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The New Normal is a series of news stories and community conversations devoted to finding solutions to new economic challenges and demographic changes in our communities. Click here to read more about the project. With funding from the Bush Foundation, the Twin Cities Daily Planet tackles a different topic related to the New Normal each month, including neighborhoods, the state budget, the future of work and jobs, health care, immigrant communities, the environment, education, and inequality.

 

Step-Up mock interviews give Minneapolis students an edge

By Sheila Regan, TC Daily Planet

Eye contact. A firm handshake. Clear speech and diction. Good posture. Confidence.MORE »

Farm to School film kicks off Public Health Week film festival in Minneapolis

By Berline Pierre-Louis, TC Daily Planet

Farm to School: Growing Our Future is the first film in the University of Minnesota-sponsored Public Health Film Festival on April 2-6. The film festival, part of the nationally-observed Public Health Week, has a lineup spanning a spectrum from documentary films to vintage sex ed comedic shorts.MORE »

No short-cut to success: How Harvest Prep beats the achievement gap in Minneapolis

By Alleen Brown, TC Daily Planet

It’s hard not to pay attention to fourth grade teacher Fatou Diahame, even when she’s teaching a subject as dreary as math. She’s constantly moving — walking back and forth, hands gesturing. Her eyes are wide — they move from student to student like she’s really looking. She’s loud and demanding.MORE »

Minneapolis Public Schools partner with celebrity educator Eric Mahmoud to battle achievement gap

By Alleen Brown, TC Daily Planet

Eric Mahmoud is something like a celebrity in the world of Minneapolis achievement gap fighters. The director of North Minneapolis charter schools Harvest Prep and Best Academy is everywhere. He’s in the paper, he’s at the legislature, he’s doing this speaking engagement and that one.MORE »

So what's in the Minneapolis teachers' contract?

By Sheila Regan, TC Daily Planet

Four additional school days during the year, a number of changes for “High Priority Schools,” changes to summer school that will make it “hands on and experiential” and more time for teachers to plan their lessons and review student work are part of the Minneapolis Public Schools-Minneapolis Federation of Teachers (MFT) agreement reached last week, according to MFT president Lynn Nordgren.MORE »

Jane Addams School for Democracy flourishes in St. Paul

By Sarah Knispel, TC Daily Planet

Laughter, raucous greetings, and colorful conversation in three languages fill the Baker Recreation Center of St. Paul at 6:30 PM every Monday and Wednesday. When I walk through through the front doors, I am met with ear-to-ear smiles and shouts of “¡Hola! Cómo estás?”MORE »

Central Corridor will change bus routes up and down the line, across Minneapolis, St. Paul

By Mary Turck, TC Daily Planet

A series of public meetings that ended in mid-March launched discussion of changes to bus routes in the Twin Cities, which will take effect in 2014 with the opening of the Central Corridor light rail line.MORE »

Russ Henry moves compost from rotting to rulemaking in Minneapolis

By Stephanie Fox, TC Daily Planet

Tired of dealing with fines and citations for having too much compost rotting in his backyard, Longfellow resident Russ Henry decided to fight city hall.MORE »

Bill seeks support for Minnesotans caring for family members with disabilities

By Andrea Parrott, TC Daily Planet

Persons with disabilities have seen a barrage of cuts to the services they need to maintain health, independence, and participation in their communities.MORE »

Churches going green: Minneapolis First Unitarian Society saves money and energy

By Kristoffer Tigue, TC Daily Planet

If you think that going green means emptying your wallet by replacing all the old energy inefficient systems in your building, the First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis has news for you: it doesn't.MORE »

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