James Sanna

The Minnesota Reading Corps, the celebrated early childhood literacy program , is looking for 500 new recruits, and one of them could be you! MORE »

Now that spring has officially begun, a lot of you are probably wondering how to get your bike ready for the road, since you’ve left it in the garage or chained to the porch all winter. When it comes to bicycles, most of you are probably not as crazy as I am. I was like the US mail – neither snow, nor sleet, nor hail could stop me. That left my bike in need of a spring clean-up. MORE »

“[I]t seemed obvious from talking to other parents and students that the AP/IB classes were excellent and would be necessary for getting into a top college,” said Tina Chen, a 2003 graduate of St Paul’s Central High. MORE »

Monday night saw the first in a new series of community meetings in Minneapolis, as school officials seek public input on several proposals to re-organize district schools. The meetings are a continuation of the public input process which began in February, and was extended after angry reactions from parents at many meetings who felt their voices were being short-changed. MORE »

More than 100 parents and students in the West Metro Education Program descended on Minneapolis Public Schools’ headquarters March 5 to give a piece of their mind to the Minneapolis Board of Education. The meeting followed last week’s vote to accept Superintendent Bill Green’s recommendation that MPS pull out of WMEP, effective June 30, 2009. Green says WMEP did not fulfill its desegregation mission, and failed to address the achievement gap between poor students and students of color, and white students. MORE »