It’s high school graduation season and a lot of parents will be talking about Chairman John Kline (R-MN-02) this weekend … families will gather and encourage the graduate to pursue higher education … yet there will be costs … for tuition, fees, books, room and board, and other school charges … and for many parents [...]
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QUERY : If you are one of the 184,940 Minnesota undergraduates who participate in the Federal student loan program, would you want the “banker” to charge 2.5% handling fee … or a handling fee that is less than 1% ? As you ponder that question, be advised that students in Minnesota graduate with an average [...]
If your only source of news was John Kline’s (R-MN-02) press releases, the Republican-controlled House is doing a fantastic job. Take, Thursday May 16th and his two press releases : John Kline Statement on Passage of Legislation to Repeal Health Care Law John Kline’s Legislation Preventing Student Loan Interest Rate Hike Receives Bipartisan Support Of [...]
Updated 5/2/2013 MinnCAN gently let me know that my figures for “agree” did not include “strongly agree”. I’ve changed the polling results below and added an image. Also, here’s what they define as “effective” teaching: ”For the purposes of this survey, teacher effectiveness is defined by the ability to advance student learning such that, [...]
President Barack Obama’s signature on a wall in a health classroom at Southwest High School in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he attended a town hall meeting on health care, June 11, 2009. The physical education and health staff left a note asking the President to sign the wall for future students to see. (Official White [...]
The Comment Chairman Kline Did Not Want To Hear : “Attempting to balance the budget by reducing federal aid to students diminishes our odds of future success.” That comment was made at a Field Hearing on “Reviving our Economy: The Role of Higher Education in Job Growth and Development” on April 9 at Monroe County [...]
During the 2011- 2012 election cycle, EMILY’s List helped elect an historic number of candidates – including 19 new women to the House, six Senate incumbents, and three new Senators – all the first women to represent their states in the Senate. With that election in the rear view mirror, the group is already reviewing [...]
With the announcement of Sona Mehring and Mike Obermueller candidacies to represent Minnesota’s Second District for the 2014 election, it seems appropriate to review the Star-Tribune 2012 Endorsement. There’s a long list of issues — health reform and tax policy top the list — on which we disagree with Second District Republican Rep. John Kline. [...]
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Tim Penny, a board Member of MinnCan, has written an OpEd that has appeared in a number of media outlets, asserting that : All-day kindergarten versus pre-k is a false choice At the Capitol, legislators are asking this question: “Which should we fund, all-day kindergarten (ADK) or pre-kindergarten early education?” That strikes me as kind [...]
Congratulations are in order for two Minnesotans for their votes in support of the Republican Budget for FY2014. While, ten Republicans refused to follow party manager orders and voted NO, John Kline (R-MN-02) and Erik Paulsen (R-MN-03) voted YES and for that they are joined by 15 other Republicans with commercials informing the voting pubic [...]
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