Negotiations for teacher’s contracts continue in Eastern Carver County Schools. Teachers are asking for higher pay after record inflation and increased funding from the state while the district says they
Negotiations for teacher s contracts continue in Eastern Carver County Schools. Teachers are asking for higher pay after record inflation and increased funding from the state while the district says they
Fifty years later, is a Minnesota Miracle even imaginable? Times have changed, but bipartisan work shouldn t be impossible.
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Fifty years ago, in January 1971, a collection of ideas woven together by a group of citizens and revised by politicians was presented to the Minnesota Legislature by then-Gov. Wendell Anderson. Known at the time as the Fair School Financing Plan, the measure changed Minnesota s fiscal policy for decades.
Changing tax policy and revenue sharing formulas among governments is normally a subject of stirring interest only among nerds and policy wonks. But the proposed reforms became a key issue for everyone in the 1970 governor s race. And in 1971, enacting them led to the longest legislative session in Minnesota s history. The resulting legislation was quickly dubbed the Minnesota Miracle by national experts. Viewing all this through the lens of today s internet