Our house was dark, and it should not have been. I wondered what the problem was. For the last week in spring, 1985, I had been meeting with state governors and their staffs about key education problems and solutions. It was heady stuff. Now, I was home, eager to see my wife and our three young children.
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Forest Lake High School students need to take more challenging courses, according to a recently released state-wide report. First, 50 percent of Forest Lake and North Branch graduates, 2003-2006 entered Minnesota public 2 or 4 year colleges within a year of graduating from high school, compared to a statewide average of 49 percent.
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Can cooperation join with courage in Forest Lake? Based on conversations with Steve Massey, principal at Forest Lake High School and Pete Hegseth, executive director of Vets for Freedom, I think the answer could be “yes.”
If so, Forest Lake High School students will get a huge gift.
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Despite some questionable assertions last week, lease aid for Minnesota charter public schools is a good deal for students and for Minnesota taxpayers. You don’t have to trust me on this – a 2003 Minnesota Office of Legislative Auditor report concludes:
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Many Minnesota parents might share some of the provocative views some Somali American and Oromo (Ethiopia) parents presented last week. In a wide ranging meeting, 30 men and women said they strongly support some, and strongly oppose other freedoms that their children are encountering in America. Their reactions have helped guide the schools their children attend.
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Shared school/community facilities are a winning combination
As education and civic leaders struggle with challenging budgets, the
Minnesota communities of Perham and Northfield leaders may have
valuable lessons to share. In these communities, education, city,
community and corporate leaders create a cooperative facility. In both
communities, and dozens of other places around the country, something
has been built via collaboration, that no one group could have done by
itself. Their efforts are relevant for every type of community:
suburban, rural or urban.
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