For the last few months, many of my blog posts have focused on education. This was in large part because The Minneapolis Foundation is deeply committed to transforming education and supporting reform that enables all young people to learn and thrive. This can be seen in our latest strategic plan and the topics of the [...]
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Since my summary won’t do justice to hearing the words yourself, below are links to the audio and webcast of Geoffrey Canada’s talk at Minnesota Meeting.
Minnesota Public Radio airing of Geoffrey Canada
View the webcast of Geoffrey Canada at Minnesota Meeting.
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On Wednesday, April 22nd, Former NASA astronaut Dr. Mae Jemison addressed a crowd of nearly 800 people at the most recent Minnesota Meeting. Dr. Jemison said Minnesota needs to develop a “science literate society” to ensure its economic competitiveness in the future. She said all students have “a world filled with ideas and possibilities before [...]
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Today, over 600 people attended the first Minnesota Meeting. It was the first in a three-part series on education titled Raising Expectations. I was incredibly excited to have many of you join us at At The Table. I think that all in attendance were both moved and alarmed by the cold, hard facts about the [...]
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