Blended Learning: Rocky Mountain Prep (Case Study 2)
In southeast Denver, Colorado, one young public charter school is using blended learning to serve at-risk elementary school children – and it is generating some impressive results. Rocky Mountain Prep […]
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Blended Learning: Leveraging teachers and technology to improve student outcomes (Case Study 1)
Technology has become a vital part of American life. Combined with the Internet, innovative new technologies bring the information of the world into the palm of our hands. Kids of […]
Read More →Dodging voters is part of SAD 27 school board politics
During the debate over the 2007 school consolidation law, many local officials decried the budget validation provision requiring a district-wide referendum vote to approve all proposed school budgets. The reason […]
Read More →A 55 Percent State Share of K12 Spending? We’re already there
Read the full report | In 2004, Maine voters approved a citizen-initiated referendum calling on the state to fund “55 percent of the cost of public education.” The following spring, the legislature […]
Read More →Reforming Teacher Pay in Maine – Part 2 Making Alternative Teacher Compensation Systems Work
Read the full report | As The Maine Heritage Policy Center described in a recent Maine View policy brief entitled Reforming Teacher Pay in Maine – Part 1: How Alternative […]
Read More →District Consolidation and the Threat to School Choice: 15 Reorganization Plans to Watch
Read full report | As The Maine Heritage Policy Center reported in a recent policy brief titled Reorganization and the Threat to Maine’s Tradition of School Choice, opportunities for families […]
Read More →Reorganization and the Threat to Maine’s Tradition of School Choice
Read the full report | Before adjourning its recent session, the state legislature approved a much-needed and long-awaited bill to fix some of the technical and other issues with the […]
Read More →Beyond School District Reorganization: A Vision for Education Reform
Read the full report | Just before the December 1st deadline for Maine’s school units to submit their district reorganization plans, the Maine Department of Education released a long-awaited proposal […]
Read More →Is Bigger that Much Better? School District Size, High School Completion, and Post-Secondary Enrollment Rates in Maine
Read the full report | If recent news stories from across Maine are any indication, opposition to the state-mandated school district consolidation effort is growing. Communities are finding that instead […]
Read More →Educational Service Districts in Maine: Western Maine Educational Collaborative
Read the full report | In January, The Maine Heritage Policy Center released a Maine View report, Education Service Districts: Achieving school administrative cost savings while protecting local control and […]
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