[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: The Next Wave

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Posted by Speed Gibson:
The Next Wave
http://speedgibson.powerblogs.com/posts/1196056835.shtml


   It would appear that Education Minnesota's "Schools First!" campaign
   didn't resonate. But the next wave is coming, as [1]Swiftee and others
   have noted. "Education Funding Reform" is the new catch-phrase, and
   this time there's no deception on what they really want: more
   unaccountable money.
   The front group is [2]P.S. Minnesota, a "non-partisan coalition of
   Minnesota education and parent groups united to advocate for adequate
   and sustainable public education funding" per their web site. Not an
   educator? Not a parent? You're not welcome, just your paycheck. By the
   way, non-partisan means 3:1 DFL vs. RINO.
   This caught my eye on their web site:

     "We know how much it costs to educate Minnesotaâs children to
     todayâs achievement standards. We also know how much it will cost
     to educate our children to tomorrowâs standards."

   Finally, someone can answer the question of how much is enough, now
   and in the future! Oh who am I kidding? It will be a formula
   containing variables like "average teacher pay" to keep it
   unaccountable and demographic indexes to keep Minneapolis and St. Paul
   at twice the average.
   This is an interesting site as you'll see in future posts.

References

   1. http://restraininorder.blogspot.com/2007/11/legislative-task-force-represents-foes.html
   2. http://www.psminnesota.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5&Itemid=6