"To me what motivated it and why is not likely to have much to do with being an immigrant or being assimilated or not assimilated as much as something else we don't understand well -- certain psychological triggers or barriers to close relationships" that have appeared in other mass, unprovoked killings, Fennelly says.

MinnPost
April 24, 2013

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April 24, 2013

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"We didn't see any data to help legislators and policymakers understand the costs and educational benefits of the state requirements," Hauer said. The report recommended that the Legislature should direct MDE to analyze the costs and education benefits of the Minnesota-only requirements. Two bills introduced this legislative session (HF 1698/SF 1552 and HF 1685) would require MDE to do such an analysis. Both bills also provide that MDE develop ways to reduce teachers' paperwork burdens.

Twin Cities Daily Planet
April 21, 2013

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Almost everyone agrees that the system is broken ... the existence of 11 million individuals who don't have legal status and who are working int he U.S., many of whom have been here for a number of years and who have put down roots, is considered problematic by people, no matter what side of the political isle they're on.

Access Minnesota
April 21, 2013

Now that we are out of a recession and the U.S. economy is growing at a faster rate than expected, what will be the impact of a likely surge in the demand for workers, combined with the proposed increased penalties for both unauthorized immigrants and employers who hire them? What new push and pull factors--such as improvements in the Mexican economy--are emerging that may affect the future flow of workers and how might that affect the W visa program?

Think Immigration
April 18, 2013

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These should all have been perfect opportunities for the GOP to demonstrate to young and minority voters that federalism and limited government are principles that apply across the board. Yet instead of seizing the moment and standing up for federalism, Republicans have been silent, choosing to cast their lot with a demonstrably failed policy.

Star Tribune
April 17, 2013

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"The basic idea of Chained CPI is: You're in the store, the price of a brand of bread you like starts going up, you look for a different brand of bread that's less expensive," Jacobs said.

WCCO-TV
April 9, 2013

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This recent proliferation of fees and assessments by municipalities has strained traditional nonprofit-government relationships. The assumption, often unspoken, that localities so benefit from the presence of nonprofits that it offsets the loss of property-based income is thus called into question--but rather than an up-front negotiation, the levies are an entrance into a different contract by the back door.

Nonprofit Quarterly
April 8, 2013

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Decades of education research tell us that poorer children show up for the first day of kindergarten with deficits that set them far behind. Over the years, their disadvantages are compounded by problems related to health, food, housing and other foundations of a stable childhood. The new bill would send little girls and boys to school afraid of what might happen if they slip up, while doing nothing to address the real obstacles to educational success.

Knox News
April, 4, 2013

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"Something else changed," said Katherine Fennelly, an immigration specialist at the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. "It's the strength and strengthening of some of the advocates and coalitions that are speaking more with one voice than they have in past."

UPI
March 31, 2013

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Such cultural organizing takes seriously culture-shaping institutions like opinion journals, news and social media, motion pictures, entertainment industries and other sites of cultural production as settings for political struggle about the meaning of America, the identity of the American people, and the future of the society. Obama and West are unusual. The movement for a citizen-centered democracy needs to spread their examples.

Huffington Post
March 1, 2013

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Nevertheless, providing scholarships to low-income families so their 3- and 4-year-olds can attend a high-quality early education program is a key step toward boosting school preparedness and lifelong success in Minnesota. Indeed, based on the research cited above, it may be the best public investment we can make.

Star Tribune
February 14, 2013

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Nevertheless, providing scholarships to low-income families so their 3- and 4-year-olds can attend a high-quality early education program is a key step toward boosting school preparedness and lifelong success in Minnesota. Indeed, based on the research cited above, it may be the best public investment we can make.

Star Tribune
February 14, 2013

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The i3 grant is a way of making a statement that it's time that we seriously consider investing into our most vulnerable kids, because we know how to do this. We know how to make significant progress on the achievement gap. We know how to ensure that kids start school healthy and ready and succeed in school and life.

Georgetown Public Policy Review
February 13, 2013

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The first performance gap is the school readiness gap. Only two in five children are academically prepared for school, according to a national survey of kindergarten teachers. Assessments of Chicago children confirm this. Based on a recommended standard of excellence that expects 75 percent of children to be school-ready, the readiness gap is at least 35 points.

Chicago Sun Times
February 6, 2013

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The early childhood scholarships came out of a group called Minnesota Early Learning Foundation who did a pilot of using scholarships and a quality rating system to see if we could get better outcomes for children. They were responding to [the fact that] half of our children [are] not ready for kindergarten. They got very good results and in fact [we used data from this pilot] to put the application forward for the Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Grant that we successfully landed last year for $45 million.

Minnesota Public Radio
January 28, 2013

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