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Saturday, February 2, 2013
Gov. Dayton proposes $640 million for education - Star News
by Howard Lestrud
ECM Publishers
Gov. Mark Dayton released his 2014?2015 budget Tuesday and said he is keeping his promise to increase funding for education every year he is governor. He said there will be ?no excuses, no exceptions.?
Dayton revealed his budget in the Minnesota Department of Revenue area of the Harold Stassen Office Building.
Lots of eyes were focused on the governor as he outlined his plans to make major investments in education and to offer new initiatives for a stronger economy and what he called a fair tax system. These investments are aimed at what Dayton calls a ?Budget for a Better Minnesota.?
Department of Education Commissioner Brenda Cassellius and Director of the Minnesota Office of Higher Education Larry Pogemiller were two of Dayton?s biggest cheerleaders. Both said the governor?s newly framed budget may reflect the largest dollar increase for education in the history of Minnesota.
Cassellius said she is optimistic that the Minnesota Legislature will see the value of the budget and will see the return on the investment in education as being worth that investment. ?It focuses on all kids; these increases are significant in getting kids ready for school and in making sure that all kids cross the finish line,? said Cassellius.
The governor?s budget makes a major investment in early education scholarships and provides access to all-day kindergarten for 85 percent of Minnesota kindergartners. The budget also increases K?12 funding by $52 per student. In a media gathering following Dayton?s budget announcement, Cassellius said early learning is the key to everything. It is the key to being successful beyond kindergarten and in post-secondary education, she said.
The governor?s budget also has a $240 million investment in higher education. He said these increases in higher education funding will prevent tuition increases, will support research and innovation and will align higher education course work and classrooms with the jobs of the future. The budget also includes a 25 percent increase in state student aid to help middle class families afford higher education.
The governor touched on the education monies used in a shift to balance a previous budget and said it will be paid back under a four-year plan. The plan is to pay back $1.6 billion this biennium, leaving $1.1 billion to be repaid.
In reading from a prepared script to outline his budget, Dayton said, ?We know that education is absolutely crucial to better job opportunities, higher incomes and more fulfilling lives for Minnesotans today and for their children and grandchildren of the future, yet we have consistently cut state funding for higher education and K?12 over the last 10 years.?
Dayton added, ?We need to put our money where our beliefs are, and where we know we can get results ? Some people will say that we cannot afford to make these additional investments to improve our public education. I say that we cannot afford not to make them. A well-educated, productive workforce has been, and continues to be, our key advantage in attracting new and expanding businesses. If we short-change our kids? educations, we short-change their futures and ours.?
Focusing on early childhood education opportunities, Dayton said there is a growing consensus about a critical need for early learning especially for potentially ?at-risk? children.
Dayton worked with the Legislature in 2011 to establish Early Childhood Education Scholarships for Minnesota children, ages 3?5. Scholarships totaling $2 million were made available for 2013 and $3 million is slated for 2014. To date, 460 children have received scholarships of up to $4,000.
?We need to make sure every single child gets a great start? in education, Cassellius said. Investing in early learning and all-day kindergarten will help narrow the achievement gap, she said. Kids will come ready for school, good teachers will be placed in every classroom and ?we will make sure kids know where they want to go.?
Looking for success in education, Pogemiller said that those students in pre?K, K?12 and post-secondary education must be viewed in the same context, meaning an investment in education for all is essential.
At a glance: Proposed education dollars
?$118 million in new school funding, including $52 in new money for every student
?$125 million investment in special education funding, providing more equity for schools
?$92 million in early learning, including $44 million in Early Childhood Scholarships for 11,000 young children and other help for families to afford high-quality child care
?$40 million for optional all-day kindergarten, providing access for 46,000 kids
?$80 million for the Minnesota State Grant program, the largest increase in 25 years
?$80 million for MnSCU (Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System) and $80 million for the University of Minnesota
?$10 million for teacher evaluation to support teachers, improve student achievement
?$8.9 million for English Language Learning to help students communicate proficiently
?$4.5 million for Regional Centers of Excellence to help the most struggling schools
?$1 million for school bullying prevention, creating safer learning environments
?$1 million for emergency preparedness for schools, law enforcement and community
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Source: http://erstarnews.com/2013/02/01/gov-dayton-proposes-640-million-for-education/
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Friday, February 1, 2013
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Apple Patents Crowdsourced, Peer-To-Peer Mobile Banking That Could Use iTunes To Provide Cash On Demand
Today the USPTO published an Apple patent application that ventures a little farther afield than most, and describes a mobile banking concept that is truly innovative, which could essentially turn iTunes into a micro-lending bank. The patent outlines a system whereby a user would post requests for small amounts of cash using their iPhone, which other nearby users could respond to to provide some quick funds when there's no ATM nearby.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/dS5jtG4vrP4/
