Thursday, September 9, 2010
As it turns out, Maine didn't come up completely empty in Race to the Top. But it needed some company and a former education commissioner to reap any sort of reward.
UPDATE: Fact-checking Paul LePage, and Common Core's tangled web
August 24
How much and when?
August 22
Zeroing in on "value added"
August 17
Sierra Club: Maine has 3 "Cool Schools"
August 16
Maine joining SSN ranks. Will parents go along?
August 13
Some loose ends tied this week in Maine education
August 10
Six in Maine go for i3
August 6
A steeper cliff after EduJobs
August 5
MEA and the favorable incumbents; updates to a data repository
August 5
One federal pot out of reach, another in flux
July 28
Ed Week: Maine's Race to the Top fate will be known tomorrow
July 26
New graduation rates released, little gained so far
July 20
An updated student-teacher ratio, and updated inconsistencies
July 14
Reformist v. status quo, and a tempering force
July 9
Could Race to the Top shrink?
June 30
Midcoast project earns "pilot project" designation
June 29
What the heck is Maine's student-teacher ratio?
June 24
UPDATED: MEA announces it's Mitchell. Anyone surprised?
June 24
On buy-in, below average
June 15
Initial thoughts on a LePage v. Mitchell match-up
June 9
Innovations that don't fit the national mold: Maine and Race to the Top
June 8
Performance-based evaluations from the bottom up
June 7
Choice phrasing in Race to the Top
June 2
Breaking down buy-in
May 25
For after-school programs, a risk apart from grant bungling
May 23
Building buy-in: Maine at 68 for 215 and 14 for 55
May 20
Choosing the evaluation panel's future
May 12
Maine is in Race to the Top running
May 12
Is MEA warming to Race to the Top?
May 14
UPDATED: Will the budget referendum stay in place?
May 12
Who knew? Department of Education stands in liberty's way
May 10
Bold approaches beyond pilot-project phase
May 6
Not down to 80, but getting closer
May 4
Baldacci claiming credit where it's undue
May 3
Not only plagiarism from Otten, but a lack of facts
May 2
A tiff of irony, a question of purpose, and the administrators' absence
April 28
Teacher evaluation catch-up and the would-be's on education
April 27
A big week in Maine education
April 16
'Conversations' amid shadows
April 13
A barrier comes down? A few more thoughts
April 7
UPDATE: Sticking to the 'poison pill'
April 7
UPDATE: Amended bill wouldn't do the trick
April 7
UPDATE: More than Race to the Top hangs in the balance
April 7
Hanging in the balance
April 7
Evaluating teachers? Choose from one of the following
April 6
Highlights from the data drop
March 31
What do Delaware and Tennessee mean to Maine?
March 29
'A personal journey for next generation learners'
March 23
Channeling consolidation's energy in Hancock County
March 17