tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post2293563446194300348..comments2024-03-28T19:47:39.985-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: Feds To Maine: Make Teacher Evals Worse (Or Else)Peter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-67245719958870954582015-01-18T23:27:28.150-05:002015-01-18T23:27:28.150-05:00And there was this charming news from downeast:
&...And there was this charming news from downeast:<br /><br />"AUGUSTA, Maine — John Fitzsimmons, longtime president of Maine’s community college system, has resigned.<br /><br />The resignation comes after several days of pressure from Gov. Paul LePage, who criticized the community colleges president for being unavailable and too slow to enact the governor’s agenda on higher education. "<br /><br /><br />Fitzsimmons resigned, after almost 25 years, despite the fact that LePage has no direct authority over his position because the governor threatened to cut funding to the community college system. Makes me think of the real mother in the story of Solomon.<br /><br /><br />http://bangordailynews.com/2015/01/14/politics/facing-pressure-from-lepage-maine-community-colleges-president-will-resign/laMissyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00516322307725011313noreply@blogger.com