Education, Taxes, and Elections

To The Editor:

With Democrats controlling the Maine State House and Legislature, academic achievement in education has gone from the top 5% to the bottom 5%. Our best school systems only run 35% to 50%. Mississippi’s children, on the other hand, long at the bottom of the nation’s score board, are now surging ahead of Maine’s children in Reading and Math. This is vitally important because Reading and Math are the gateway knowledge to a better life.

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