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NAACP</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Mann for School Board </b></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id500.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Doug Mann for Minneapolis City Council, "><U><B>Doug Mann for Minneapolis City Council, Ward 8</b></U></A></div> <div> <B>E-brochure </b>(A print version to be ready by June 1)</div> <bR> <div> <I>www.educationright.com</I></div> <div> ===================================================</div> <div> <I><B>Education is a Right, Not a Privilege!</b></I></div> <div> ===================================================</div> <div> <I><B>Pro-working class policies for the Minneapolis Public Schools</b></I></div> <div> <B>Demand a quality education for all on an equal basis!</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>Don't Settle for phony "No Child Left Behind" School Reforms</b></div> <div> <B>All of the district-run schools can be good schools</b></div> <div> <B>Make a college-bound education accessible to all</b></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id415.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="We must address the education access gap"><U><B>We must address the education access gap</b></U></A></div> <div> by Doug Mann, 11 Feb 2005  (Letter to the Minneapolis NAACP branch)</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id414.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="School desegregation plan should be amen"><U><B>Amend the Minneapolis school desegregation plan! </b></U></A></div> <div> by Doug Mann, 11 Feb 2005 </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id287.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Flight from Equality: School Reform in t"><U><B>Flight from Equality:</b></U></A><B> </b><A HREF="id287.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Flight from Equality: School Reform in t"><U><B>School reform in the US since 1983</b></U></A></div> <div> by Doug Mann, a 40 page pamphlet, also published on-line</div> <bR> <div> The Reagan - Bush administration justified a C change in educational policy during the 1980s with an unproven claim about a "rising tide of mediocrity" in much the same way that the Bush administration justified the 2003 invasion and occupation of Iraq with an unproven claim about Weapons of Mass Destruction. </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://staff.washington.edu/agnone/servicelearning/coleman_report.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://staff.washington.edu/agnone/servi"><U><B>The Coleman Report</b></U></A><B> (Link to University of Washington web site)</b></div> <div> By Doug Mann -(Edited by UW Sociology Department). A Selection of comments from an on-line dialogue taking place prior to school board elections in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Assigned reading for Sociology 401 / Service learning program (teacher training in association with the Seattle Public Schools), University of Washington, Spring 2004. The unabridged version can be found here in three parts: </div> <div> <A HREF="id101.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="School Funding the Coleman Report"><U><U>1) School funding and the Coleman Report</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana" >, </FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id106.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The 1966 Coleman Report in its Historica"><U><U>2) The 1966 Coleman Report in its historical context</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana" >, </FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id329.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="A Nation at Risk"><U><U>3) "A Nation at Risk"</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana" >). </FONT></div> <div> In<I> The Coleman Report, </I>Doug Mann argues that schools (and school policies) have a big effect on learning independent of class, race, culture, and other student background characteristics. Backup copy of <A HREF="id330.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Coleman Report (U of W)"><U><I>The Coleman Report </I></U></A><I>(by Doug Mann) </I>on the Mann for School Board web site.</div> <div> <B>------------------------------------------------------</b></div> <div> <I><B>Minneapolis NAACP Branch Hits the Fan</b></I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id445.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Open Letter to Julian Bond re: Minneapol"><U><B>Open Letter to Julian Bond re: Minnneapolis NAACP branch</b></U></A></div> <div> By Doug Mann,<B> </b>NAACP life member, Executive Committee member-at-large, Minneapolis NAACP branch, 9 March 2005</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id424.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="NAACP branch treasurer promised no secre"><U><B>Minneapolis NAACP branch treasurer promised "no secrets"</b></U></A></div> <div> Post to Minneapolis Issues list by Doug Mann, 19  February 2005</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id423.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="NAACP branch president promised to open "><U><B>Minneapolis NAACP branch president promised to "open the books"</b></U></A></div> <div> Post to Minneapolis Issues list by Doug Mann, 19  February 2005</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id449.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Breeding, Overton, and Reed must go"><U><B>Breeding, Overton and Reed must go</b></U></A><A HREF="id449.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Breeding, Overton, and Reed must go"><U> </U></A></div> <div> Report prepared for (and approved by) the March 17, 2005 Special Meeting </div> <div> of the Minneapolis NAACP Branch Executive Committee</div> <div> by Doug Mann, 16 March 2005</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id432.