Monthly Archives: July 2016

What is the truth about really boosting educational equity?

In November voters in Maine will have a chance to vote for passage of Question 2 – Stand Up for Students – an initiative that would help local school districts provide a strong, equitable education for all Maine students. Passage of the initiative would mean the Legislature would fund education in all districts in Maine […]

Mike Pence supports bill that threatens school lunch quality

Donald Trump’s Vice Presidential candidate Mike Pence favors passage of a bill that would make it harder for poor children in the USA to receive school lunches and would allow all children in school to make nutritionally questionable decisions. The bill, sponsored by U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN), and known as the “Improving Child Nutrition […]

Maine’s opiate crisis is impacting our children

Maine has an opiate and heroin addiction crisis, and it’s impacting our children. Some of them are born addicted; others suffer the results of living with parents who are addicted. As a teacher I am trained to help children develop intellectually, socially, and emotionally. My fellow teachers and I work hard and try to do […]

Maine’s new economy depends on education innovators

On June 30 a group of 150 educators and innovators gathered at Bowdoin College for a day-long discussion of ‘the critical role of education innovators in supporting a new economy in Maine’. The gathering was convened by Alan Caron of the non-profit Envision Maine, with sponsorship or partnership from twelve organizations, including Maine Community Foundation, […]