Maine’s Economy Testimony at Hearing on LD 1819: Resolve, To Create the Task Force To End Student Hunger in Maine MECEP has working on issues related to student hunger going back to 2010 when we researched and published “Child Hunger Doesn’t End with the School Year.” In […] MECEP Posted March 21, 2014 Tags Children, Education, Food Insecurity, K-12 Education
Education Testimony at Hearing on LD 1353: An Act to Further Reduce Student Hunger Over 80,000 kids in Maine do not get enough to eat. During the school year, the National School Lunch program, which has been around since the 1940s, […] MECEP Posted April 23, 2013 Tags Education, Food Insecurity, K-12 Education
Education Maine Spends the Lowest Amount per Student in New England Chart based on Census Public Elementary-Secondary Education Finance Data Maine Spends the Lowest Amount per Student in New England (chart) See also: Education Funding Falters (fact sheet) MECEP Posted February 15, 2013 Tags Education, K-12 Education
Education Fact Sheet: Education Funding Falters in Maine Severe Education Funding Cuts Threaten Maine’s Economic Future While other New England states have managed to maintain and even increase their support for K-12 education since the […] MECEP Posted February 6, 2013 Tags Education, K-12 Education
Taxes and Budget Expect More Cuts to Schools and Municipalities to Pay for Income Tax Cuts for the Rich The state is facing a $756 million structural budget gap over the next two years, according to a report released last month by the state’s budget office. […] Joel Johnson Posted October 23, 2012 Tags K-12 Education, Municipal Revenue Sharing, Tax Fairness, Taxes
Education Choices: Maximizing Maine’s Educational Investments, Optimizing Results “Uniform data collection and benchmarking” describes a process and a plan to ensure that Maine’s investments in K-12, post-secondary education and workforce training are properly aligned and […] Jody Harris Posted February 12, 2009 Tags Education, K-12 Education