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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I want to share a few highlights from our panel of speakers at the recent educational event Act Now to Build the Future. Our panel included Dr. Bill Green, Superintendent of Minneapolis Public Schools; Bernadeia Johnson, Deputy Superintendent of Minneapolis Public Schools; and Suzanne Kelly, Interim Superintendent of Saint Paul Public Schools. Both districts are [...]
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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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When Geoffrey Canada spoke to a room of 1,000 people at the most recent Minnesota Meeting, everyone in the room was on the edge of their seats. With a renowned model of success at the Harlem Children’s Zone all were anxious to hear his advice and he did not waste any time mincing words. “If [...]
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New York Times columnist David Brooks wrote a timely article on Harlem Children’s Zone. Brooks discusses a recent assessment of HCZ’s charter school, Promise Academy, which show stunning success rates. He says, “Forgive some academic jargon, but the most common education reform ideas — reducing class size, raising teacher pay, enrolling kids in Head Start [...]
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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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Recruiting and retaining high quality teachers is a high risk game. We all make mistakes at work from time to time. I know there have been times where I have felt overwhelmed or unclear about making the most strategic decision, but the risk was relatively low. Everything was fixable. However, for teachers, the risk impacts the 30 [...]
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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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