In summary, the kids get the burned from all sides...
All of us adults sure are silly and selfish !!!
Here are some links explaining the impact of this Legislative session on MN Schools. Or maybe I should say the "non-impact... Thoughts?
Star Tribune: Borrow More
Parents United: Not Held Harmless
TC Daily Planet: Shifts nothing to be proud of
HomeSource: No Race for the Top
MinnPost: Keep trying for Race to the Top
HF2072
Waseca News What about Education?
2 comments:
Perhaps if the schools spent more time teaching and less saying they can't teach without more money than Midas, these minor funding adjustments wouldn't be such front page news. We KNOW these schools can educate for less than they are asking for because a few years ago, they were DOING it just fine.(Still complaining, of course, all the while.)
One word: Kwitcherbellyakin.
J. Ewing
I found one of those cute wood signs in a Northern MN tourist store and keep it over my desk. It says:
QUITCHERBELLYAKIN!
and I added line 2 below it:
DOSUMPTINORFYNDSUMPTINTOLIK!
For those that do not speak license plate speak:
Quit your belly aching!
Do something or find something to like!
The reality of course is that lobbying is doing something. It is just unfortunate that Districts and Ed MN probably spent a couple of million dollars lobbying during the legislative session instead of teaching with the money.
However, per a quote on Parent's United. "Democracy is a participation sport." Or something like that. I suppose those lobbying dollars are just an investment in search of future rewards/funds...
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