RE: Mr. Wellstone goes to school

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 dis

standardized testing results- was 'wellstone goes to...'

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

Re: Wallace Swan's future

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.

Re: Mr. Wellstone goes to school

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 school

Re: Mill City - School Funding

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 way

Re: Mr. Wellstone goes to school

Thank you to the list members who answered questions about how Minneapolis schools are funded and run. The district is run by the superintendent of schools, who is hired by the 7 member elected School Board. School districts in Minnesota are funded through a combination of local, state and feder

Wallace Swan's future

Mr. Swan requested this be forwarded to the list. -- David Brauer, list manager -Original Message- From: Wallace Swan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 22, 2000 4:28 AM Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT--Please forward to Other Interested Friends My Dear Friends, It has been my gre

Re: mill city Montessori

In a message dated 12/21/2000 11:01:16 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes in part regarding Target Corporation: << I say it would be better for them to pay living wages and provide full medical benefits to all their employees. >> I have always assumed that Target pays competiti

Re: Mr. Wellstone goes to school

In a way I think that we should use standardized metrics to measure how well schools do. But... It should measure how like students do against like students in schools. My guess is that all of the middle and upper middle class students in urban school districts, that attend public schools, are d

Re: Mill City - School Funding

The main source of funding traditionally for schools has been the property tax, as that is the main source of funding for most local governments. There has been a shift, however, for the state to take over more and more of the funding of K-12 education. (Ventura has a proposal to increase this fo

Re: Mill City

Broadly speaking, schools are funded from 3 sources. 1. The state - Through your property taxes; by far the biggest chunk. Somewhere in the neighborhood of 60-70%. 2. Feds - Urban schools get significantly more federal money in large part due to larger numbers of children at risk. 3. Excess levy