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2001 Articles

December
Dec 2: Law gives Federal Government too much control over careers
Dec 3: Action on "No Child Left Behind"/HR1
Dec 4: What Can Parents Do?
Dec 6: HR1 Doublespeak Continues - Student Testing and Privacy Protection?
Dec 11: Does the "Repeal" of Goals 2000 Mean Anything
Dec 12: Saying NO to career tracking -- What Can Parents Do? (Part III)
Dec 18: MN Congressional Delegation unites on education vote - Against HR1!
Dec 24: No Child Left Behind: Federal Goals 2005!

November
Nov 2: NAEP Hidden Only From Parents
Nov 7: Battles over Federal Education Bill
Nov 19: Perspective Early-Years Learning Myth
Nov 26: Testing and Data Collection
Nov 30: Federal Education Bill Inches Forward

October
Oct 3: Federal bill HR2666: SBA Creates Curriculum
Oct 5: Career Clusters Will Transform Secondary Schools To Job Training Centers
Oct 7: State Legislators' Conference Withdraws Support for HR1/S1
Oct 8: Cultural Bias Causing Terrorism?
Oct 9: The Dark Side of Nationwide Tests
Oct 13: The Latest on HR1
Oct 22: Government Holds Parents Accountable
Oct 29: Superintendent Harvey’s "Small Learning Communities"
Oct 30: Career Clusters Will Transform Secondary Schools To Job Training Centers

September
Sept 23: Federal Education Bill: Where Now?
Sept 25: HR1/S1 is a Continuation of Goals 2000/School-to-Work

August
Aug 4: Action Needed On Federal Education Bill
Aug 22: One National Federal Test
Aug 24: Civic Virtue And National Standards

July
Jul 1: Legislature PROHIBITS Involuntary Career Tracking
Jul 3: Survey: U.S. teens struggle to answer fourth-grade history basics
Jul 6: Summary: What happened in the legislature?
Jul 26: Federal Education Legislation

June
Jun 5: More on Career Tracking
Jun 6: US House Testimony on HR1
Jun 9: Recalibrating the Tests
Jun 13: Small Learning Communities and False Advertising!
Jun 16: International Baby Ed Agenda
Jun 21: Career Tracking in Small Learning Communities
Jun 30: Legislators debate career tracking

May
May 2: HR1 introduced in US House Ed Committee
May 2: "Mandatory career tracking"
May 3: Update from St. Paul
May 3: Voting Records on Workforce Central Planning
May 9: Decoding St. Paul’s Education Blueprint
May 13: ALERT: HR1 & S1 cement curriculum, tests, and control of education at federal level!!!
May 14: Letters to Washington on HR1
May 15: Commentary on Achieve, Inc.’s Report on the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments
May 15: Governor urged to accept REPEAL of Profile
May 16: The illusion of private and homeschool protection under HR1
May 17: Profile Conference Alert!!
May 18: HR1 begins floor action
May 19: Report on the Conference Committee
May 21: “Small learning communities” and HR1
May 25: Federal HR1: After the House Vote
May 31: Career Tracking Alert
May 31: The Future of Baby Ed

April
Apr 1: Workforce Central Planning bills sail through House & Senate committees
Apr 1: Are Minnesota's “High Standards” the Wrong Standards?
Apr 2: Governor needs to be Stopped
Apr 4: ALERT: Senator won't hear education bill!
Apr 18: Bills to oppose & Bills to support
Apr 20: Update on our interactions with legislators
Apr 23: Letter from MrEdCo's president
Apr 23: Minnesota Senate votes to keep the Profile
Apr 25: The Minnesota Student Survey
Apr 26: Letter from the Taxpayers League
Apr 27: ALERT:  Federal Education Bill, HR1
Apr 29: Protest Rally Report
Apr 29: Protest Rally Speech by Renee Doyle
Apr 29: Speech given by Michael Chapman

March
Mar 1: Legislators Hear Presentation
Mar 2: Two Minnesota Bills You Need Follow
Mar 5: Roll call vote on hearing both sides
Mar 5: Federal Education Program May Test Bush's Commitment to Local Control
Mar 6: DCFL official says federal SCANS already in Profile
Mar 8: Bush May Bend on Student Testing
Mar 8: School-to-Work holds southern Minnesota conference
Mar 9: Mathematician criticizes Core-Plus program
Mar 10: MN Senate Rules Change... we think!
Mar 11: PRAXIS -- Test for Teacher Certification
Mar 12: MCA's: The BIG LIE
Mar 12: Legislation ALERT #1
Mar 13: Legislation ALERT #2
Mar 14: Schools as health care providers:   HF 788/SF 1058
Mar 15: GOP Senators Demand Crim. Investigation of CFL-United Way Scandal
Mar 15: What happened in HF 788 Hearing Today?
Mar 16: Minnesota’s “New (State-Planned) Economy”
Mar 20: A VICTORY: What happened to HF 788/SF 1058: Mental Health Screening 
Mar 20: Blue Earth, MN Keeps Traditional Math Track
Mar 21: A Statement on the Governor’s Workforce Development Plan
Mar 21: Testimony in Opposition to SF 1760 & SF1745
Mar 22: HF 2057 - A Bill for Repealing the Profile
Mar 25: ALERT: "Repeal Profile" Hearing Tuesday!!!
Mar 27: Testimony against HF 788
Mar 27: Parent Testimony for HF 2057
Mar 29: Workforce restructuring passes House Ops Committee
Mar 29: Grassroots movement moves Profile REPEAL forward

February
Feb 4: Big-Government-as-Parent-Myth
Feb 7: What Won't They Say Next!
Feb 26: Minnesota Senate votes against hearing both sides
Feb 28: Community college trains Select Comfort employees

January
Jan 1: The next step -- Baby-Ed
Jan 1: From the classroom to the courtroom; constructivism, fully grown
Jan 7: The First Baby-Ed hearing
Jan 9: Statement on Early Care and Education Plan
Jan 10: Federal mandate comes to light in committee
Jan 24: MrEdCo-PAC calls Alarm!
Jan 25: Written Math testimony of Dr. Lawrence Gray
Jan 25: The Bush Federal Education Proposal - unveiled
Jan 31: Math Madness in St. Paul
Jan 31: 8th grade careers in St. Paul

Other Articles:
Big-Government-as-parent Myths
American Heritage Act
Political indoctrination in Minnesota's school-books
The federal Perkins law and STW plan for Minnesota

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