Nancy Klausner

On February 23, several hundred people, including family members, school teachers, principals, administrators and school board personnel, came together at Travelers Insurance Company in St. Paul to celebrate the Honoring Project and the accomplishments of African American male students at three St. Paul schools.MORE »

REVISED AND REPUBLISHED - January 16, 2012 | Recent graduates from St. Paul’s Central High School have created an interactive multi-media workshop about one thing they think is missing from the debate about the achievement gap — the voices of students themselves. Spearheading this workshop is Central High’s theater teacher, Jan Mandell, who is currently the District Arts Literacy Coach for St.MORE »

To Charles Dillon, a long-time resident of N. Minneapolis, Community Engagement Coordinator of UROC, and part-time DJ for radio station KMOJ, “North Minneapolis is growing, nurturing, compassion, connected, community, and culture.” This vibrant urban community located between Penn/Broadway and Glenwood/Broadway is home to a predominantly African American population and a diverse population of Latinos, whites, Native Americans, Asian Americans, Jews, and Muslims. It’s also home to UROC, which is short for Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center, a partnership between the University of Minnesota and North Minneapolis community organizations. One of its vital missions is to create public partnerships to “advance learning, improve quality of life, and discover breakthrough solutions to critical problems.”MORE »

Last Saturday I felt proud to be a Minnesotan as I sat in the crowded auditorium of Minneapolis’ Southwest Public High School to hear Professor John A.MORE »