Alec Timmerman

Minnesota has some of the toughest state math exit exams in the nation. In fact, according to local experts,the expectations on our state exams are more rigorous than the ACT scores required to get into a four year university. For the first several years, students were offered a waiver if they failed the exam, but took remedial courses. Those waivers end with the class of 2015. If they fail, they do not graduate. Estimates are that about 19,000 students will not graduate.

The question of who "won" in the Chicago Teachers Strike, is somewhat offensive. In modern day reform, there have to be winners and losers in a market based world of competition.

As an East Side resident of Saint Paul, I may be biased. I believe the heart and soul of Saint Paul is at stake in the upcoming Senate District 67 primary. On August 2, at Pathways on the Park, 170 N.

Last week Mitt Romney told us that it was President Obama waging the war on wisdom. His aide told us that 92.3% of all job losses were to women. Supposedly this meant, ipso facto, that Obama fired all of these women, or at least caused their firing. Like any good Republican lie, there is a kernel of truth in Romney's statistic.