#minnesota2020

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MN2020 Report: Homeowners Experiencing Large Property Tax Reduction | minnesota.allembru.com

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Progressive think tank Minnesota 2020 shuts down due to 'funding constraints' | minnesota.allembru.com

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Progressive think tank Minnesota 2020 shuts down | minnesota.allembru.com

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Anti-transgender ad continues to upset activists | minnesota.allembru.com

[kls987]

Poverty has very real effects on a child's capacity to learn. If they lack insurance, a child with a toothache, an untreated illness, or concern about their family's health will struggle to focus on the classroom. A child who doesn't know where tonight's roof will be has the same problem. A vision problem left uncorrected (because glasses or contacts proved too expensive) cheats an otherwise focused child of his/her chance to learn.

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All students deserves better.

[kls987]

Not that it matters as much, since he's withdrawn from the 2012 presidential election, but it is still important to realize the impact one person can have.

Despite a recent $50 dollar per-pupil increase in the statewide school funding formula, Minnesota's real per-pupil state aid still 12.8% below where it was in 2003. Without the increase, we would have been more than 14% below our 2003 support, when adjusting for inflation.

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This, then, is one of Pawlenty's ghosts; a school funding poltergeist that increases regressive taxes and leaves us more dependent on conditional federal support.