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When voters were asked by Pew Research, prior to the 2020 election, what issues were most important to them, education…
Support for school choice is becoming increasingly strong and widespread, actually transcending the often-impervious boundaries of political party identification. Over…
The new academic year hasn’t even begun and public school enrollment is already not looking good in some parts of…
On June 21, 2022, the United States Supreme Court released its decision in the case of Carson v. Makin, declaring unconstitutional…
“Our goal is to have a system in which every family in the U.S. will be able to choose for…
It took COVID-19 for many Americans to start paying closer attention to public education in America, and a growing number…
The desire and need for school choice nationwide is now clearer than ever. Since the onset of the pandemic, already…
On June 21, the United States Supreme Court ruled Maine’s prohibition on sectarian schools from receiving public funds through the…
For John Lewis, his local school district’s decision to enact hybrid learning during the COVID-19 pandemic made finding a work-life…
Over the past two years of social and economic disruption, U.S. education has experienced an extraordinary transformation that can best…
Before the Supreme Court issues its final opinion for the October 2021 term in June, it will rule on a…
It wasn’t long ago that “normal” schooling meant public school, understood as some variation on the theme of classes punctuated…
It’s 2022 but you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s still 2020—especially if you have children enrolled in K-12 district schooling.…
On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Carson v. Makin, a case involving religious freedom and what…
Abraham Lincoln once famously said, “The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government…
On November 18, the Legislative Council met to consider appeals to legislative requests that were rejected at its October 25…
We shouldn’t be too surprised that the ongoing exodus from public schools is leading those loyal to government-run schooling to…
A new publication from Maine Policy Institute shows which municipalities in Maine allow public K-12 education funding to follow their…
Today, Maine Policy Institute released a new analysis on the scope of educational options available for Maine families based on…
This fall may be the biggest moment of truth for public education since the 1970s. After seeing enrollment in government-run…
Bad infrastructure and an unreliable power grid. These are among the top reasons CNBC ranked Maine in 48th place for…
The Court’s decision on Carson v. Makin could stop this kind of state-sanctioned favoritism for good and put religious schools on equal footing with public ones.
The Granite State passed a new budget last week that should have people in the Pine Tree State jealous of…
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new light and perspectives to many issues we may never look at the same: politics,…
Illinois legislators last week voted in favor of enacting new “Culturally Responsive Teaching and Leading Standards” in the state’s teacher…
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…
A pair of lawsuits that mirror a Maine-based legal challenge (currently pending in the First Circuit Court of Appeals) has…
Opening schools this fall should not be a partisan issue, but it is and will be. The physical and mental…
On Friday, Governor Janet Mills released guidelines for schools as they consider whether or not to return to in-person instruction…
During periods of crisis, some of the most innovative solutions to problems have been developed. Consider, for instance, some of…
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 to strike down a Montana provision prohibiting state aid to religious schools. …
The Maine Heritage Policy Center and EdChoice recently filed an amicus brief in Carson et al v. Makin, a case before…
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…
On Wednesday, June 26, United States District Court Judge D. Brock Hornby issued a ruling that upheld a current law…
As we approach the ten-year anniversary of Maine’s historic public charter school system, there is much to celebrate about how…
Quite often we hear politicians and special interests say that the quality of a child’s education should not be determined…
A lawmaker from Portland appears to have a personal vendetta against public charter schools. Rep. Michael Brennan is sponsoring a…
State Representative Michael Brennan of Portland recently introduced a pair of bills concerning the future of virtual schooling in Maine.…
Maine’s town tuitioning program, first adopted in 1873, is the second oldest school choice program in the country. The program allows students…
In 2010, The Maine Heritage Policy Center shared an article titled, “School Choice working for Alna, therefore must be stopped.”…
When conservatives in Augusta pushed to implement the law enabling charter schools in Maine in 2011, their goal was to…
Every child is unique. What may work for one, will in many cases not work for another. When it comes…
As today’s world evolves toward a more progressive education system, it seems that we are struggling to catch on in…
*The following essay won the 2016 Milton Friedman Essay Contest Joshua Durgin, Matthew Gagnon Parental choice in education should be the norm,…
*The following essay placed second in the 2016 Milton Friedman Essay Contest Lilly F., Matthew Gagnon “Few institutions in our society are…
*The following essay placed third in the 2016 Milton Friedman Essay Contest As the quality and value of education in public…
Sixty years ago Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman argued that just because we finance education through government that does not…
Public education is getting a 21st Century shake-up. Back in September, Maine’s very first virtual charter school, Maine Connections Academy,…
“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 — As Gov. Paul R. LePage pushes for more customized learning solutions, a new survey shows more than half…
By Rachel Sheffield The Heritage Foundation The third annual National School Choice Week is officially underway. Once again, school choice…
By Prof. John Frary Governor LePage’s proclamation of July 31 as “Milton Friedman Day” probably needs some explanation. Although more…
MHPC CEO Scott Moody (l. to r.) with Lindsey Burke, Will Skillman Fellow in Education Policy at The Heritage Foundation,…