...unauthorized (by a people's vote) Crow Wing County Judicial Center and Community Services buildings. We also have the Edison School building that is standing empty. With modern technology, the distance from the LEC shouldn't be a problem. Where...

...blinded, having little vision in his right eye. 40 years ago (1971)(Photo) The youngsters shown here are from Edison School and observing Earth Week by picking up trash along Highway 371 south of Brainerd. Jim Thompson provided the truck...

...transition -- if we had new school designs as our destination. CHRIS WHITTLE is the founder and chief executive of Edison Schools Inc. and the author of "Crash Course: Imagining a Better Future for Public Education."

...Education overhaul is needed The Dispatch recently ran an interesting article on public education by Chris Whittle of Edison Schools, Inc.. He proposes a redesign of the entire system "on a clean slate, in an orderly and seriously funded way...

...Commerce; and was a charter member of the Board of Directors for Camp Confidence. He also was a past president of the Edison School PTA; played in the Oriental Band and served as it president; was active in youth baseball and donated to the parks...

...to that end, I think it will give rise to the finest school system in the United States." The move to bring in Edison Schools Inc. would be the nation's biggest experiment in school privatization. Mayor John F. Street had fiercely resisted...

...electrical work needed it would once again be useful. It's cheaper than tearing down. Why did they not save the Edison School on South Eighth? It had eight lots and a good school. I called Mr. Gross and he told me they wouldn't need it...

...by the taxpayers of the school district. Without good foresight and proper planning, the school board sold the Edison School, which would have satisfied the needs of these special classes now being housed in the East Brainerd Mall and are...

...affects more than one-quarter of the city's schools. The decision turns over 20 schools to a for-profit company, Edison Schools Inc., and places another 50 in the hands of other private firms, non-profits and parent groups. The changes...

...retirement party recently. A second grade teacher, Ms. Koeppl had taught in Brainerd for 37 years at Lincoln and Edison Schools. 30 years ago (1974) Over 50 area school children placed in the 1974 Kiwanis Bicycle Safety poster contest, with...