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Melissa Whitler
Education reporter
Melissa Whitler has a background in economic analysis and is a Minneapolis Public Schools parent.
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Melissa Whitler
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School board member Ira Jourdain reflects on his two terms serving Minneapolis Public Schools families
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Melissa Whitler
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Minneapolis school board approves $279 million property tax levy for 2025
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Melissa Whitler
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Half of Minneapolis Public Schools buildings are underutilized
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Melissa Whitler
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District leadership opted for fewer budget cuts last spring, records show
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Melissa Whitler
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Coin Flip Lands Skjefte for School Board
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Melissa Whitler
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School Board Interviews Four Finalists to Fill District 3 Vacancy on Board
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Melissa Whitler
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Minneapolis students fall further behind in fall math and reading assessments
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Melissa Whitler
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North High School celebrates transformative remodel
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Melissa Whitler
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District’s latest financial projections show imminent budget crisis without action
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Melissa Whitler
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An Interview with At-Large School Board Candidate Kim Ellison
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Melissa Whitler
MPS Plans to Add Intervention “Triads" to Classrooms, 400 New Positions
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Melissa Whitler
March 10, 2023
Board Discusses Priorities Within the strategic Plan in Special Committee of the Whole Meeting
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Melissa Whitler
March 10, 2023
Votes to Renew Contract for Interim Superintendent Rochelle Cox
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Melissa Whitler
March 10, 2023
Principals in Minneapolis Public Schools Have Until March 9 to Complete Their School Budgets
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Melissa Whitler
March 2, 2023
Looking Beyond Minnesota: Other States Are Explicitly Changing School Funding to Meet Student Needs
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Melissa Whitler
February 23, 2023
To Improve Equitable Allocation of State K-12 Funding, Minnesota Could Modify Compensatory Revenue
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Melissa Whitler
February 17, 2023
How Minnesota’s school funding leaves the most in-need districts behind
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Melissa Whitler
February 10, 2023
Why does MPS have an unassigned general fund balance?
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Melissa Whitler
February 3, 2023
What’s the general fund balance?
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Melissa Whitler
February 3, 2023
Weekend Workshop for the school board is the first since August 2021
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Melissa Whitler
February 3, 2023
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