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Black ex-coaches say NFL's Rooney Rule is broken
FILE - In tihs Jan. 18, 2013, file photo, former NFL coach Tony Dungy, left, speaks to reporters at the NCAA convention in Grapevine, Texas. The Rooney Rule is broken and must be fixed. That's how former NFL coaches Tony Dungy, Herm Edwards and Jim Caldwell feel after seeing openings for eight head coaches and seven general managers this offseason not go to any minority candidates. Says Dungy: "It's not working the way it should." (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
FILE - In tihs Jan. 18, 2013, file photo, former NFL coach Tony Dungy, left, speaks to reporters at the NCAA convention in Grapevine, Texas. The Rooney Rule is broken and must be fixed. That's how former NFL coaches Tony Dungy, Herm Edwards and Jim Caldwell feel after seeing openings for eight head coaches and seven general managers this offseason not go to any minority candidates. Says Dungy: "It's not working the way it should." (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2013, file photo, American team head coach Herm Edwards talks with his team before the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl football game in Carson, Calif. The Rooney Rule is broken and must be fixed. That's how former NFL coaches Tony Dungy, Herm Edwards and Jim Caldwell feel after seeing openings for eight head coaches and seven general managers this offseason not go to any minority candidates. (AP Photo/AP Images for NFLPA, Ric Tapia, File)
Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator Jim Caldwell listens at a news conference at the team's training facility in Owings Mills, Md., Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. The Ravens are scheduled to face the San Francisco 49ers in NFL football's Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans on Sunday, Feb. 3. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) ? Three black former NFL head coaches say the league needs to rethink its Rooney Rule for promoting minority hiring after 15 top vacancies ? eight head coaching jobs and seven general manager positions ? were all filled by white candidates since the regular season ended a month ago.
"I know the concept is good and something we need to do," said Tony Dungy, who was with the Indianapolis Colts during the 2006 season when he became the first black coach to win a Super Bowl. "Obviously, it's not working the way it should."
The Rooney Rule, implemented in 2003, was named for Pittsburgh Steelers chairman Dan Rooney, who steadfastly pushed the league to require every team to interview at least one minority candidate every time there is a coaching or general manager opening.
Before the rule went into effect, the NFL had had only six minority head coaches in more than 80 years. Since it has been in place, 12 have been hired.
But none were hired this year to replace the two black coaches who were fired ? Romeo Crennel in Kansas City and Lovie Smith in Chicago ? and the one fired black GM, Rod Graves in Arizona.
Herm Edwards, former coach of the New York Jets and Kansas City Chiefs and now an ESPN analyst, has called for not only revising the rule but perhaps even changing its name.
"When you use the Rooney Rule and not correctly, you put a little bit of a bad mark on Mr. Rooney's name, and that is not good," Edwards said Wednesday. "If it keeps going this way, we might need to take his name off the rule. It is not being used in the right manner that Mr. Rooney meant it to be."
Robert Gulliver, the NFL's executive vice president of human resources, said that the hiring results were "disappointing" and that he expects to make revisions in the rule.
The Fritz Pollard Alliance, a group of minority coaches and front-office, scouting and game-day NFL officials, wants the Rooney Rule expanded to apply to coordinators, assistant head coaches and club president positions.
Unlike Dungy and Edwards, Jim Caldwell is still coaching, albeit as an assistant. Not only that, his team, the Baltimore Ravens, will play the San Francisco 49ers in Sunday's Super Bowl. But he wasn't even invited to interview for one of the eight vacant coaching jobs, though having a team in the playoffs can be a hindrance to such opportunities.
Fired as the Colts' coach following the 2011 season, Caldwell joined the Ravens as quarterbacks coach. When head coach John Harbaugh fired offensive coordinator Cam Cameron in December, Caldwell was promoted. With his guidance, Baltimore's offense responded.
Caldwell is no stranger to the Super Bowl, having led the Colts there three years ago after replacing the retired Dungy. It was only after Peyton Manning was sidelined for the 2011 season that Caldwell was fired.
"It has been a great rule and it has worked in the past," he said. "Just like anything else, you have to, after a certain period of time, revisit it and take a look and see if it needs a little tweaking. I think it does in this particular case."
Caldwell added: "That's one of the reasons that the Rooney Rule was put in place, because you're trying to avoid those situations, if possible. We're at that stage where guys like Lovie Smith, who didn't get an opportunity, who had won and been very successful previously ... obviously, there's some concern there, and that's why I think the rule is going to be revisited."
Dungy said he believes the entire system is broken. He cited 21 head coaching jobs changing in a three-year span, which he said indicates owners are making the wrong hires regardless of race.
Edwards said he wonders whether minority candidates get interviewed only to satisfy the rule, even though they have no chance of getting the job. He and Dungy noted that the last black head coach hiring ? other than coaches promoted from within, like Leslie Frazier, Raheem Morris, Mike Singletary, Hue Jackson and Crennel ? was Mike Tomlin by Pittsburgh, in 2007.
