The Twin Cities North Chamber of Commerce supports:

              Improved education by:

Strengthening professional development programs that will enhance recruitment and retention of educators and will  result in an increase of skills and knowledge to improve student performance.

 Reforming pay and performance structures, improving starting salaries and rewarding outstanding teachers. 

 Supporting rigorous statewide performance standards to ensure a graduation diploma carries an appropriate baseline of knowledge and opposing legislation that weakens a graduation requirement or retreats from accountability for the achievement of rigorous results.

More innovation by:

Strengthening innovative education models such as small learning communities, early enrollment in college-level courses for credit, youth apprenticeships and internships, charter schools and online learning.

 Developing and pursuing a comprehensive strategy for assuring that grade promotion in the primary grades results in adequate preparation for secondary level course work.

 Supporting incentives for schools to utilize technology for curriculum delivery to improve instruction, collaboration and communication as well as accountability and productivity.

Encouraging the use and development of the private education system.

Efficient Management by:

Supporting State and legislative action to modernize data collection and utilization in order to improve accountability and management at the state, district and school site level.

Providing more empowerment to principals to manage budgets and personnel decisions, and to facilitate a safe, productive learning environment for all students.

Identifying appropriate expenditure of monies at all levels.