Getting an Education Shouldn't Be So Imposing
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New documentaries tackle education barriers
What keeps so many Minnesota children from succeeding in school and going to college? The new TPT program Challenging Expectations provides answers. A second program, College IS Possible, focuses on what is working.
An Education Shouldn't Involve Roadblocks
Our children must succeed in school and pursue higher education — for their sakes and for our state's future.
"If you have quality programming and kids can walk to school together and feel good about their neighborhood, test scores are higher." Hamilton Bell, North End ElementarySee All Inspirations
“We need to greatly diversify our approaches to helping students learn. Fortunately, there are some learning models that provide students and parents with different options."
—Joe Graba of Education Evolving, LearnmoreMN blogger for July. Read Making learning a better experience.
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AP-Univision Poll: College dreams for Hispanics
Cleveland Plain Dealer — July 29, 2010
Obama says education plan includes charter schools, teacher salaries
CNN — July 29, 2010
States setting pace on school change; Obama agenda stalled in Congress
Washington Post — July 28, 2010
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Status and Trends in the Education of Racial and Ethnic Groups
National Center for Education Statistics, July 2010
Minorities and the Recession-Era College Enrollment Boom
PEW Research Center, June 2010
Help Wanted: Projection of Jobs and Education Requirements Through 2018
Georgetown University, June 2010
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Percentage of Minnesotans 25 and older who have a college credential