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Can right-wingers really “dumb down” a generation of kids?

March 14, 2023

It’s about their only chance, and some of them kind of know it

by Dan Burns
vouchers

Still spouting off about school vouchers – Update

June 14, 2021

Yeah, whatever. Minnesota Republicans and school choice advocates gathered at the Capitol Thursday to urge Gov. Tim Walz to meet with them about a Senate school voucher proposal. The advocates want Walz and Democratic-Farmer-Labor lawmakers to back a program called “education savings accounts” as part of the Senate’s education budget proposal. The Minnesota Department of […]

by Dan Burns
abandoned

Guys, keep your grubby mitts out of Minnesota’s schools

January 16, 2020

First of all, the fact that Alan Page was a very great football player doesn’t give him standing on this. The proposed amendment would remove the requirement for a “uniform” system of public education from the state constitution. This strategy paves the way for taxpayer-funded vouchers for private schools, which may discriminate against certain students. […]

by Dan Burns