PreK-12 Education

No Child Left Behind

tptadmin — Fri, 8 Aug 2008 16:00:35 -0500

New statewide school results are out ... and more schools are struggling. Are the standards screwy or is it the schools? We hear from Minnesota Education Commissioner Alice Seagren, Education Minnesota's Tom Dooher and Bernadeia Johnson from the Minneapolis Public Schools.

Minnesota 150 Education

tptadmin — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:43:36 -0500

This summer Almanac is partnering with the Citizens League and the Minnesota Sesquicentennial Commission to explore important issues for the next 50 years. This week Mary Lahammer introduces you to Shane Saunders and his very atypical education.

Pawlenty Pushes Party

Mary Lahammer — Sat, 31 May 2008 09:35:43 -0500

At the State Republican Convention Governor Tim Pawlenty just challenged the Republican Party to have broad appeal and reach out. He told the story of his working class siblings who are all Democrats. And when he pointed out how they had common ground on many issues like education, healthcare and security, he asked them why they weren't Republicans and they said "they're not for the working people."
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Session Wrapup

tptadmin — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:24:55 -0500

Our Mary Lahammer gives a summary of the achievements of the just-ended legislative session.

Press Reviews

tptadmin — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:13:35 -0500

Mary and two Capitol colleagues — Tom Scheck from Minnesota Public Radio and Brian Bakst of the Associated Press — discuss the big, and not so big, accomplishments of Session 2008.

Capitol Update - May 19, 2008

tptadmin — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:22:46 -0500

They Did It

Mary Lahammer — Sun, 18 May 2008 15:17:56 -0500

It wasn't always pretty, but this group of leaders proved they can lead. It may have been a deal cut behind closed doors, but they all walk away winning. The public and the press had a hard time getting access and information along the way, but this session will have delivered on all the biggest issues: education, healthcare, property taxes, transportation and the environment. That's quite a list for what's supposed to be a short bonding session. Gov. Pawlenty said “this process yielded common results.”
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Session Settled?

Mary Lahammer — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:13:35 -0500

Leaders and the governor have been back behind closed doors trying to finalize a deal on education, healthcare and property taxes. Hmmm, those are three issues Democrats ran on, won the House with and declared "we'll be focused on these like a laser beam." It would be a big win for the House and Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher if they can deliver on that.
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Capitol Update - May 13, 2008

tptadmin — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:30:07 -0500

Governor Weighing In

Mary Lahammer — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:16:25 -0500

Gov. Pawlenty is weighing in heavily in floor debates today. First Republican House Minority Leader Marty Seifert apparently heard from the governor along with the speaker and Pawlenty asked them to stop debating an education bill without a global deal and that it created a situation of "negotiating in bad faith."
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