All posts tagged "school choice"
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Education savings accounts can do for education what Netflix did for TV
My dad remembers when his family got their first television. It was black...
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Teachers unions politicized US schools, not parents
When voters were asked by Pew Research, prior to the 2020 election, what...
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Maine has the systems in place to facilitate statewide open enrollment in K-12 education
Support for school choice is becoming increasingly strong and widespread, actually transcending the...
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Public schools are ‘hemorrhaging’ students in major cities. Here’s where they’re going
The new academic year hasn’t even begun and public school enrollment is already...
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Maine Legislature and DOE must act on Supreme Court’s ruling in Carson v. Makin
On June 21, 2022, the United States Supreme Court released its decision in...
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Arizona’s new school choice bill moves us closer to Milton Friedman’s vision
“Our goal is to have a system in which every family in the...
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Opinion: Parents demand action on school reform
It took COVID-19 for many Americans to start paying closer attention to public...
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Reform needed to expand access to charter schools in Maine
The desire and need for school choice nationwide is now clearer than ever....
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Supreme Court strikes down sectarian exclusion in Maine’s town tuitioning program
On June 21, the United States Supreme Court ruled Maine’s prohibition on sectarian...
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Hybrid learning during pandemic cements Cape Elizabeth parent’s support for school choice
For John Lewis, his local school district’s decision to enact hybrid learning during...
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Empowerment, exit and entrepreneurship will continue to transform education
Over the past two years of social and economic disruption, U.S. education has...
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What a SCOTUS ruling in favor of Maine families would mean for school choice, town tuitioning
Before the Supreme Court issues its final opinion for the October 2021 term...
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The biggest education innovation is growing use of school choice
It wasn’t long ago that “normal” schooling meant public school, understood as some...
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It’s 2022, but many schools are reverting to 2020’s COVID playbook
It’s 2022 but you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s still 2020—especially if you...
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SCOTUS hears oral arguments in Maine-based religious freedom, school choice case
On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Carson v. Makin,...
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The torches are being lit, the battle is being joined and the truth is being pursued. It’s time to join up
Abraham Lincoln once famously said, “The philosophy of the school room in one...
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Legislative Council admits 46 more bills into second session
On November 18, the Legislative Council met to consider appeals to legislative requests...
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Sorry, Washington Post, but parents do have every right to shape their kids’ curriculum
We shouldn’t be too surprised that the ongoing exodus from public schools is...
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New school choice project highlights need for more educational options in Maine
A new publication from Maine Policy Institute shows which municipalities in Maine allow...
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Want school choice? Here’s where to live in Maine to get it
Today, Maine Policy Institute released a new analysis on the scope of educational...
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Families are fleeing government-run schools
This fall may be the biggest moment of truth for public education since...
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Maine ranks 48th in CNBC’s Top State for Doing Business
Bad infrastructure and an unreliable power grid. These are among the top reasons...
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Maine-based school choice case headed for Supreme Court
The Court’s decision on Carson v. Makin could stop this kind of state-sanctioned...
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NH budget brings school choice, emergency power reform in stark contrast to Maine
The Granite State passed a new budget last week that should have people...
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Maine families deserve school choice, and the pandemic underscores its necessity
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new light and perspectives to many issues we...
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Woke classrooms show why parents should be free to choose on schools
Illinois legislators last week voted in favor of enacting new “Culturally Responsive Teaching...
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School choice in Maine amid the pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic and our collective response to it has changed (for better...
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The good, the bad and the ugly bills that could be debated this session
Just before the holidays, the legislature released a list of all legislator and...
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Pandemic reveals parents want more choice in their child’s education
The pandemic has revealed something many of us have believed for a long...
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Maine school choice lawsuit replicated in New Hampshire, Vermont
A pair of lawsuits that mirror a Maine-based legal challenge (currently pending in...
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Maine DOE’s school reopening guidance presents major challenges for working families
On Friday, Governor Janet Mills released guidelines for schools as they consider whether...
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Education savings accounts provide families more schooling options amid COVID-19
During periods of crisis, some of the most innovative solutions to problems have...
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SCOTUS ruling on religious school funding could pave way to victory for similar case in Maine
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 to strike down a Montana...
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Briefs submitted in Maine school choice lawsuit
The Maine Heritage Policy Center and EdChoice recently filed an amicus brief in Carson...
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Does Maine have 500 problems that only government can solve?
The Constitution of Maine explicitly states all bills passed by the legislature become law 90...
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Unity charter school approved to fill 10th and final spot available in Maine
Hundreds of bills failed to become law in the First Regular Session of...
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Lawsuit challenging exclusion of religious schools from town tuitioning program headed to higher court
On Wednesday, June 26, United States District Court Judge D. Brock Hornby issued...
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Don’t cap Maine’s charter schools
As we approach the ten-year anniversary of Maine’s historic public charter school system,...
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Empower Maine families with school choice
Quite often we hear politicians and special interests say that the quality of...
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Efforts to undermine public charter schools only hurt Maine students
A lawmaker from Portland appears to have a personal vendetta against public charter...
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Don’t close the book on virtual charter schools
State Representative Michael Brennan of Portland recently introduced a pair of bills concerning...
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Lawsuit seeks to undo exclusion of religious schools from Maine’s school choice program
Maine’s town tuitioning program, first adopted in 1873, is the second oldest school choice...
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School choice under attack in town of Alna
In 2010, The Maine Heritage Policy Center shared an article titled, “School Choice...
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Maine can build on the success of its chartered schools
When conservatives in Augusta pushed to implement the law enabling charter schools in...
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More Money Doesn’t Equal Better Results
As today’s world evolves toward a more progressive education system, it seems that...
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A Family Lineage
*The following essay won the 2016 Milton Friedman Essay Contest Joshua Durgin, Matthew Gagnon Parental...
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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...
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America Needs Educational Choice to Enhance Quality of Life
*The following essay placed third in the 2016 Milton Friedman Essay Contest As the...
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Education Savings Accounts and the Future of School Choice in Maine
Sixty years ago Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman argued that just because we...
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School Choice Goes Digital with Virtual Charter Schools
Public education is getting a 21st Century shake-up. Back in September, Maine’s very...
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Volk: Connecting Maine Students to Virtual Education
“Youth comes but once in a lifetime,” said Maine’s own poet and educator...
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Charter school enemy Alfond addresses Maine's first charter school grads
The first students to graduate from one of Maine’s fledgling public charter schools...
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LePage blasts Alfond on "unconscionable" attack on public school
AUGUSTA – Republican Gov. Paul R. LePage on Wednesday hit back at Senate...
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Remembering Milton Friedman
Everybody can recall that one teacher who had a life-changing impression on them....
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M.D. Harmon: LePage's education reforms a win for Maine students
All the flapping, squawking and screeching that greeted the LePage administration’s “letter-grade” ranks...
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Republicans, Democrats Spar Over Charter School Bills
AUGUSTA – Republicans and Democrats on the Education and Cultural Affairs Committee sparred...
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New Poll Shows Government-run Schools Not Meeting Demand
AUGUSTA — As Gov. Paul R. LePage pushes for more customized learning solutions,...
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National School Choice Week is underway: choice means academic gains
By Rachel Sheffield The Heritage Foundation The third annual National School Choice Week...
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Op-Ed: Maine should examine Friedman’s idea of school choice
By Prof. John Frary Governor LePage’s proclamation of July 31 as “Milton Friedman...
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Educators, legislators hear about school choice at MHPC’s Friedman luncheon
MHPC CEO Scott Moody (l. to r.) with Lindsey Burke, Will Skillman Fellow...
