Note: A Spanish language version of this flyer should be ready
by the end of the week. Contact me off-list if you want to help
out with the campaign.
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Mann for School Board
Primary Election - 2nd Tuesday of September
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"Education is a Right, Not a Privilege!"
Doug Mann
*1998-2000 Mpls Parents Union Board of Directors
*1998-1999 Mpls NAACP K-12 Education Committee
*1974-1978 UFCW local 789 member, served as bargaining
committee delegate, griever, and shop steward.
*Occupation: Licensed Practical Nurse since 1991
*3 years college: U of MN; Mpls. Community & Technical College
Did you know?
In the Minneapolis Public Schools:
Only 49% of students entering 9th grade finish high school.
Only 14% of Indian students finish high school
Most black middle school students are suspended from
school at least once per year.
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*Hold schools accountable. Changes in school policy can
greatly reduce the ‘test score gap’ between students without
lowering the bar for high achievers. This was done in the 1970s
and early 1980s according to NAEP* test score data. Source:
The New Crisis (NAACP magazine) Sept/Oct 2001,"Long Division"
p. 26-31 *National Assessment of Educational Progress.
On NAEP exams the difference in average reading scores
between black & white 13 year olds declined by about 50%
between 1971 & 1988. This test score gap has increased
by about 75% since 1988. [The New Crisis, September/
October 2001, graph on page 28]
*College Preparatory Curriculum accessible to all students.
Replace 'Ability-grouping'/curriculum tracking with a college-
bound curriculum for the general student population. Teachers
can better accommodate a wide range of academic abilities
through individualized educational planning (active observation,
assessment, goal-setting, interventions, evaluation), & by spending
less classroom time on direct instruction and teacher-centered
tutorial activities.
*Desegregate inexperienced teachers, who are now assigned to
high-poverty schools, by creating positions for inexperienced
classroom teachers that are evenly distributed throughout the district.
*Mainstream Special Education students.
Alternative schools/classes should be a last resort. Individual
Educational Plans are the basis for effective instruction. Every
student should have an I.E.P.
Prepared & paid for by the Mann for School Board Committee
PO Box 8514, Mpls. MN 55408 Phone: 612 822-3776
Web site: http://educationright.tripod.com
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