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Minneapolis NAACP hits the fan"><U><B>Minneapolis NAACP hits the fan</b></U></A></div> <div> <B>Investigative reports, </b>February 15-March 26, 2005<B> </b> </div> <div> A faked Minneapolis NAACP branch membership meeting, conflicts of interests, </div> <div> another rigged election of Minneapolis NAACP branch officers, and a quid pro quo. It appears that the newly installed branch officers struck a bargain through a power-broker, and were not fully informed about the terms of the bargain at the outset. Includes: <A HREF="id431.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Anatomy of a coverup (Minneapolis NAACP "><U>Anatomy of a Cover-up</U></A><B> </b>and </div> <div> <A HREF="id420.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Minneapolis NAACP Parent Information Cen"><U>Minneapolis NAACP Parents Information Centers hit the fan</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id466.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Minneapolis NAACP branch hits the fan 2"><U><B>Minneapolis NAACP hits the fan - #2</b></U></A></div> <div> Minneapolis NAACP branch audit & hidden records, Did the NAACP make an $85,000 loan for investment in grocery stores without an agreement to repay?</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id456.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MN Dept of Ed Project Director questione"><U><B>MN Dept. of Ed Project Director questioned about NAACP Parent Info Centers</b></U></A><B> </b>at March 25, 2005 informational meeting ***Includes text of letter dated June 30, 2003 from Evelyn Eubanks, Resigned chair of The Parent Information Centers Commission, to Barbara Zohn, MN Department of Education, PIC project manager.*** And:<A HREF="id458.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Two letters from Morgan Brown to Commiss"><U> Two letters to from Morgan Brown to Commissioner Yecke & others</U></A> dated July 10 & 31, 2003 </div> <bR> <div> <B>More Coverage see: </b><A HREF="id470.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Topic: Minneapolis NAACP"><U><B>Minneapolis NAACP</b></U></A></div> <div> <B>------------------------------------------</b></div> <div> ------------------------------------------------------------- </div> <div> <B>Minneapolis News</b></div> <div> ====================</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id317.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Education reforms have been widening the"><U><B>Education reforms have been widening the gap</b></U></A></div> <div> Doug Mann, 24 April 2004, text of message to mpls issues list </div> <bR> <div> In my opinion the local Democratic Party has been making a mess of the Minneapolis Public Schools because the Democratic party, locally and nationally, has been making concessions to, enabling, and increasingly identifying with a right-wing school reform movement supported by the Republican Party at the national level since the early 1980s. </div> <div> <B>click on link above for full text</b></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.startribune.com/stories/1592/4733697.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.startribune.com/stories/1592/"><U><B><U>Minneapolis</U></b></U></A><A HREF="http://www.startribune.com/stories/1592/4733697.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.startribune.com/stories/1592/"><U><B><U> </U></b></U></A><A HREF="http://www.startribune.com/stories/1592/4733697.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.startribune.com/stories/1592/"><U><B><U>school</U></b></U></A><A HREF="http://www.startribune.com/stories/1592/4733697.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.startribune.com/stories/1592/"><U><B><U> vision still in the distance</U></b></U></A></div> <div> By Steve Brandt, 21 April 2004, Star-Tribune </div> <bR> <div> Hey Minneapolis, remember that invitation from the school board to join discussions this month and next on where the city schools ought to be headed? Most of you likely will have to wait until this summer or fall. That's the recommendation of a team of would-be consultants to the district. ..</div> <div> ..."Basically, they don't want any public input," said Doug Mann, a past and current school board candidate who has been critical of board efforts. "I think they're afraid of encountering opposition to the proposals..."</div> <bR> <div> <B>Consultants Urge MPLS Schools to Delay Public Input</b></div> <div> by Dr. Vinny, Founder & Publisher, <A HREF="http://southhighsucks.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://southhighsucks.com"><U>southhighsucks.com</U></A></div> <bR> <div> Dr Vinney notes: "The consultants want to first assemble a 'targeted' (aka "politically connected") group of people to [create] by June a rough draft of what the community thinks the schools ought to be like. That rough draft would be used to interview Superintendent candidates in late May or June...[and later] would be used to start a "broader community discussion" of "values" which could be used to create a "vision" for the Minneapolis Public Schools."</div> <bR> <div> Note by Doug Mann: Meanwhile Superintendent Jennings will be working behind the scenes to amend and repackage his original reorganization / downsizing plan. The consultants will help the superintendent and board of directors to design a guided facilitation process that will: 1) buy them some time,  and 2) validate the course they have already decided to pursue.  </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id308.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Minneapolis School Closings"><U><B>Minneapolis School Closings</b></U></A><B> (open letter)</b></div> <div> Superintentent Jennings and school board members,</div> <bR> <div> In her latest Strib Opinion piece, Ms. Johnson [a school board member] praises Mr. Jennings' bold leadership, and implicitly supports his reorganization plan, his proposal to eliminate teacher tenure rights, and the sponsorship of more charter schools, which will help to draw down enrollment in the district's own schools...</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id314.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Werewolves Silver Bullets"><U><B>Werewolves & Silver Bullets</b></U></A></div> <div> <B>Is it possible to turn around the Minnespolis Public Schools?