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Time to focus on rural education, workforce
Legislators and top partisan political leaders from both sides of the aisle could learn a lot from the Minnesota Rural Education Association’s annual conference.
Senate ethics panel stumped again
Complaints against Jeff Hayden and Bobby Joe Champion are still splitting the Senate Subcommittee on Ethical Conduct along party lines.
Voters approve $438M in school projects
School construction projects fared well at the polls Tuesday.
Schools seek $460 million for construction
Next Tuesday, 26 Minnesota school districts will ask voters to sign off on bond referendums addressing everything from security improvements to new buildings.
Dayton vows more increases in school aid
Gov. Mark Dayton vowed to once again boost per-pupil funding for the state’s public schools, which he said still remains in the middle of the pack when compared with other states.
UW regents request $95M budget increase
The regents' request comes despite Walker’s warning to all state agencies not to expect any additional tax dollars in his 2015-17 budget.
GOP debates see jabs but no haymakers
The four gubernatorial hopefuls shed some of their characteristic restraint, breathing a little life into a race that has generated little excitement with the general public.
Education needs to be a key election issue
Education will lay the foundation for the future — for better or worse.
Strom: Acknowledge the obvious
Working to rule, strikes, lifetime employment, and seniority-based employment have no place in mission-critical places like public schools.
Smith: Reinventing school ‘ecosystems’ the Harvard way
A paper published by the Harvard Business School describes a growing national “Strive Together” network founded on the belief that educational outcomes could improve by addressing a child's nutritional, medical, and social needs in addition to what the school district alone provides.
Young: Caritas and charter schools
Educational achievement is ultimately a personal responsibility of the student, but it is also a public responsibility to educate well those who will grow up to contribute one way or another to the successes and failures of our community.
Ponnuru: Jeb Bush isn’t a fantasy candidate
The former governor of Florida is at odds with the Republican Party on immigration and education, among other things.
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