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 →Senator Collins Honors Us with Angel in Adoption Recognition
Last week, my wife Anna and I were honored to be in Washington, DC to accept an Angel in Adoption recognition from the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute. From their […]
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 […]
Read More →The MEA comes after Paul LePage
Looks like Al Diamon isn’t the only one who sees Waterville mayor Paul LePage as the one to beat in the race to be Maine’s next governor. The Maine Education […]
Read More →The Kid With the Golf Cart: Matt Rand vs. City of Portland
This morning Matt Rand faced off against City Hall – at City Hall. At a well-attended presser hosted by MHPC’s Center for Constitutional Government, Matt asked the City to reconsider […]
Read More →Maine’s Race to the Top “Report Card” is out and it is not pretty.
The U.S. Department of Education has released the scoring data for the second round of the Race to the Top competition and why Maine ended up ranking near the very […]
Read More →Maine ranks 33rd out of 36 Race to the Top states in Round 2 scoring
As readers of this blog will recall, Maine applied for the second round of grants under the federal Race to the Top program earlier this year and did not even […]
Read More →Portland government playing monopoly – tells young entrepreneur “do not pass go”
Not since the Supreme Court ruled disabled golfer Casey Martin could ride one during PGA tournaments has a golf cart created this much controversy. It all started back in the […]
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