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October 29, 2009: Channel 5 (WABI) covers Maine Attorney General Janet Mills visit to UMaine.
Maine Attorney General Janet Mills met with several classes and had lunch with students and faculty at the Foster Student Innovation Center. The visit was part of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center’s Distinguished Maine Policy Fellow Program. Link: http://www.wabi.tv/news/8276/attorney-general-visits-u-maine
Read MorePoverty in Maine Update – October
The Poverty in Maine Update, Volume 2, Issue 2, is the fourth in a series of periodic newsletters aimed toward presenting a picture of poverty in Maine. Information is based on the most current and reliable data available from both state and federal sources. This issue focuses on the latest trends in regionalpoverty patterns, income and employment. PovertyUpdateOCT09.pdf 1.4 MB
Read MoreOctober 26, 2009: A guest column by Leslie Forstadt about research on same-sex marriage appeared in the Lewiston Sun-Journal.
A guest column written by Leslie Forstadt about research on same-sex marriage appeared in the Lewiston Sun-Journal. Leslie Forstadt is a child and family development specialist with the UMaine Cooperative Extension and faculty researcher at the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center. Leslie’s column appeared in Sunday’s edition of the Lewiston Sun-Journal newspaper. Link: http://www.sunjournal.com/node/384866/
Read MoreOctober 29, 2009: Maine Attorney General Janet Mills, Distinguished Maine Policy Fellow, visits UMaine campus
Distinguished Maine Policy Fellows are individuals with a past or current career as a policy maker in Maine–people of distinguished status and extensive experience. As part of this program, Attorney General Janet Mills will visit campus on Thursday, October 29, 2009. More Info: www.umaine.edu/news/blog/2009/10/26/ag-janet-mills-at-umaine-thursday/
Read MoreV18N1: Letter from the Editor
Summer/Fall 2009 V18N1_dearReader.pdf 153.6 KB
Read MoreMaine Policy Review: Volume 18 Number 1 (All)
Summer/Fall 2009PDF Full Version (2.47MB) orPDF pages 1-67 (1.51MB)PDF pages 68-131 (1.18MB)
Read MoreIntroduction to the Early Childhood Issue
Guest editors Leslie Forstadt and Sheryl Peavey introduce the articles in this special early childhood issue of Maine Policy Review by highlighting the myriad of programs and policies affecting Maine’s young children and their families. To illustrate the challenges faced by parents, they present the fictional account of a young woman facing an unexpected pregnancy. The story illustrates the sometimes …
Read MoreThe Margaret Chase Smith Essay: The Transforming Power of Literacy
Former First Lady Barbara Bush talks about the importance of family literacy. V18N1_mcsEssay.pdf 225.5 KB
Read MoreThe Dynamics of Investments in Young Children
Philip Trostel presents compelling evidence of the importance of early investment in young children, citing research demonstrating the economic and social benefits of such investments. He suggests that the lack of understanding of the cause-and-effect relationship between early childhood experiences and later-life consequences and a failure to conceptualize how things might be done in new ways are both obstacles. Trostel …
Read MoreInvesting in Maine's Youngest Children Has Great Returns for Business
Dana F. Connors describes how the business community has become involved in the dialogue to help steer planning for investments in Maine’s youngest children. He acknowledges that there are high costs in failing to invest early and notes that creating skilled workers requires building the foundation in the first few years of the worker’s life. He stresses that high-quality early …
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