And herein lies a main problem with schools: few people get the funding
mechanisms. Few people understand that the school boards of independent
districts possess the power to levy property taxes without direct voter
approval up to a certain percentage of property values. Excess levies come
by
I have to agree with all the Catherine Shreves wrote. As I said this am
on MPR, we need to look at growth over a period of years. We assess our
kindergarteners to evaluate many basic school readiness skills. If the
state were to expand the reporting to measure children when they enter a
That's too bad. Wally has been very good in this post. He was treated
horribly by the DFL when he ran for State Treasurer. I still remember his
testimony before the DFL executive committee after the 1998 elections.
Eva
Eva Young
Mpls., MN
At 08:43 AM 12/22/00 -0600, List Manager wrote:
Mr.
In a message dated 12/22/2000 12:28:50 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes, in part, regarding standardized testing:
I also believe Minneapolis should be compared to like school districts with
similar demographics. The current system will always mean, in this state,
Mpls and
I thought I would toss my oar into the rather turbulent waters of the
school issue. While I have never been able to claim the space of being a
'concerned' or even a 'committed' parent (or even a parent for that
matter.) I have spent my time in schools.
The thing that always has
