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Stem Education Policy In Maine And The Nation, Thomas E. Keller
Stem Education Policy In Maine And The Nation, Thomas E. Keller
Maine Policy Review
Thomas Keller provides an overview of K-12 STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education policy in Maine and the nation, and makes recommendations for several agencies in the state. He argues that although standards and assessment are important, there need to be corresponding changes instructional materials methods and in school culture. Although we do not yet have a fully integrated STEM curriculum, Keller suggests that “we are overdue for interdisciplinary work where possible.”
Cleaning House? Assessing The Impact Of Maine’S Clean Elections Act On Electoral Competitiveness, Richard J. Powell
Cleaning House? Assessing The Impact Of Maine’S Clean Elections Act On Electoral Competitiveness, Richard J. Powell
Maine Policy Review
Does full public financing of legislative elections make races more competitive? Richard Powell analyzes the impact of the Maine Clean Elections Act (MCEA) on Maine House and Senate elections since its passage in 2000. Using statistical analysis, he concludes the MCEA has not significantly increased competitiveness, even though candidates have been able to rely substantially less on private contributions and the financial disparity between candidates has decreased significantly. Powell suggests that analysis of the Maine case will be useful as the nation and other states consider public-financing laws comparable to the MCEA.
Place-Based Approaches To Alternative Energy: The Potential For Forest And Grass Biomass For Aroostook County, Jason Johnston, Soraya Cardenas
Place-Based Approaches To Alternative Energy: The Potential For Forest And Grass Biomass For Aroostook County, Jason Johnston, Soraya Cardenas
Maine Policy Review
Teams at the University of Maine Presque Isle and the University of Maine at Forth Kent are engaged in evaluating the potential for forest and grass biomass energy in Aroostook County, funded through Maine’s Sustainability Solutions Initiative. The article discusses how this potential is being evaluated and the possible ways in which expanding grass and wood biomass might benefit farmers and residents of The County. It suggests that using some of Maine’s farmland for fuel might be sustainable with appropriate management and with consideration for potential environmental and socioeconomic drawbacks
Student Perspective: Margaret Chase Smith Library 2011 Essay Contest:, Zoe Anderson, Ali Clift, Allaina Murphy
Student Perspective: Margaret Chase Smith Library 2011 Essay Contest:, Zoe Anderson, Ali Clift, Allaina Murphy
Maine Policy Review
Each year, the Margaret Chase Smith Library sponsors an essay contest for Maine high school seniors. The focus of the 2011 contest was environmental protection. The essay prompt quoted a 1972 statement from Sen. Smith: “We must recognize that we’re not going to eliminate pollution overnight. It’s going to be a hard, long fight. It’s going to take a long time and a lot of sacrifice on the part of each one of us.” By happy coincidence, the essay contest topic fits perfectly with the subject matter of this special issue of Maine Policy Review on sustainability. We feature here …
School District Reorganization In Maine: Lessons Learned For Policy And Process, Janet C. Fairman, Christine Donis-Keller
School District Reorganization In Maine: Lessons Learned For Policy And Process, Janet C. Fairman, Christine Donis-Keller
Maine Policy Review
In 2007, Maine’s legislature enacted a law mandating school district consolidation with the goal of reducing the state’s 290 districts to approximately 80. Five years later the success of this policy is open to debate. Janet Fairman and Christine Donis-Keller examine what worked and what didn’t work in this effort to consolidate school districts and provide a list of “lessons learned,” with clear implications for the design and implementation of state educational policy.