MINNESOTA SENATORS ARGUE TO REASSERT LOCAL CONTROL OF SCHOOLS

Geoff Michel (R-Edina) and David Hann (R-Eden Prairie), state senators from Minnesota, ask in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune: who do we want to run our schools? Don't worry, they answer their own question, and the answer is: not a federal government that is 1,200 miles away from their classrooms. Instead, the senators think Minnesota needs to recommit to local control of schools and empower parents, teachers and principals. To that end, the state's Senate Republicans are calling for a decisive end to their state's participation in No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and have drafted legislation that would allow the state to opt out of the federal mandate. In their opinion, the federal government should support state education efforts, not drive them. Michel and Hann find that federal intrusion hampers local decision-making, burdens Minnesota teachers and prevents the state's kids from achieving excellence.
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Read "Time to give control of local schools back to local communities" on the startribune.com Web site.
http://tinyurl.com/5rk3mj

Thanks to the Public Education Network for the lead.
http://tinyurl.com/68h6wr