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 …
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FFM Bulletin 9/17/08
Brooklyn Center voters send same message to public schools... 6 times If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try, try, try again. That seems to be the mantra of the Brooklyn Center public schools (ISD 286), whose sixth referendum since 2005 was defeated last Tuesday. Voters shot down the district's request for an additional $200 per student in general education revenue, with 58% of voters …