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Resources from Parents United
April 13, 2009 - TV:MN2020 Report: Minnesota Education and our Public Schools - How are we doing and where do we need be going? First Panel interviews with Parents United's Mary Cecconi and Craig Roen, Minnesota 2020.
January 2009 (Updated) - It's Time for a New Minnesota Miracle (Power Point) (pdf version).
September 2008 (Updated) - It's Time for a New Minnesota Miracle (Power Point) (2 page handout).
Fall 2007 - A Crossroads for Public Education in Minnesota (Power Point) (pdf version)
February 2007 - Tying education funding to student success - PS Minnesota presentation at the 5th Annual Parents United Parent Leadership Summit.
Fall 2006 - A Crossroads for Public Education in Minnesota (Power Point) (pdf version)
Fall 2005 - The Funding of Our Public Schools (Power Point) (pdf version)
Fall 2005 - Crossroads for Public Schools (Power Point) (pdf version)
August 2004 - Analysis of the Education Finance Reform Task Force Report (MS Word) - Prepared to help parents evaluate the Education Finance Reform Task Force report (pdf) released July 2004.
April 2004 - Education Funding in Minnesota – How Did We get Here? (Power Point) (pdf version).
Resources Prepared by John Myers, Augenblick, Palaich and Associates, Inc.
November 2006 - Estimating the Cost of an Adequate Education in Minnesota (Phase 2) (Executive Summary).
December 2, 2005 - Determining the Cost of Education in Minnesota: Continuing the Work of the Governor's Education Funding Reform Task Force (Phase 1) (Press Release) (Executive Summary).
Additional Resources
March 2008 - A Chilling Call to St. Paul - School Superintendents Speak out about Minnesota's Failed Funding System - Pawlenty may have a 'no new taxes' pledge, but he simply put raising taxes onto the shoulders of school districts, Minnesota 2020 (Release).
March 2008 - When educational expectations and costs compete - Can quality instruction and funding find a balance in Minnesota?, Research Notes, AMSD Connections.
November 2007 - Costing Out the Resources Needed to Meet Pennsylvania’s Public Education Goals - Pennsylvania needs to increase education spending by $4.61 billion or 26.8 percent per year in order to meet performance standards, according to the study prepared by Augenblick, Palaich and Associates for the Pennsylvania State Board of Education and requested by the Pennsylvania Department of Education (National Access Network article).
December 2006 - Adequacy study offers new funding formula for education in Minnesota - Our students deserve a system that rationally links funding to student needs, Association of Metropolitan School Districts.
October 2006 - Minnesota’s Promise: World-Class Schools, World-Class State - A call to action From Twenty-seven Past and Present Superintendents to Transform Education in Minnesota for the global information age, Minnesota's Promise.
May 2006 - Fixing a Formula that’s Broken, Schools for Equity in Education.
April 4, 2006 - John Myers Provides Testimony to Senate on Findings of School Funding Study; Outlines Phase II (Video) - John Myers and Justin Silverstein from Augenblick, Palaich and Associates (APA) testified before the Senate K-12 Education Budget Division regarding the December 2, 2005 study "Determining the Cost of Education in Minnesota" and presented an overview of the work currently being completed in Phase II of the study.
December 2, 2005 - Parents United Special Update - The greater significance of the study is that it calls for a fundamental change in the way schools are funded. The study proposes that the funding formula be rationally linked to student learning rather than based simply on the availability of state funds; in other words, the funding formula would be standards-based.
December 2, 2005 - Report shows Minnesota schools are underfunded by $1 billion (Press Release) - Analysis based on data in Governor’s Education Funding Reform Task Force Report, Schools for Equity in Education.
December 2005 - Study Finds Minnesota Schools Under-Funded by Nearly $1 Billion (page 2), Association of Metropolitan School Districts.
August 2004 - Analysis of the Education Finance Reform Task Force Report - Prepared to help parents evaluate the Education Finance Reform Task Force report released July 2004, Parents United.
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