Prepare Maine

Kudos to The Maine Coalition for Excellence in Education for the launch of Prepare Maine (and also for their "Education Roundup," a weekly overview of Maine education news and opinion - which we'll link to instead of trying to maintain the same thing ourselves).

The stated goal of Prepare Maine is "remodeling education for a stronger economy, better jobs and a brighter future." It is not only a big initiative for the Coalition, which is comprised of leaders from the business, non-profit, and education sectors, but a potentially important starting point for a real shift in how we view the link between education and economic development. I urge you to go their website, which does the best job of any I've seen of framing the issues with data and relevant research.

I also appreciate that they attempt to suggest solutions, and I hope that the seven recommendations on the solutions page lead in that direction. But here's where the challenge of building and leading a bi-partisan, cross-sector coalition comes in.

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