Joe Nathan

Cambridge-Isanti, Braham and other area school leaders have several suggestions/requests of parents and family members for the coming school year.

Don Heinzman

As students go back to school, parents in 81 school districts, voters and particularly parents, should pay close attention to property tax levy referendums planned for November.

Jack Puterbaugh––Back in the Day

There has been a lot of news recently about eggs, and it hasn’t been good news.

Jack Puterbaugh-Back in the Day

Today it is customary to head for the grocery store at least once a week—for the most part to a super market that stocks thousands of items.

As Americans we spend on food a lower percentage of our income  than almost any country in the world. When transportation was by horse and buggy, going to the store was done much closer to home.

Jeff Andres-Guest Commentary

Did you ever have one of those parenting moments when you are so proud of your child that you are overwhelmed with emotion? Yes, even a tear or two wells up in the eye of yours truly every now and again. My wife Christine and I had one of those moments this past week.

ECM Editorial

With the present K-12 public education system in serious financial trouble, the education of Minnesota’s students is at risk.

During the past decade, the increase in state funding to K-12 education has been less than the costs of running the educational program.  There were no increases in the basic formula three of the last 10 years, 1 to 2 percent increases four of those years, and four percent increases three years.  Over the past two years the economic crisis has restricted per-pupil funding to schools to zero dollars.