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Education Initiative

Education First - How the Bath Area Made Reorganization Work (PDF)

A Case for Cooperation II (PDF) is available as a free download. (The original report may be found here: A Case for Cooperation I.)

Other items available for download for the original report include:

1. Press Release (Word format)
2. Summary of Key Points (Word format)
3. Stories on the Ground (Word format)
4. A Case for Cooperation: Making Connections to Improve Education for All Maine Students (PDF format)

Testimony:

1. Testimony on LD 1049, An Act to Encourage Cooperation Among School Administrative Units
2. Testimony of Dr. James C. Morse, Sr., Superintendent of Schools, MSAD 47 Before the Joint Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs On Monday, March 30, 2009

News Coverage:

1. RSU 1 - Brunswick Times Record The Maine Children’s Alliance’s newly released report on Regional School Unit 1 highlights two factors that have been largely absent from state government’s focus on implementing school consolidation: education and compromise.
2. Report touts RSU 1 as planning model, By Seth Koenig, Brunswick Times Record Staff, Thursday, July 9, 2009: A report issued this week by the Maine Children’s Alliance focuses on the creation of Regional School Unit 1, and how the district has been able to succeed while so many school consolidation efforts elsewhere in the state have struggled.
3. Avoiding consolidation's pitfalls, Submitted by Matthew Stone on Thu, 07/02/2009 - No matter how silently it passed, Wednesday marked a milestone in Maine's school district consolidation saga.
4. School officials back legislation on cooperatives, Matthew Stone, Kennebec Journal 03/31/2009
5. OP ED: This economic crisis means Maine must get more efficient, Gordon L. Weil 02/12/2009
6. Consolidation Questions - Bangor Daily News editorial: 11/08
7. School smarts - Bangor Daily News editorial: 7/2/08
8. Referendum won't stop school mergers in '08 - Portland Press Herald, February 3, 2008 Editorial (DOC)
9. Money Trumps Learning. By Walter Griffin, 01/04/2008 - Bangor Daily News
10. Costs Daunting For Raising Kid. By Morning Sentinel Staff 01/02/2008
11. The Case for Consolidation. By BDN Staff, 01/05/2008 - Bangor Daily News
12. Consolidation Should Be Fixed, Not Tossed. By Kennebec Journal, 01/08/2008
13. New School Choice. Bangor Daily News Editorial [Internet]. 2006 Sept. 2. (Word format)
14. Quimby, Beth. Report Backs Regional Schools; 2006 Blethen Maine Newspapers Inc. [Internet] 2006 August, 31 (Word format)
15. Take Baby Steps On Combining School Systems. Kennebec Journal Editorial [Internet]. 2006 Sept. 3. (Word format)
16. Cohen, Ruth-Ellen . Report Gives Examples Of Ways School Districts Can Collaborate; 2006 Bangor Daily News [Internet] 2006 August, 31 (Word format)
17. New Report Urges Schools, Districts To Cooperate. The Times Record [Internet]. 2006 Sept. 1. (Word format)
18. Fewer schools can mean a better education. The Portland Press Herald [Internet]. 2006 Sept. 5. (Word format)

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