Links
These are organizations and Web sites that provide programs and support policies to improve school success in Minnesota:
Achieve Minneapolis — engages individuals, businesses, foundations, parent and community groups with the Minneapolis Public Schools to support student success
Admission Possible — helps promising, low-income students in 13 Twin Cities schools to obtain admission to college
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation — its education initiative focuses on quality early learning and helping students graduate as strong citizens ready for college and work
Breakthrough Saint Paul — helps academically motivated, under-resourced middle school youth from Saint Paul Public Schools succeed in courses of rigor and get to college
Center for Excellence in Urban Teaching — a Hamline University program that provides culturally responsive professional development and mentoring for teachers
Chicano Latino Affairs Council — advises the governor and legislature on issues confronting the state's Chicano Latino populations
Children, Youth and Family Consortium — U of M program that connects research, teaching, policy, and community practice about children and families
Citizens’ League — works on solutions to public policy problems in Minnesota
Civic Caucus — an e-group of senior policy wonks who make recommendations directed at decision-makers in Minnesota
Council for Opportunity in Education — helps further educational opportunities for low-income and disabled people in the U.S.
Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans — advises the governor and legislature on issues confronting the state's Asian-Pacific populations
Council on Black Minnesotans — advises the governor and legislature on issues confronting the state's Black populations
Education | Evolving — an initiative of the Center for Policy Studies and Hamline University to change thinking on public education and redesign schooling.
Education Minnesota — state’s largest education organization; works for excellence in education
Education Trust — works for the high academic achievement of students pre-kindergarten through college, and to close the achievement gaps
Excelencia in Education — works to accelerate higher education success for Latino students in the U.S.
Get Ready for College — information on college preparation, selection and financing from the Minnesota Office of Higher Education
Growth & Justice — think tank focused on public policies to make Minnesota's economy more prosperous, fair, and environmentally sustainable
Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities — represents more than 450 colleges and universities committed to Hispanic higher education success
I Make It Happen — campaign and Web site that provides 7th- through 9th-graders with support, encouragement and information to help them prepare for and pursue college
INROADS Twin Cities — trains and develops talented minority youth for professional careers in business and industry
Itasca Project — an employer-led project to drive regional efforts to keep the Twin Cities economy and quality of life
Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota — connects youth with mentoring experiences
Minnesota Campus Compact — seeks campus involvement in community partnerships; all three Minnesota higher education systems participate
Minnesota Department of Education — state agency overseeing Minnesota education
Minnesota Early Learning Foundation — focuses on finding the most cost effective ways to prepare our at-risk children for school and the workforce
Minnesota Minority Supplier Development Council — conduit between corporate minority supplier development programs and minority owned business
Minnesota Office of Higher Education — state agency providing students with financial aid programs and information to help them gain access to post-secondary education. Also provides the Get Ready for College Web site.
Minnesota TRiO — one of ten regional associations of the Council for Opportunity in Education (see above); committed to advancing equal educational opportunity and promoting diversity in postsecondary institutions
Minnesota Minority Education Partnership — seeks to increase the success of Minnesota students of color
Minnesota P-16 Education Partnership — works collaboratively to maximize achievements of all students and address critical policy issues
Minnesota State Colleges & Universities (MnSCU) — state system of 25 two-year colleges and seven four-year universities (not including the U of M)
Minnesota's Private Colleges Council — an association representing 17 private liberal arts colleges in Minnesota
Minnesota's Promise — a call to action from 25 current and former superintendents throughout Minnesota to transform public education in our state
National Association of College Admission Counseling — supports the work of secondary school and college admission counselors
National College Access Network — works to improve access to and success in postsecondary education for disadvantaged, underrepresented, and first-generation students
Page Education Foundation — works to increase participation of Minnesota’s youth of color in post-secondary education through mentoring and financial aid
Ready 4K — grassroots group supporting early childhood development and learning readiness
Schools First — an Education Minnesota (see link above) initiative to encourage conversation about Minnesota’s public schools
Students Speak Out — engages students in understanding why enrollment is declining in the Minneapolis Public Schools
The Collaborative — member organization that helps entrepreneurs and investors build better and more profitable Minnesota companies
Twin Cities Compass — measures progress, reports findings and provides strategies for action on issues including education
United Negro College Fund — provides support for 39 member black colleges and universities, and scholarships and internships for students at about 900 institutions
Wallin Scholarship Program — provides scholarships for qualified graduates of Minneapolis high schools
