Republicans, Democrats each blaming the other for drops in student test scores

A significant drop in Minnesota students’ test scores during the pandemic has Republicans and Democrats each blaming the other, two weeks before the election.  Minneapolis Representative Jim Davnie, chair of a key education committee, says the legislature could have anticipated this and responded:

“The House D-F-L majority put forward a comprehensive literacy package this spring that the state Senate Republicans walked away from.”

Davnie’s opposite number in the Minnesota Senate, Lino Lakes Republican Roger Chamberlain responds:

“Under the leadership of Dayton, Walz and the unions — I’ll be perfectly blunt  —  the outcomes for our kids have been on the decline for years.”

Democrats warn Republicans will de-fund public schools in Minnesota.  Republicans respond they want to give parents the choice to send their children to schools that work.