New analysis shows Governor Mills’ budget threatens Maine’s strong fiscal standing
New analysis shows Governor Janet Mills’budget threatens Maine’s strong fiscal standing AUGUSTA – The Maine Heritage Policy Center (MHPC) today released a new analysis of Gov. Janet Mills’ biennial budget […]
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Seven Communities to Lose Education Funding Under Question 2 Tax Hike
If you’re from the town of Sebago, Lincolnville, Greenwood, Bremen, Newry, Machiasport, or Jonesport, Question 2 should worry you immensely. You see, while many people are talking about the 130 […]
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MHPC Releases Question 2 Report
AUGUSTA- This week, The Maine Heritage Policy Center (MHPC) released a new report, The Wrong Choice for ME: How Question 2 would exacerbate inequality in K-12 education and cost thousands of […]
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Maine School Management Association Weighs in on Question 2
This week, the Maine School Management Association (MSMA) – a nonprofit comprised of the Maine School Boards Association and the Maine School Superintendents Association – released a white paper on […]
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Tax Flight Is Real; Question 2 Would Make It Worse
Many liberal groups, including the Maine People’s Alliance, the Maine Center for Economic Policy and the Economic Policy Institute, assert that higher taxes on millionaires does little to motivate them […]
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A Family Lineage
*The following essay won the 2016 Milton Friedman Essay Contest Joshua Durgin, Matthew Gagnon Parental choice in education should be the norm, not the exception. The idea that government and society should […]
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School Choice Would Push the Public School System in the Right Direction
*The following essay placed second in the 2016 Milton Friedman Essay Contest Lilly F., Matthew Gagnon “Few institutions in our society are in a more unsatisfactory state than schools. Few generate more […]
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LD 1492: More Is Said Than Done
Last week, Governor Paul LePage delivered a letter to the 127th Legislature vetoing LD 1492, “An Act To Establish a Protocol for Review of State Education Content Standards of the […]
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Another Common Core Bait and Switch
Every state in the country that has claimed to have “repealed” the Common Core Standards has in fact done no such thing. Instead, they have cynically re-arranged a few standards, […]
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Common Core Conundrum: Why Homeschoolers Should Care More (Not Less) Than Everyone Else
Why does it always seem that those most vigilant in exercising forethought and taking responsibility end up on the hook for everyone else? This, of course, is true across contemporary […]
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