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Bill Would Help Minnesota Vets Pay For Education
Minnesota veterans could get a break on the cost of a college education and enjoy a range of new consumer protections under proposed legislation backed by Attorney General-elect Lori Swanson. Swanson announced details Thursday of a tuition bill that could make an estimated $15 million a year available to veterans and their families, based on projections of a similar bill in Illinois. The Minnesota GI bill would provide tuition assistance at the University of Minnesota or the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities for up to eight semesters or 128 credits. The federal government currently p... More

Allowance Part Of School Readiness Plan
A proposed new "early childhood education allowance" for needy families will be one of several legislative initiatives this year aimed at improving school readiness in Minnesota, House and Senate DFL leaders said Tuesday. Despite mounting evidence that high-quality early education programs can boost the academic achievement and improve the lives of at-risk children, Minnesota is lagging behind other states in providing public financing for early education, advocates say. "It's been a real challenge with funding," said Senate Assistant Majority Leader Tarryl Clark, DFL-St. Cloud. "It's been c... More

All-day Kindergarten For All Proposed
Calling Minnesota's early childhood education efforts "mediocre at best," Minnesota teachers union president Judy Schaubach urged legislators Tuesday to fund all-day, every-day kindergarten for anyone who wants it and allocate more money to preschool programs. She also called for giving more money to Minnesota's public colleges and universities to control soaring tuition costs, and increasing basic K-12 funding so that schools can rein in rising class sizes and attract and keep the best teachers. "Nearly half of those who enter the teaching profession leave within five years," she said. Ac... More

Election 06 Issues: The State Budget
When Minnesota's governor is inaugurated in early January, he may have close to a billion dollars in projected surplus revenues to work with as he assembles a two-year budget proposal of about $33 billion. That surplus amounts to less than 2 percent of the budget and probably won't be enough to fulfill all the promises that the three major-party candidates have been making. In varying degrees of specificity and scale, the candidates have been telling voters that they will put more money into K-12 education, early childhood education, higher education, highways and mass transit, expand... More

Students Travel The Handcart Trail Across Wyoming
PLYMOUTH, Minnesota — For some students the recent Minnesota Education Association break was an opportunity to sleep late or hang out with friends. For one group of Plymouth students, however, it was a chance to find out what pioneer days were like. Five families and 14 adult leaders, about 54 people in all, donned authentic gear and hiked 17 miles with handcarts across Wyoming on the Mormon Trail.... More

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