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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 re... Read More
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African American boys: ‘Too important to fail’
ST. PAUL LEGAL LEDGER CAPITOL REPORT PBS documentary and Minnesota test scores underline peril, potential If we can accept the premise that huge banks and insurance companies and major U.S. automakers are too big to fail, why can’t we embrace the notion that an entire generation of millions of African American boys is too large and “too important to fail?” That’s the compelling message of a new documentary with that ... Read More
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Let’s focus on a big payoff from improving achievement among Minnesota’s students of color
Let’s focus on a big payoff from improving achievement among Minnesota’s students of color St. Paul Pioneer Press Now that our divisive state government shutdown is over, Minnesota’s political leaders, and all of us really, need to re-read an inspiring Pioneer Press editorial that ran the day after Christmas, just before the session began. That editorial urged Republican and DFL leaders to unite behind a theme of "educ... Read More
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Racial diversity increasing; Public school state aid decreasing
ST. PAUL LEGAL LEDGER CAPITOL REPORT The Organizing Apprenticeship Project lays out 16 solutions to Minnesota’s education opportunity Is the following set of facts just a coincidence, or a sign of subtle racial antipathy by Minnesota’s white majority political establishment toward non-whites and immigrants? Here are the facts: Over the last decade, as our highly publicized demographic shift to a more cosmopolitan and multi-color... Read More
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Cincinnati offers lessons on improving schools and closing racial gaps
ST. PAUL LEGAL LEDGER CAPITOL REPORT Entire community got involved, and holistic ‘cradle to career’ approach made a difference We’ve all heard the stories and seen the movies about that charismatic principal or that inspirational teacher who defied expectations and boosted educational outcomes for a challenging group of students in a tough urban environment. Policy wonks have a phrase – “bringing it to scale&rd... Read More
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