Briefing
Book for Legislators
(Originally
printed for 13 Ed Committee Members & 35 Senators in four-color, eight
pocket folders)
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Insert – Look Who Supports Charter Schools
in Maine
Table of Contents – Section TOC & Extended Index
ext - LD 1438 An Act to Permit Charter Schools in Maine
Bill Highlights
Critical Insights Poll – Residents’ Support for School Choice in Maine
Finances
Issue Brief – The Bottom Line:
Six Myths About the Financial Impact of Public Charter Schools
FAQ’s – Funding Public Charter Schools
Funding Differences – District Schools & Charter Schools
Timelines for Federal Grant Funds
Timeline for a Public Charter School
in Maine
Charter Schools & the “Fiscal Cliff”
Accountability
High-Stakes: Findings from a National Study of Life-or-Death Decisions
by Charter School Authorizers
Drop-out Prevention
& Recovery
Policy Alert Supplement – Maine’s Educational Pipeline
Public Charter Schools Help Dropouts Recover
High School Graduation Rates Inflated
Rural Charter Schools –
Report for MACS
by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
News Media
Legislature should back charter school law – Portland Press Herald
Charter schools
vote: Schools are for kids - Kennebec Journal
School Reform Means Doing What’s Best for Kids – Wall Street Journal
Public Testimony
Sound Bytes vs Sound Data – Summary of Opponent Testimony
Roger Brainerd – MACS President
Dr. Judith Jones – MACS Executive Director
Dr. Rick Dale, University of Maine Farmington
Regina Volkwein, Director, Blue Hill Harbor School
Additional Testimony submitted by Proponents of LD 1438 will be added
here as time permits.
(If yours isn’t here yet, please send us a
digital copy.)