Federal program features Talk and Trek Tuesdays, Walking School Busses and Bicycle Rodeos Not so long ago, kids walked and biked to their neighborhood school as a matter of course. Now, there’s a federal government program that spends hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to prod students and parents to do what used to be second nature: bike and walk to …
Education
FFM Bulletin 9/25/08
Governor Pawlenty introduces new education accountability initiative Governor Pawlenty introduced a series of proposals on Tuesday to improve K-12 student performance and bring greater accountability to Minnesota's public schools. Included in this set of proposals is a renewed focus on merit-based teacher pay. School districts and charter schools currently have the option of participating in the …
FFM Bulletin 7/22/08
State pension fund manager gets huge raise The ongoing hiring freeze may have stopped the State of Minnesota from bringing on new staff it can't afford, but it hasn't prevented the state from paying more for some of the staff it already has. A lot more. Last Friday, a legislative panel unanimously approved a raise for Howard Bicker, executive director of the Minnesota State Board of Investment, …