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The following column originally appeared in Education Week, March 26, 2015. Links have been updated as of April, 2022. The column appeared as a part of an ongoing discussion with Deborah Meier. What does “Chartering Schools” Represent? By Joe Nathan — March 26, 2015 7 min read Today Joe Nathan describes what he thinks “chartering” public schools […]
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Hungarian heroes By Joe Nathan on September 30, 2015 at 3:15 pm Within 10 minutes, a visitor to Budapest, Hungary, can find monuments to some of the best, and worst, of human kind. First, 60 pairs of metal shoes in various sizes are lined up next to the Danube as it flows through Budapest. Those […]
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Originally published at: http://hometownsource.com/2015/09/23/joe-nathan-column-hope-freedom-and-a-sense-of-humor/ Today I’m writing from Europe. This column was started in Prague, Czech Republic, and finished in Linz, Austria. So far, my trip has produced wonderful memories and a few reminders. I hope some of them will be useful for schools and families. Prague was an unexpected delight. Some of my family came from what used to be […]
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Originally published at: http://hometownsource.com/2015/09/16/joe-nathan-column-promises-kept-that-will-help-families-and-students/ Sometimes people do keep their promises. Fortunately, Larry Pogemiller, Sandy Connolly and their colleagues at the Minnesota Office of Higher Education have kept promises they made a year ago. They agreed to review and update a key, free publication that they distribute throughout Minnesota. This document helps families and students understand, […]
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Originally published at: http://hometownsource.com/2015/09/10/joe-nathan-column-new-policy-threatens-30-years-of-great-work-in-minnesota/ College in the Schools, aka Concurrent Enrollment, one of the Minnesota’s most family friendly, successful education programs developed over the past 30 years, is threatened by a questionable new policy from the ironically named Higher Learning Commission. The commission is a self-perpetuating, nonpublicly elected group, based in Chicago, that accredits colleges […]