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Rebuilding Our Schools

All Posts from Kids at Risk Action, Day Care and EducationBy Mike Tikkanen January 19, 2006

Retired teacher Carolyn Light Bell’s Star Tribune article today has brought me to reflect on the rich Minneapolis Public School education I received and how it helped me to build a terrific life. Without my public school education, I would have been one more low-skilled worker in a nation with a $6/hour minimum wage and…

Policy Making

All Posts from Kids at Risk Action, Religion, Politics + the LawBy Mike Tikkanen January 1, 2006

The following is one of my best of all times policy making efforts I have ever encountered. It was a note from MaryJane Westra from Fergus Falls MN; Greetings, Mike and Happy New Year! The hour really flew by (our radio interview with Ember Reichgott Jung). I wanted to tell you about what we did…