Maine Bill Seeks Parent Involvement in Schools
… Assistant Senate Democratic Leader Justin Alfond of Portland is sponsoring a bill requiring every school board in the state to develop a plan to engage parents in their schools. Those plans would be posted online by the state Education Department so parents could access them easily. … Click here to read more from MPBN....
Democrats call on governor to stop misinformation, blame game
AUGUSTA – Democratic lawmakers released the following statement in response to the governor’s continued effort to misinform the public about the cause of the DHHS shortfall and the figures his administration used to calculate them. “The governor must stop spreading misinformation to the public and disrupting the Appropriations Committee,†said Rep. Emily Cain, D-Orono, the...
KVCC 2010 Commencement Speech
I am not the first choice for keynote speaker today! Yes, I am the second pick. The first choice was Glenn Cummings, a fellow Portlander, former speaker of the Maine House of Representatives, and current Deputy Assistant for Vocational and Adult Learning at the Department of Education in Washington, DC. Why do I tell you...
