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Liveblogging the Education Committee's Work Session on LD 1801, continued...

The vote on LD 1801:8 Ought to Pass as is (with a fiscal note) (Alfond, Sutherland, Lovejoy, Nelson, Rankin, McFadden, Wagner, Schneider)1 Ought not to Pass (Finch)4 Ought to pass as amended with charter school language added (Casavant, Richardson, Johnson, Weston)Worse than I thought...Oh well, better luck next year... ...

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Maine Public Higher Education Must Be Reconsidered

This guest column, by Professor Jacobson of the Univers... read more

Special Interests Pull Out Stops to Secure State Funds

This BANGOR DAILY NEWS guest column by Mr. Inman highli... read more

Maine Gets "F" in Teacher Evaluations

Maine was among four other states and Washington, D.C. ... read more

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VIDEO: Stephen Bowen Testifies Against the Bill to Ban Teacher Merit Pay

Steve Bowen, director of the Center for Education Excellence at The Maine Heritage Policy Cente... read more

VIDEO: Rep. Brian Bolduc Testifies Supporting a Ban on Teacher Merit Pay

This video of Brian Boluc's testimony in support of his anti-merit-pay proposal is worth watchi... read more

Bill on Merit Pay for Teachers Meets with Resistance

Rep Brian Bolduc has a bill in the Maine Legislature that would prohibit any measureable evalua... read more

Wiscasset H.S. ramps up recruiting

Wiscasset High School is recruiting students from neighboring towns to compete with private sch... read more

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Bangor Luncheon - "Federal Fiscal Sanity: Fixing the Federal Deficit Nightmare"

Bangor Luncheon -

Wed March 17, 2010
Bangor Luncheon - Federal Fiscal Sanity:...
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Portland Luncheon - "Federal Fiscal Sanity: Fixing the Federal Deficit Nightmare"

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Thu March 18, 2010
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Steve Bowen Testimony on Race to the Top Bills

School Budget Validation Process Under Attack

Testimony in opposition to LD 1739, which takes away Maine people's right to vote on school budgets

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