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ST. PAUL -- Minnesota's next education commissioner will be Cheri Pierson Yecke, a federal education official and former secretary of education for the state of Virginia, the head of the state school administrators...
A sampling of the math standards developed by a committee impaneled by Cheri Pierson Yecke, Minnesota's education commissioner. A complete list of the math and language arts standards is available on the Internet at...
...attempts by Minnesota DFL lawmakers to unseat Lt. Gov. and MnDOT Commissioner Carol Molnau and Education Commissioner Cheri Pierson Yecke are misguided and unwarranted. Opponents of the two members of Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty's administration...
...committee recommendations to remove Lt. Gov. Carol Molnau from the top transportation post and Education Commissioner Cheri Pierson Yecke from her job have been in limbo long enough. With less than two weeks to this session's adjournment, it's...
...agrees or disagrees with the direction of Minnesota's public education under former state Education Commissioner Cheri Pierson Yecke, one thing is certain -- her middle-of-the-night firing by the Minnesota Senate speaks ill of the fair and...
...proposed math and language arts standards for Minnesota public schools with plenty of apprehension Thursday night. Cheri Pierson Yecke, the state education commissioner, brought the freshly minted standards to Winona Middle School for the first...
...time, Minnesota parents will receive report cards on the school their children attend. Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Cheri Pierson Yecke, the state's education commissioner, unveiled the new accountability tool Thursday at a St. Paul elementary...
...school leaders Friday, giving them a taste of her positions on academic standards, testing, funding and vouchers. Cheri Pierson Yecke, who is leaving a top job in the U.S. Department of Education to join Gov. Tim Pawlenty's cabinet, addressed...
...geographically and professionally diverse group of 85 Minnesotans assigned to the job Thursday by Education Commissioner Cheri Pierson Yecke. The 41-member science committee and 44-member social studies committee will begin their work July 31. The...
...President Bush mark universal compliance with his No Child Left Behind education law. State Education Commissioner Cheri Pierson Yecke joined Bush and other school leaders at a Rose Garden ceremony to announce that all states, Puerto Rico and the...