Republican candidate for governor Scott Jensen lays out education plan
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Jensen laid out his education plan at the State Fair Tuesday. He says it would give parents more information about what's being taught in schools, and prohibit what he called political correctness and divisive curriculums. Jensen said education should focus on the basics of reading, writing and math. A spokesperson for Governor Tim Walz' campaign called Jensen's ideas a radical plan to convert public schools into private schools and put politicians in charge of students' learning.
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