2013
Local research shows Minnesota recoups up to $16 for every dollar we invest providing low-income kids with access to high-quality pre-K programs. So let’s make a much-needed investment and set up our youngest learners for success.
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2013
Minnesota policymakers enacted the nation’s first charter school law in 1991 to give Minnesota families high-quality school choices, improve student learning and empower educators to innovate techniques to close the achievement gap. But 21 years and 148 public charter schools later, we still have more to do to achieve those objectives.
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2013
Minnesota is making strides to recognize great teachers and provide teachers meaningful feedback so they receive much-needed support and improve student learning. Now is the time to redesign how we retain and reward our best teachers – the most important in-school factor for student success.
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2012
In 2012, MinnCAN advocated for three policy plays to help all Minnesota kids beat the odds: 1) Prize first-string teachers, 2) Scouting Minnesota's MVP: Most Valuable Principals and 3) Launch the achievement power play.
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2011
The year we launched we declared a state of emergency for Minnesota public schools. With your help, we advocated for three commonsense reforms to put Minnesota on track to giving every child a great public school. And with your help, we passed all three, rounding out our first-ever legislative campaign with a perfect score.
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