From early March 2020 through the summer, when discussions about whether to close and reopen schools because of COVID-19 were…
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The Maine Department of Education (DOE) worked with several interest groups in the state to coordinate COVID-19 messaging and guidelines…
As the summer of 2020 progressed, the Maine Department of Education (DOE) continued communications with interest groups in the state,…
At the end of July, Governor Mills and the Maine CDC issued a recommendation that all K-12 students wear face…
The coronavirus pandemic and our collective response to it has changed (for better or worse) the way we live, work,…
The pandemic has revealed something many of us have believed for a long time: Parents want more choice and more…
After the First Regular Session of the 129th Maine Legislature came to a close, Governor Janet Mills vetoed two bills…
Senator Rebecca Millett, the chair of the Education and Cultural Affairs Committee, has introduced LD 898, “An Act to Provide…
This piece was first published in the Portland Press Herald. I am an associate professor at the University of Maine…
Too much money can hide a lot of problems. Well, we spend more and more money every year on education,…
I agree with Governor LePage. Teachers should be paid what they are worth. More broadly, everyone should be paid what…
The Maine Education Association has a tremendous influence on legislators in Augusta. But make no mistake: the MEA’s mission has…
Should teachers’ unions set Maine’s education policy instead of local school boards and elected officials? Democratic U.S. Rep. Michael Michaud…
All the flapping, squawking and screeching that greeted the LePage administration’s “letter-grade” ranks for Maine public schools was intensified earlier…
Republican State Senators are co-sponsoring a Democratic proposal to restore the Maine Education Association’s (MEA) “virtual monopoly” of teachers’ taxpayer-funded…
AUGUSTA – Republicans and Democrats on the Education and Cultural Affairs Committee sparred Friday over a host of bills GOP…
AUGUSTA – Lawmakers debated a bill on Monday morning that would give Maine’s state workers freedom to choose whether they…
At Gov. Paul R. LePage’s Friday education conference at Cony High School in Augusta, key note speaker Tony Bennett called…
AUGUSTA – Sparks flew on Tuesday as Gov. Paul R. LePage’s nominee to head the board of directors of the…