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Jax jumps in governor's race

ST. PAUL (AP) -- Christine Jax, the outspoken chief of Minnesota's education department, said Monday she will join the Independence Party and seek its endorsement...

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Jax pulls out of race

ST. PAUL (AP) -- Education commissioner Christine Jax said Thursday she is withdrawing as an Independence Party candidate for governor. Jax said she doesn't have enough time to put...

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Ventura defends education commissioner

BIWABIK (AP) -- Gov. Jesse Ventura is defending his education commissioner, Christine Jax, following revelations that the private testing company that scores Minnesota's basic skills tests incorrectly scored thousands...

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Jax revises interpretation of school budget law

ST. PAUL (AP) -- After conferring with Gov. Jesse Ventura, Education Commissioner Christine Jax has revised her agency's guidelines on a school budget law and made clear that districts shouldn't agree to new spending on...

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A referendum critic looks at Franklin

Sunday's "Description of proposed school construction project" was a third time article by Christine Jax, Ph.D., Commissioner. (Commissioner of what?) Her words are proof the writer has never seen or been in Franklin school...

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Education commissioner assumes duties, authority of board expired

...AP) -- Nearly all of the duties and authority of the old state Board of Education fell today upon Commissioner Christine Jax of the state Department of Children, Families and Learning. In 1998, the Legislature decided to abolish the board...

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'Unnecessarily personal' question could lead to test retakes

...were uncomfortable with the question on a one-question writing test this week will be able to take another exam, Christine Jax, the state's education commissioner, said Friday. Students were asked to write about one thing they would like...

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Countywide schools off table for now

...as part of the governor's plan to improve K-12 education won't advance for now, said Education Commissioner Christine Jax. Jax told the Minnesota Rural Education Association on Thursday that she remains interested in a proposal that would...

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New controversy erupts over writing exam

...issued 251 ''alerts'' stemming from essays that students wrote as part of a required sophomore writing exam. But Christine Jax, commissioner of the Department of Children, Families and Learning, said the alerts are accepted practice and...

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Bullying - Dispatch Editorial

...more support from the state of Minnesota in the future. Department of Children Families and Learning Commissioner Christine Jax recently announced the state is launching a campaign to curb school bullying and thereby improve the educational atmosphere...

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