- Edina High School -- one of Minnesota's finest school districts has a book club where "more than 100 students at the school get up more than an hour earlier once a month to discus -- of all things - books" according to the Star Tribune newspaper. This is pretty encouraging news since the students choose to participate in this activity which extends their educational experience -- at no additional cost to the taxpayer as far as I could tell from the article I read, and
- Northfield Middle School -- another Minnesota school district which is also home to Carleton College which is no incubator for free market solutions but yet in this hotbed of liberalism there is a growing awareness of how business works. Northfield Middle School is home to a student-run book store where student can "earn coupons to buy used books" Another great life lesson for students here -- you need to work in order to acquire things you want.
Personally I am encouraged with such news coming from our public schools -- we just need such initiatives to spread to thousands of more schools around the country to counter the "we need more money" crowd.
Read more, tax less,
Todd
