All posts tagged "school choice"
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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...
