If Train A Leaves . . .

At the same moment, two trains leave Chicago and New York. They move towards each other with constant speeds. The train from Chicago is moving at speed of 40 miles per hour, and the train from New York is moving at speed of 60 miles per hour. The distance between Chicago and New York is [...]

2 Kids Per Classroom

The Minneapolis Foundation has a commitment to transforming education and eliminating homelessness.  The cross section of these two issues creates a highly mobile population of students who are regularly switching schools or missing class altogether.  I can’t imagine how a child is able to make academic progress with a lack of stability.  If students are [...]

Vanishing College Graduates

As a follow up to my previous posts about Minnesota Meeting, here is a clip of documentary that examines why a shrinking number of Minnesota students will be graduating from college and what these vanishing graduates mean for Minnesota’s economy.  The documentary was produced by the Minnesota Private College Council and Twin Cities Public Television’s [...]