Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen appeared on WCSH 6’s “In the Arena” on Sept. 22 to discuss a number of education issues in the news as a new school year gets underway.
Bowen touched on efforts underway to offer more Maine students the chance to take college classes while still in high school, the implementation of a new law allowing charter schools in the state and a recently deployed initiative aimed at improving student achievement by offering their teachers rigorous professional development and the chance to participate in the design of their performance evaluation and pay systems.
Yes–allow the market system to work by providing and/or allowing K-12 school choice for all students in Maine
Richard Larson