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Our brand new weekly Education Newsletter will highlight articles, blog posts, events, and links. For example, look for lots of links to thoughtful discussions of education issues from Beth Hawkins at MinnPost and Diane Ravitch at Education Week. Coming in January 2012 —click here to subscribe.
Minneapolis South High students protest Arizona law
South High students are taking a stand against Arizona’s controversial statute 15-112 by staging various actions that call attention to the ban on ethnic studies that was enacted at the beginning of this year. In what social studies teacher Rob Panning-Miller called one of the most meaningful learning experiences students have had this year.MORE »
Students use team approach to health care in Phillips clinic
Being screened for a knee injury at the Phillips Neighborhood Clinic doesn’t mean a patient is simply treated by an orthopedic doctor. Instead, a team of student volunteers made up of physical therapists, nutritionists and pharmacists meets to discuss the problem.MORE »
Education Department could rank schools
Minnesota schools could face new evaluations from the Education Department, with low performers needing to submit a turnaround strategy for improvement.MORE »
The case of the three teachers, part two
Yesterday, we met three teachers – Ms. Holmes, Mr. Chandler, and Ms. Spade – along with their principal, Ms. Doyle. Ms. Doyle observed each teacher deliver a tenth grade English lesson, and was now in the process of evaluating their work.MORE »
FREE SPEECH ZONE | African Americans can reclaim legacy of educational excellence
In 1883 an African American teacher with a great deal of vision and purpose started the first school to educate black children in Augusta, Georgia. It took one year for her new school to explode from six eager learners to nearly 300 souls hungry for learning.MORE »
Baby steps: Minneapolis Public Schools work to bring back Somali students
January 19’s Soup with the Supe event began with a song and dance performed by students from Whittier elementary school. The kids sang in Somali before a crowd of mostly Somali parents and community members, who were gathered to share a meal and participate in a question and answer session with Minneapolis Superintendent Bernadeia Johnson.MORE »
MAAP Con 2012: Intergenerational learning
A teacher from the Owatonna Options Program (a student-directed learning community inside Owatonna High School) gave the second presentation I attended on Thursday morning.MORE »
The case of the three teachers, part one
Hypothetical High School in Imaginary, Minnesota has three tenth grade English teachers: Ms. Holmes, Mr. Chandler, and Ms. Spade. All three have been teaching at Hypothetical for seven years, but they have very different styles. Their principal, Ms. Doyle, wants to know how each of the three is doing.MORE »
Group back in court with U over list of 'unreliable' websites
A federal appeals court heard a case Tuesday against the University of Minnesota’s labeling of certain websites as unreliable for academic use.
The Turkish Coalition of America filed the appeal after a federal judge dismissed its case against the University last spring.MORE »
Meet Kim Ellison, newest Minneapolis school board member
Kim Ellison, a swimmer, teacher and North Minneapolis resident officially took over Lydia Lee’s spot on the Minneapolis school board January 10. She landed the position by appointment, so her term will only officially last until November’s school board elections, though she plans to run for a full term.MORE »
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