This is a follow up to Seth Koenig’s recent article addressing our local schools’ Adequate Yearly Progress (“Aiming high — at a moving target,” Nov. 19). Clearly the mandated “No Child Left Behind” improvement of 10 percent each year is … Continue reading
At PTP, we have covered the EPA’s arbitrarily changing approach toward regulating the biomass industry as it has evolved (see here and here). Now, with the release of a new study outlining the very real impact these policies will have … Continue reading
Looking back at my time with the 2010 Levesque for Congress campaign, I have wondered whether we should have supplemented our criticism of Congressman Michaud’s voting record with drawing attention to his competence as a legislator—or lack thereof. The Congressman … Continue reading
In a previous piece, the arguments in favor of performance pay for teachers were examined. This piece will focus on the opposition to performance pay. It should be noted, this article was written before the revelations of the Vanderbilt study … Continue reading
There have been rumblings that a powerful challenger could take the Republican nomination from Senator Olympia Snowe. Those rumblings are beginning to increase in volume again. On November 12th, Brian Bolduc wrote in the National Review that he had knowledge … Continue reading
With the election of Paul LePage, it became clear that Maine’s school system would revisit the idea of performance pay for teachers. During the campaign LePage stated that tenure based pay for teachers needed reform. The governor-elect pointed to performance … Continue reading
In Maine’s 2010 election cycle, the gubernatorial race was historic in at least one way. For the first time in recent memory, the Democratic candidate can be viewed as the spoiler for the Independent, allowing the Republican to win with … Continue reading
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