</b></div> <div> by Doug Mann, 16 April 2004</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id316.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Green Party St. Paul vs Yeche confirmati"><U><B>Green Party St. Paul vs Yecke confirmation</b></U></A></div> <div> GPSP Education Committee, 23 April 2004</div> <div> "...It is our conviction that Commissioner Yecke is motivated by a long-range goal of dismantling public education * the very institution her agency is supposed to manage * and replacing it with a privatized system of education in which public funding will be directed to private schools..."</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.spokesman-recorder.com/News/Article/Article.asp?NewsID=36141&sID=13" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.spokesman-recorder.com/News/A"><U><B>Health workers fight to unionize</b></U></A><B> (link to Spokesman-Recorder)</b></div> <div> By: Doug Mann, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder</div> <div> Originally posted 12/11/2003 <B>first of a two part story</b></div> <bR> <div> <I>NLRB curtails Walker Methodist’s union-busting practices</I></div> <bR> <div> In May 2003, employees at Walker Methodist Health Center voted 165 to 105 to be represented by a union, Council 14 of the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). However, if the management gets its way, that vote won't count, and ballots cast by around 70 Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) in a separate election on July 30, 2003, will never be counted. </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.spokesman-recorder.com/News/Article/Article.asp?NewsID=36375&sID=13" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.spokesman-recorder.com/News/A"><U><B>Walker Methodist workers garner wide support</b></U></A><B> (link to Spokesman-Recorder)</b></div> <div> By: Doug Mann, <I>Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder</I></div> <div> Originally posted 12/17/2003 <B>Conclusion of a two-part story</b></div> <bR> <div> Employees at Walker Methodist Health Center have been trying to unionize, on and off, for at least a dozen years. </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.southhighsucks.com/jenningsspinop.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.southhighsucks.com/jenningssp"><U><B>It's About the Public Input, Stupid! </b></U></A><B>(Link to southhighsucks.com)</b></div> <div> Why Minneapolis School Leaders Need to Listen to Public Input and why </div> <div> Reverse Racism is NOT the issue! <I>These articles [are] by Doug Mann, with editing for clarity and length by Dr. Vinny. </I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>PART I -- Reverse Racism is Not the Issue!</b></I></div> <div> The coalition of groups and individuals that came together in opposition to the appointment of David Jennings is calling for "...a more open process that includes input from the community..." [Jennings Withdraws, Insight News, October 15, 2003] </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id300.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Green Party Open letter to Minneapolis S"><U><B>Green Party Open Letter to the Minneapolis School Board </b></U></A></div> <div> 5th Congressional District Green Party Steering Committee</div> <div> Friday, November 21, 2003  </div> <div> The open letter states, in part "Notwithstanding any closed proceedings required by laws such as the Data Privacy Act, we ask that you utilize transparent communications and open meetings -- with opportunities for public comment -- in all matters leading up to the selection of the next Superintendent. We believe that in so doing, the Board will be able to regain a great deal of the public trust that many feel was lost after the selection of Mr. Jennings."</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Socialist Links</b></div> <div> ===================</div> <div> <A HREF="id70.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MCTC Socialist Club"><U><B>MCTC Socialist Club Page</b></U></A></div> <div> The Socialist Club at the Minneapolis Community and Technical College (last update 2002)</div> <bR> <div> <B>MCTC Socialist Club Web site </b></div> <div> The web site is under construction, a link will be added here as soon as possible</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>2001 School board campaign</b></div> <div> =====================================</div> <bR> <div> <B>2001 Primary Election Returns (September 11)</b></div> <div> <A HREF="id57.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Results of September 11, 2001 Primary El"><U><I><B>School Board</b></I></U></A><I><B>  //  </b></I><A HREF="id58.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Results of September 11, 2001 Primary El"><U><I><B>Mayor & City Council </b></I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id43.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Biography / Qualifications"><U><B>Biography / Qualifications</b></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id36.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="AFSCME Council 6 Questionnaire"><U><B>AFSME Council 6 Questionnaire</b></U></A></div> <div> (American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees)</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Green Party Questionnaire"><U><B>Green Party Questionnaire</b></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id55.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Response to questions from South High st"><U><B>Response to Questions from South High Students</b></U></A></div> <div> 4 E-mails to South High Students (3 E-mails added 13 September 2001)</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id45.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Whats Wrong with the Minneapolis Public "><U><B>What's wrong with the Minneapolis Public Schools?</b></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id53.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Urban Schools: Unequal by Design"><U><B>Urban Schools: Unequal by Design</b></U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>