October 20, 2000 - Counting all the information produced in the world is a niew kind of literacy that needs to be explored. University of California-Berkeley is attempting to take on the challenge. Information is counted in exabites (1^18).
October 23, 2000 - School children in sixteen Minnesota cities will go to the polls in November to cast their own nonbinding votes for president and other races on the general election ballot. "Kids Voting Minnesota" is part of a national project aimed at educating students about voting and boosting participation among parents. Minnesota Public Radio's Tim Pugmire reports.
October 25, 2000 - Minnesota's US Senate race is the most expensive in the state's history - and much of the nearly ten-million dollars spent by the three major candidates so far has been used on television ads. Since ads have dominated the campaign, we decided to ask some citizens what they think of the latest commercials in the Senate race. Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum reports...
October 26, 2000 - The state's education chief says several big changes for public schools could end up in Governor Ventura's budget proposal, but it's too soon to know for sure. Christine Jax, Commissioner of the Department of Children, Families and Learning was short on specifics today when she outlined the Governor's "Big Plan" for a group of rural educators. Minnesota Public Radio's Tim Pugmire reports.
October 26, 2000 - School leaders throughout Minnesota are clamoring for changes in the way teachers are paid. A handful of school districts have already dumped the system of automatic raises based on solely on years of service and training. Members of the Minnesota Rural Education Association discussed some of the alternatives Wednesday night at a conference in Alexandria. Minnesota Public Radio's Tim Pugmire reports.
October 27, 2000 - The University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus contains the biggest student voting block in the state. With almost 27,000 undergraduates alone the University of Minnesota is fertile ground for candidates courting the youth vote. But campaigns are finding apathy remains a big problem among young voters. Minnesota Public Radio's Patty Marsicano reports.
October 30, 2000 - Republican Vice Presidential candidate Dick Cheney focused on education at a campaign appearance today (MONDAY) in Rochester. The stop at a Catholic high school comes at a time when polls show the Republican presidential ticket within site of winning Minnesota for the first time since 1972. Minnesota Public Radio's Art Hughes reports.
November 1, 2000 - in Minneapolis. Bush stressed tax cuts, and attacked Democratic opponent Al Gore as a big spender who's achieved little as vice president. Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum reports...
November 1, 2000 - Voters from across the state will decide the fate of more than fifty school referendum proposals when they head to the polls next week. School districts are asking for more money for everything from day to day operations to brand new facilities. Minnesota Public Radio's Erin Galbally reports from Rochester. On November 7th Rochester schools will ask for tax payer support to save them from a projected multi million dollar deficit. Rochester is hardly an anomaly this election cycle. Faced with dwindling enrollment, the Blooming Prairie School District plans to ask for more money... and in Lakeville approval of a school referendum will mean five million dollars more for the district for the next seven years. Northern Minnesota's Greenway school district says without referendum money its schools could go bankrupt. Back in Rochester schools are looking for an annual infusion of ten million dollars for the next ten years. School Board Member Lori Jonason says like referendum proposals in Farmington and Crookston schools need the money to avoid massive cuts. Jonason:
November 2, 2000 - Voters in Minneapolis will decide November 7th whether to continue paying extra taxes for the teaching staff needed to keep class sizes small in the city's public schools. Minneapolis school district officials say their excess levy, which has generated an extra 40-million dollars a year for the past ten years, has been a key factor in improving student achievement. Minnesota Public Radio's Tim Pugmire reports...