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Page Amendment: Push to change constitution to close education gaps returns to MN Capitol
The Page Amendment would change the state Constitution to make quality education a civil right.
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A proposal to change the Minnesota Constitution to address the gaps in the state s public education system has been reintroduced at the state Capitol.
The Page Amendment, which is named after Alan Page – a former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice, equitable education advocate, and former Vikings player – would change the constitution to say that children have a fundamental right to quality education.
This would give families the ability to go to court if they feel their civil right to quality education has been compromised, says a news release from Our Children MN, an organization created to increase support for the Page Amendment and highlight the state s problematic and well-documented education gap.
CDC says teachers can safely return to class without vaccinations but teachers remain concerned
Teachers in Minneapolis feel they aren t being heard as the district moves ahead with in-person classes.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - As more and more students head back to class, some Minnesota teachers are anxious about being back in the building.
Wednesday, Minneapolis teachers gathered to say their concerns are not being heard. We need moral, ethical, and health first in all of this and we’re seeing our district leaders putting egos above children right now, said Greta Callahan with the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers. There’s no reason why we can’t take a step back and do this safely.
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“I am labor,” Gov. Tim Walz declared on the campaign trail in 2018. “I stand with labor, and as governor, I will keep Minnesota a labor state.”
True to his pledge, the budget Walz released in the opening days of the 2021 Legislature reflected the priorities of the state’s main teachers union, Education Minnesota. Pandemic recession notwithstanding, Walz called for $745 million in new K-12 spending and vowed to tie education funding to inflation, a move the union has sought for years.
Right away, GOP lawmakers jabbed back, calling for across-the-board cuts instead. “The schools made the decision not to be in the classroom when science showed they could be,” said Republican Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka, of East Gull Lake. “They chose the teachers union and the governor not to have the kids in the classroom … and now they’re asking us to bail them out for that.”