This.
Things that make a school safer:
SEL learning
Inclusionary practices
More counselors
Smaller class sizes
Representation
Academic interventions
Strong Tier one instruction
More paraprofessionals
Housing security
Healthcare access
Food security
Strong home school connections
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School communities across the state will have a more transparency when it comes to student to educator ratios in classes and student testing. Thanks @JenMcEwenMN for giving educators more voice. #mnleg Most important labor bill in decades.
As a constituent of @leighfinke…I couldn’t be prouder to call her my state representative. Thank you!
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It is once again @gus_heather’s $5 Friday! Join me in pitching in for a senate that features more teachers and fewer Roger chamberlains!
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Celebrating St Patricks Day today? It’s time we honor Indigenous People’s Day. Shout out to @RepKeeler for her work to make it happen. #mnleg #toughfightsmatter
“A $7.7b surplus can mean a transformational investment in our families and our schools.” Thanks @LizBoldonMN for meeting with Rochester educators about what our schools need. #mnleg @EducationMN @carriesparks
Hey @AnnJSMN & @GinnyKlevorn not one for tax breaks so much, but a tax credit for teachers to get their masters in Special Ed is small way to retain teachers. Nice work! #mnleg
It is zero outside, but look at the temp in this classroom. Energy efficiency in our schools is needed now.teach &learn w/ this temp? @100PercentMN #mnleg
Have 2 kids open enrolled kids at SPPS. One will graduate. The younger one probs out of @SPPS_News partly due to the district poor treatment of staff. Love all the teachers my kids have had @SPFE28. Shame on you @JoeGothard. Just terrible behavior. This fam not standing for it
Was in NYC beginning of Dec. Needed proof of vax to enter restaurant. Zero complaints from anyone. Just a team effort is all I saw.
Teachers quitting left and right. Retiring early. Fewer and fewer students in college programs. Student debt through the roof.
Minnesotans should pay for tuition for anyone who wants to become a teacher.
Some math. If we gave each student $10k for tuition per year. We did that for 2000 students a year. Over ten years it would cost $560M. We would put 16,000 new teachers into our schools. With little to no debt.
Education funding hasn’t kept up with inflation for years. 21’Inflation 4.1% while funding was increased 2.45%. Short $108m compared to inflation. next year it will be $199M below inflation. In one budget -307M compared to inflation. #mnleg #surplus4students
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With PPP & UI done, tax committee has ~$100M for other expenditures.
Good ideas: Aid to homeless students ($25M), working families credit (tbd), property tax refund ($30M)
Dumb ideas: historical structures ($30M), film credit ($20M), commercial property tax cut ($30M)
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