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School funding formula favors affluent communities

Please paste the link below into your browser and sign the petition if you believe the school funding formula in Maine needs to be adjusted to be more equitable. https://www.change.org/p/state-of-maine-review-and-adjust-the-state-of-maine-s-funding-formula-of-k-12-schools The way the formula works now,  some wealthy towns such as Yarmouth (whose average family income is over $69,000 per year) – receive more money from the […]

Ask the Teachers

We think of public schools in rural areas and those in our nation’s inner cities as being two completely different animals, but in several crucial ways they are in fact remarkably similar. Both are generally staffed and funded in ways that favor the haves over the have-nots, and both share the considerable challenge of needing […]