Education
NEWS DAY | Superintendent candidate: Race not related to achievement gap
Deb Henton, the third finalist to be interviewed for SPPS superintendent, raised some eyebrows with her assertion that poverty has something to do with the achievement gap, but that "I do not think that race has a role in the achievement gap."MORE »
Deb Henton: Final candidate for SPPS superintendent met by student demonstration
A week of interviewing three finalists for the Saint Paul Public Schools superintendent's job came to a lively end Thursday night as about 30 high school students stood outside the district headquarters holding signs and yelling out that they did not want the school board to hire North Branch superintendent Deborah Henton. It was Henton's turn to meet with the press, the public and the Board of Education Thursday. MORE »
Anoka teacher accused of harassing student sues state human rights department
Anoka-Hennepin School District 11 teacher Diane Cleveland filed a lawsuit against the Minnesota Department of Human Rights (MDHR) in Ramsey County District Court Monday, alleging that earlier this summer it wrongly disclosed that she had been accused of harassing a student over his perceived sexual orientation. MORE »
Buffalo tackles Minnesota's accountability gap
Accountability and transparency are not only desirable, but crucial in all government interactions with the public. A dollar spent on education should result in a dollar's worth of educated citizen.
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NEWS DAY | TiZA hit with fines
Minnesota Commissioner of Education Alice Seagren announcedthat the Minnesota Department of Education will fine charter school Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy (TiZA) almost $140,000 for employing teachers who do not hold valid teaching licenses or permits last year.MORE »
Hometown candidate for St. Paul superintendent
Valeria Silva's passion for St. Paul Public Schools and her long experience in SPPS were the touchstones of her presentations Wednesday, as she emphasized her readiness to transition smoothly into the district's top leadership position and meet the challenges of academic achievement and budget cuts. MORE »
Latino Economic Development Center holds scholarship Radiothon
The Latino Economic Development Center (LEDC) will hold a radiothon fundraising drive this Saturday, November 21 on three major Twin Cities Spanish language stations to raise money for the LEDC scholarship fund. Collection boxes will also be located at key participating Latino businesses around the Twin Cities. MORE »
Higher education key to Minnesota's economic growth
Yesterday, fellow think tank Growth and Justice issued a press release and op-ed by its president, Dane Smith, about the need for Minnesota's next governor to focus on higher education attainment. They couldn't be more on point.MORE »
Minnesota's higher education disparity
In an economic downturn it's easy to for us to focus on the bad. Unemployment has increased. The economy has contracted. Housing values have declined. With all of this bad, it may come as a surprise that the downturn has led to some good-helping to reduce the racial gap in higher education attainment in Minnesota. MORE »
U of M removing toxic waste from family student housing site
The University of Minnesota has quickly, if quietly, begun to address threats posed by a toxic waste dump it discovered under student family housing in Southeast Minneapolis. The university found the toxins under three buildings on a four-city-block residential complex last year.MORE »
