Education

Testimony at Hearing on LD 517: An Act To Restore Funding for Head Start and LD 1383: An Act To Improve the Delivery of Early Child Care and Education Services

Investing in Head Start, child care, and home visiting is good for our children, their parents, our communities, and our economy. Academic research shows that quality child […]

MECEP

Posted April 23, 2013

Tags Children, Education

Education

Higher Education Equals Better-Paying Jobs

We all know it. The surest path out of poverty is a good job with benefits. But to get one of these good-paying jobs, Mainers need more […]

Jody Harris

Posted March 25, 2013

Tags Budget, Children, Education, Incomes, Jobs

Education

Testimony on LR 1046: Biennial Budget Competitive Skills Scholarship Program

The hard fact is that low educational attainment in states is associated with high rates of unemployment and poverty. And Maine lags behind New England in educational […]

MECEP

Posted March 21, 2013

Tags Education, Higher Education

Education

Testimony at Hearing on LD 90: An Act to Strengthen Maine's Workforce and Economic Future

LD 90 is particularly important to enhance the education levels of low-skill, low-income, working adults so they can compete for the higher-paying jobs that will lift them […]

MECEP

Posted March 18, 2013

Tags Education, Higher Education

Education

Testimony at Hearing on LR 1046: Biennial Budget- Part C -Education

Too many Maine families where at least one person works a full-time job do not make enough to meet a basic needs budget (calculated at 200 percent […]

MECEP

Posted March 18, 2013

Tags Education, Higher Education

Education

Testimony at Hearing on LD 442, Resolve, To Ensure the Continued Accessibility and Affordability of a High School Equivalency Exam for Maine Residents

On January 1, 2014, after 70 years of being administered by the non-profit American Council on Education, the GED will be turned over to a private company, […]

MECEP

Posted March 7, 2013

Tags Education

Education

Maine Spends the Lowest Amount per Student in New England

Chart based on Census Public Elementary-Secondary Education Finance Data Maine Spends the Lowest Amount per Student in New England (chart) See also: Education Funding Falters (fact sheet)

MECEP

Posted February 15, 2013

Tags Education, K-12 Education

Education

Don't blame the schools

Every time the governor talks about them, he says our public schools are failing. He bases this on test scores and student performance. He cites Maine students’ […]

Jody Harris

Posted February 11, 2013

Tags Education

Education, Taxes and Budget

Maine Education Funding Cuts Are the Largest in New England

LePage budget proposal will worsen trend that threatens our children’s future and state’s economic well-being Augusta, Maine (Tuesday, February 5, 2013) The Maine Center for Economic […]

Posted February 7, 2013

Tags Budget, Education

Education

Fact Sheet: Education Funding Falters in Maine

Severe Education Funding Cuts Threaten Maine’s Economic Future While other New England states have managed to maintain and even increase their support for K-12 education since the […]

MECEP

Posted February 6, 2013

Tags Education, K-12 Education

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Testimony at Hearing on LD 517: An Act To Restore Funding for Head Start and LD 1383: An Act To Improve the Delivery of Early Child Care and Education Services

Higher Education Equals Better-Paying Jobs

Testimony on LR 1046: Biennial Budget Competitive Skills Scholarship Program

Testimony at Hearing on LD 90: An Act to Strengthen Maine's Workforce and Economic Future

Testimony at Hearing on LR 1046: Biennial Budget- Part C -Education

Testimony at Hearing on LD 442, Resolve, To Ensure the Continued Accessibility and Affordability of a High School Equivalency Exam for Maine Residents

Maine Spends the Lowest Amount per Student in New England

Don't blame the schools

Maine Education Funding Cuts Are the Largest in New England

Fact Sheet: Education Funding Falters in Maine