Online Classes

It isn't very often that I agree with Gov. Pawlenty but here is one issue that it seems we do agree on. According to an MPR article one of Governor Pawlentys goals is to see that 25% of colleges classes be offered online by 2015. I also heard that by 2013 the governor wants to make it mandatory that all high school, students must take one high school class online to graduate.

Here is some of what MPR had to say:

The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system hopes to offer a quarter of college credits to students online by the year 2015.
Gov. Tim Pawlenty and MnSCU officials say their goal is to modernize how classes are delivered, and to maximize efficiency.
The governor went so far as to say increasing online coursework will be one way of measuring the accountability of colleges in the future.
"as requests come forward for more buildings for example, we're going to say, 'How are you doing on your online goal? And before you talk about adding new buildings, how are you making progress on your online goal?'" said Pawlenty.
About 9 percent of MnSCU credits were delivered to students online during the last academic year, and about one-quarter of MnSCU students took at least one online course....
The Republican governor is pushing online learning at both the high school and college levels.

I believe this is a goal that can be reached.

Minnesota Majority

I read with interest a news article about a Minnesota group that is upset about Minnesota's same-day voter registration law. It seems that Minnesota Majority doesn't feel that we as citizens of Minnesota should not have the right to register to vote at the polls on election day

According to Twincities.com Minnesota Majority president Jeff Davis says he's not satisfied with county officials' response to his questions about voter records. Davis says he opposes same-day voter registration and wants to require voters to show photo identification before they cast ballots.

Looks like just another right wing group that wants to make it harder for you to vote.

Marty Still at the Helm

I see that the House GOP has again elected Marty Seifert as their House Minority Leader for the next two years.
Ya know Marty has done such a wonderful job over the last four years spitting out his Republican rhetoric. I still remember how unwound he became over the gas tax increase that he was striping his own party members from committee post for voting to override Pawlentys veto.
Marty the people have spoken and you just lost two more House seats maybe you might need to take a look at yourself and see if it is you who is out of touch with the voters of Minnesota. With Him At the Helm the DFL could have a veto proof Majority in two years. We might even see our first DFL Governor elected in over twenty years.