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The difference between equity and equality
ST. PAUL LEGAL LEDGER CAPITOL REPORT “Equity in Sight” was the theme of a recent conference that attracted several hundred Twin Citizens who are working to reduce our worrisome racial disparities in unemployment and education. Signs of progress and optimism were in abundance, but it got me thinking about how much tougher this whole mission might have seemed if just two letters were added to the first word of the theme, making it &... Read More
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Job one (and two and three): Workforce equity for a competitive economy
ST. PAUL LEGAL LEDGER CAPITOL REPORT Ford Motor Company advertised its cars years ago with a theme that the company was focused on “Job One,” which was something about “quality.” I remember an ambush interview back then of the Ford CEO by guerrilla documentarian Michael Moore, who cheekily asked, “What’s job two?” Good question, actually, and as Gov. Dayton and policymakers sort through priorities in ... Read More
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A ‘loophole’ for Minnesota’s expensive health care
BRAINERD DISPATCH The U.S. health care system is broken and the Affordable Health Care Act (ACA- Obamacare) does little to fix it. It was a significant political victory but only a small health care victory. Driven by rising health policy premiums, Minnesota residents now rank second in the country in selection of high deductible health care policies (up to $30,000) in attempts to keep annual premiums affordable. The dominant employer-based hea... Read More
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‘Plan C’ more practical – and more progressive – than ‘Plan A’
ST. PAUL LEGAL LEDGER CAPITOL REPORT Gov. Dayton’s “Plan A” for a 21st-century tax overhaul was ambitious and rather breathtaking. And that rushing wind we’ve been hearing for two weeks is actually a long, relieved, collective exhale. Just about everybody’s breathing easier since he announced a reset of his tax-and-budget proposal. Although Dayton has revamped his plan to alleviate chronic revenue shortages and t... Read More
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At Eastern Heights Elementary, Billy Chan and team are working on MN’s next great workforce
PIONEER PRESS At times I almost had to jog to keep up with Principal Billy Chan, a new kind of education leader in a hurry, as he hustled through the halls of St. Paul's Eastern Heights Elementary School. Armed with a leather-bound IPad on one hip and a walkie-talkie on the other, Chan huddled with teams of teachers here, monitored classroom instruction there, showed off new technology (teaching computer coding to first-graders!) and t... Read More
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