Education

As someone who went to Catholic school from grades 3-12 and as such was never exposed to anything else until much later in life, I found this particularly interesting. I’m surprised – and yet not – we’re still having this issue. You might be surprised to hear that I have participated in decorating a Christmas...
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The GLBTQ Online High School’s Mission: The GLBTQ Online High School will provide a safe and welcoming educational community that provides a high quality, comprehensive college-preparatory online high school experience for students who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or questioning their sexual orientation or gender using the best technology and techniques of distance education. From TwinCities.com: Other...
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This article originally appeared in the Twin Cities Daily Planet on March 22, 2009. Photos by Sheila Regan By Sheila Regan, TC Daily Planet March 22, 2009 Currently there is a silent protest installation on display at the Barbara Barker Center for Dance, home of the University of Minnesota Dance Program. The installation, called This, features found...
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Minnesota community members ponder what to do to address continuing racial achievement gap Chances are, most everybody at last week’s Minneapolis Foundation get-together — certainly the education honchos — had heard for years about the academic achievement gap between white and non-white kids in our schools. Yet even they may have been a little startled to...
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This article originally appeared in the Twin Cities Daily Planet on November 25, 2008. ©2008 Lauretta Dawalo Towns Audience at MMEP’s recent State of Students of Color and American Indian Students Conference BY LAURETTA DAWALO TOWNS, TC DAILY PLANET November 25, 2008 “History tells us that Minnesotans are hesitant to acknowledge the racist nature of educational outcomes;...
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As seen at NRP Digest: The Center of Urban and Regional Affairs at the University of Minnesota has sponsored several home purchasing related focus groups that are currently seeking participants. Participants will receive a $10 gift card for their time. To see if you qualify, please go to: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=esgoJE57NgcpAr3GY00ukw_3d_3d These focus groups are extremely important to a...
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Kinda late notice on this one if you’re trying to meet the first deadline, sorry. But that’s a lot of money for college and applying for lots of stuff like this is pretty much how I got college paid for. $10,000 annually for HS Students: Ron Brown Scholars Program The Ron Brown Scholars Program seeks...
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A four-part training and discussion series addressing issues of racism and white privilege in our community, and in our organization. Each session builds on the other so you must be able to attend all four sessions to participate. Part One – Monday, September 15, 2008, 6:00 – 8:00 pm View Jamie Washington’s keynote address from...
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