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Texans and Minnesotans learning from each other
ST. PAUL LEGAL LEDGER CAPITOL REPORT DALLAS — Mayor Mike Rawlings is a plain-spoken former CEO who is rather brash about his city’s emergence as the center of what is now the nation’s fourth-largest metropolitan area and a powerhouse of economic growth, or as he puts it, the top-ranked destination in America for U-Haul trailer drop-offs. And yet Rawlings also is rather humble about how the long-term economic health of ... Read More
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Personal relationships help close the achievement gap
ST. PAUL LEGAL LEDGER CAPITOL REPORT Paris Carruthers, left, and Shanell McCoy of Youthprise are facilitating conversations between Twin Cities youth and the Generation Next partnership. Shanell McCoy, 19, and Paris Carruthers, 22, are emerging Twin Cities leaders who have been researching what youth think about their education system and about an adult society that constantly worries about the achievement gap... Read More
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To grow economy, rural schools must succeed
ST. PAUL LEGAL LEDGER CAPITOL REPORT That done-to-death phrase about all the kids being above average has been applied frequently, and sometimes ironically, to all Minnesota children. But it’s important to note that its author, Garrison Keillor, actually applies it every week on his “A Prairie Home Companion” show only to Lake Wobegon, the mythical rural town somewhere in central Minnesota and deep in our historic consciousn... Read More
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Achievement gap: Time for a metrowide approach
ST. PAUL LEGAL LEDGER CAPITOL REPORT A long-overdue campaign to promote the Twin Cities as one of the nation’s premier places for doing business and living well was launched last week by a new group of business and civic movers and shakers under the label Greater MSP (www.greatermsp.org). This worthy endeavor was accompanied by much statistical fanfare over our excellence in innovation and productivity, and Minnesota’s enduring rep... Read More
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The difference between equity and equality
ST. PAUL LEGAL LEDGER CAPITOL REPORT “Equity in Sight” was the theme of a recent conference that attracted several hundred Twin Citizens who are working to reduce our worrisome racial disparities in unemployment and education. Signs of progress and optimism were in abundance, but it got me thinking about how much tougher this whole mission might have seemed if just two letters were added to the first word of the theme, making it &... Read More
