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Education coverage includes what's working, what's not working, how our kids are doing, how our college students are paying for their educations, the achievement gaps, teachers, students, parents, district schools, charter schools, private schools — and your contributions and opinions are welcome. 

Our weekly Education Newsletter highlights 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.

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Growing Gap: Minnesota’s Teacher Recruitment & Retention Crises

By John Fitzgerald, Minnesota 2020
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Minneapolis Public Schools create draft plan for radical high school reform

By Linda LIncoln, The Bridge
Officials from the Minneapolis Public School district have unveiled a comprehensive plan for a radical restructuring and reform of its high schools.

A draft of the executive summary of the p

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Trailblazing Black coach honored at Macalester

By Charles Hallman, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
Most — but not all — of Don Hudson’s memories are good

Most of us will live a lifetime and never achieve legendary notoriety.

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'No New Investment' = Substandard schools

By John Fitzgerald, Minnesota 2020
Nobody likes paying taxes, but if we want to live in a civil society we have to pool our money to invest in needs. We need bridges and police and firefighters.MORE »

U to assist national children's study

By Amber Kispert, Minnesota Daily
Unprecedented in scope, the study will spend 25 years with 100,000 children.

The University will soon take part in the largest study of child and human health ever conducted in the United S

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North End Resident writes English-Oromo-Amharic dictionary

By Mary Thoemke, North End News
Askale Yigletu is one of the many immigrants who have settled in the North End neighborhood of Saint Paul in recent years.MORE »

Black kids excel at St. Paul’s Washington Middle School

By Jennifer Holder, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
‘Disciplinary literacy’ method gets students more engaged

Fifty-four percent of African American students at Washington Technology Magnet Middle School did better in reading than their peers

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Colin Powell opens Southside youth center bearing his name

By Vickie Evans-Nash, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
Former secretary of state praised the strength of U.S. diversity

Former U.S.

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Educators discuss troublesome aspects of NCLB

By Colette Davidson, Special to the TC Daily Planet

From left: Dr. Delores Henderson, President of MN-NAME Venoreen Browne-Boatswain, Dr. Michael Rodriguez, and Sharon Radd.
Photo by Colette Davidson

Sharon Radd claims that public education in the U.S. has manipulated marginalized populations and has become privatized, imperialized and consumer-driven.MORE »

St. Thomas reverses its decision to disallow Tutu

By Abdi Aynte, Minnesota Monitor
University of St. Thomas president the Rev. Dennis Dease said the decision to bar Archbishop Desmond Tutu to speak at its campus was wrong, and that he will take measures to invite him.MORE »
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