The desire and need for school choice nationwide is now clearer than ever. Since the onset of the pandemic, already…
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Abraham Lincoln once famously said, “The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government…
The coronavirus pandemic and our collective response to it has changed (for better or worse) the way we live, work,…
Just before the holidays, the legislature released a list of all legislator and department/agency bill requests submitted before cloture, the…
The pandemic has revealed something many of us have believed for a long time: Parents want more choice and more…
Last year, the Maine Legislature and Governor Janet Mills enacted a pair of bills curtailing the growth of the state’s…
The Constitution of Maine explicitly states all bills passed by the legislature become law 90 days after adjournment. That means all non-emergency…
Hundreds of bills failed to become law in the First Regular Session of the 129th Legislature. Among them was LD…
As we approach the ten-year anniversary of Maine’s historic public charter school system, there is much to celebrate about how…
A lawmaker from Portland appears to have a personal vendetta against public charter schools. Rep. Michael Brennan is sponsoring a…
Education in Maine is captive to progressive administrative and structural stagnation. Our educational system has become the dream of progressive theorists…
When conservatives in Augusta pushed to implement the law enabling charter schools in Maine in 2011, their goal was to…
During his first term in the legislature, Senate Majority Leader Garrett Mason, R-Androscoggin, spearheaded legislation that established the first charter…
Testifying before the Government Oversight Committee, Governor Paul LePage’s senior policy adviser, Aaron Chadbourne, reminded the committee that Speaker Mark Eves,…
Good Will-Hinckley has rescinded its offer to House Speaker Democrat Mark Eves to be their president. “The basis for this decision…
“Youth comes but once in a lifetime,” said Maine’s own poet and educator Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. As a two term…
The first students to graduate from one of Maine’s fledgling public charter schools heard from an unusual voice at their…
AUGUSTA – Republican Gov. Paul R. LePage on Wednesday hit back at Senate President Justin Alfond (D-Portland) for his incendiary…
Everybody can recall that one teacher who had a life-changing impression on them. For some it happened in grade school;…
All the flapping, squawking and screeching that greeted the LePage administration’s “letter-grade” ranks for Maine public schools was intensified earlier…
AUGUSTA – Republicans and Democrats on the Education and Cultural Affairs Committee sparred Friday over a host of bills GOP…
AUGUSTA – Gov. Paul R. LePage held a statewide conference on education Friday at Cony High School in Augusta. The…
The Center for Educational Excellence, a project of the Maine Heritage Policy Center, has released a new study on the…
Amanda Clark, education policy analyst at MHPC, presented this report at luncheon events in Portland and Brewer. She will present…
AUGUSTA – The Maine Charter School Commission voted Friday to approve the application from the Baxter Academy for Technology and Science…
AUGUSTA – Governor Paul R. LePage has released a new video highlighting recent education reform, noting that the LePage Administration increased funding…
By Bruce Poliquin Maine State Treasurer Last week, Maine students joined those in 40 other states in finally having…
By John Jaques As executive director of the Baxter Academy for Technology and Science, I would like to set…
MHPC CEO Scott Moody (l. to r.) with Lindsey Burke, Will Skillman Fellow in Education Policy at The Heritage Foundation,…
Analysis by Amanda Clark, The Maine Heritage Policy Center Between school consolidation and decreased funding, Maine’s educational system has been…