Green Central is implementing a program called Developmental Dual Language, one of four dual language approaches in MPS, along with Two-Way Dual Language Programs, Transitional Dual Language Programs, and Heritage and Culture programs. The program is also in place at Jefferson in grades K-2 and at Andersen United elementary school. A working document from MPS describes the goals of DDL:
I remember when Mother's Day dinner for our very large family meant the A&W drive-in. Mother and Dad piled all of us in the station wagon and we feasted on California burgers and root beer.
With Melvin Carter III leaving his First Ward city council seat on July 5, who's next? While the City Council will probably make an interim appointment, candidates who want to serve out the rest of the two-year term will be running in the November 5 election. Among the earliest to announce:
There's a folk tale, variously attributed to India, China and Africa, about blind men describing an elephant. One feels the trunk and says the animal is like a snake.
Think the end of the drought means no water problems? Think again. In lots of places, we are over-using groundwater, and the situation is getting worse by the year, if not by the month.
Photos courtesy of Metropolitan Council/Metro Transit.
Sunday (April 28) was a gorgeous day, and when I checked my email and saw that the first train car would be rolling down University Avenue, I decided to follow it.
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