There are currently four minority head coaches: Tomlin, Frazier in Minnesota, Marvin Lewis in Cincinnati and Ron Rivera in Carolina. Minority general managers include Baltimore's Ozzie Newsome, Detroit's Martin Mayhew, Houston's Rick Smith, the New York Giants' Jerry Reese and Oakland's Reggie McKenzie.
"I am not saying you have to hire a minority candidate. No one is saying that," Edwards said. "I am saying you can't be blinded. It can't be, 'Who is the guy to interview to get this out of the way?'"
"The problem I have is you don't really abide by the Rooney Rule the correct way," he said.
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Muslim invaders to descend on Texas Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2013
WHAT: Texas Muslim Capitol Day News Conference and Rally
WHEN: Thursday, January 31, 9:30 ? 10:30 a.m. (Advocacy training and meetings with elected officials and their staff will take place throughout the day.)
WHERE: South Steps of the Texas State Capitol Building in Austin
WHO: American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, Council on American-Islamic Relations-Texas (Dallas, Houston, San Antonio), Crescent Youth, East Texas Islamic Society, Greater Houston Coalition for Justice, Houston Peace & Justice Center, Islamic Circle of North America, Islamic Relief, League of United Latin American Citizens, Masjid-ul-Mumineen, Muslim American Society Texas, Muslim Council of USA, North Austin Muslim Center, Risala Foundation, Southwest Region of the Nation of Islam, Texas Impact, Texas Muslim Democrats and others
CONTACT: Mustafaa Carroll, executive director of CAIR-Texas?s Houston chapter, 832-549-1042, mcarroll@cair.com
CAIR?Imam Islam Mossaad of North Austin Muslim Community Center is confirmed to be the ?Pastor of the Day? who will offer the invocation in the House Chamber at the state Capitol. Imam Islam stated:
?Praise is for the All-Mighty for the honor of opening the legislative session with a sincere prayer to Him that we get matters right for all Texans. Texas Muslims have much to offer our state and will continue to make strides of bringing more understanding, justice, security and prosperity to the people of the state of Texas.?
Throughout the day, Muslims from across the state will participate in meetings with their state legislators to discuss community concerns, including religious freedom, immigrant rights and civil rights relating to privacy and technology issues.
One of the Muslim ?rights? they advocated for was to allow blind Muslims to use horses in place of dogs as guide animals because of Muslim hatred for dogs. Horses are not supposed to be used as service animals because the constant indoor confinement required of them is both abusive and unhealthy for the physical and mental well-being of the animal. ?BNI
?Like many Texans, Muslims are concerned about the status of the economy, education, healthcare, safety, and civil liberties,? said Mustafaa Carroll, executive director of CAIR-Texas?s Houston chapter. ?Additionally, the heightened anti-Muslim rhetoric and sentiment coming from some elected officials is alarming. Our goal for the 2013 session is to mobilize people to attend, to be educated about the political process and to learn how they can become more effective advocates.?
BNI? Texas Governor?Texas governor has had uncomfortably cozy relations with at least one group of Muslims over the years.?Perry is a friend of the Aga Khan, the religious leader of the Ismailis, a sect of Shia Islam that claims a reported 15 to 20 million adherents worldwide. Sprouting from that friendship are at least two cooperation agreements between the state of Texas and Ismaili institutions, including a far-reaching program to educate Texas schoolchildren about Islam.
In 2009, Perry signed a formal agreement that provides for cooperation between Texas and the Aga Khan?s organizations in the ?fields of education, health sciences, natural disaster preparedness and recovery, culture.?Perry also brokered a 2008 partnership between the University of Texas and Aga Khan University in Pakistan to expand cooperation on programs including the Muslim Histories and Culture Project, which trains high school teachers on Muslim history and culture curricula.
Hamas-linked CAIR is America?s largest Muslim rights and pro-sharia organization. Its mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.
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14-year-old shot at Ga. middle school, officials say
WXIA
Scene outside a shooting at Price Middle School in Atlanta, Ga., on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013.
By Jeff Black, Staff Writer, NBC News
A 14-year-old was shot and a teacher was injured Thursday afternoon at a middle school in Atlanta on Thursday afternoon, officials said.
Live video from NBC station WXIA-TV showed police, emergency vehicles and an?ambulance?around Price Middle School, which is south of downtown Atlanta.
Police told the station that both of the injured people were alert, conscious and breathing. Later the station, citing school district and fire department officials, said that a 14-year-old was shot in head. The teacher reportedly suffered injuries during the panic during the incident.
The 14-year-old was taken to Grady Hospital. There was no word on the condition of either the 14-year-old or the teacher.
One suspect was in custody, WXIA ?and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution,?reported.
The school was in lockdown and parents were asked not to come to the school at the moment.
This is a breaking news story. Please check back for more details.
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