Category Archives: Education

Education is something to be valued, and critical to us as a state and as a nation. Everyone has the next best idea to reform our education system. My candid views on them!

Governor Lepage & Education, and of course Politics

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Steve

Serving on the Education & Cultural Affairs Committee in Augusta this year is pretty interesting.  Of course, it could be better if we actually knew what the gov. is planning to spring on us.  So far this year house sessions … Continue reading →

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How NOT to make your schools look better on standardized tests!

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Steve

This link is exactly how Maine and other states should not go in terms of educational policy.  Maine education policy seeks to have as many students included in standardized testing as possible.  South Dakota is trying to reduce the number … Continue reading →

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Are we leaving $30,000,000 on the table?

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Steve

This past week several members of the education committee met with attorneys at Drummond Woodsum and learned that Maine schools may be unable to bill approximately $30,000,000 to Medicare that we were able to in the past.  While we were … Continue reading →

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Education versus DHHS!

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Steve

Governor Lepage has presented an interesting tactic in how to manage the legislative process.  You go out and find two constituencies that you can pit against each other and create a more divisive atmosphere in Augusta.  Then tell the state … Continue reading →

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More on the costs of higher education

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Steve

The other day I posted on the costs of higher education and student loans.  Here is another perspective, from Bowdoin College’s newspaper. http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=2011-11-11&section=1&id=3  

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Tom Tracy’s efforts on education

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Steve

Yesterday I had an opportunity to catch up with Tom Tracy.  I’ve known Tom for some time, but many of you might not know of him, or just recently learned about what he is doing to move eduction forward here … Continue reading →

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Paul Ryan and the student loan issue

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Steve

Reading about how Paul Ryan told a student that he should work three jobs to pay for his college tuition rather than rely on Pell grants made me sad, angry, and it made me laugh.  It made me sad because … Continue reading →

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Entrepreneurship in high school?

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Steve

I read this article and thought I would share it because it covers not just education and not just entrepreneurship, but looks at one possible method to change our educational system and help build our economy through entrepreneurship at the … Continue reading →

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Should we look to other models in education to fix our schools?

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Steve

In the car today I happened to catch part of Governor Lepage’s speech at the Cumberland Club.  I listened to him talking about how they were looking at what the top 10 countries in the world are doing in education … Continue reading →

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Education

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Steve

There is quite a bit of talk going on around Maine about school funding.  LD 1274 was pushed through by Senate President Raye, who represents Washington County.  The focus of the bill was to take money from Southern Maine school … Continue reading →

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