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2011 Minnesota Charter Public School Essay Contest at the Minnesota State Capitol

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2013 Charter Essay Contest Winners Present at the State Capitol! (5)
- Jennifer Pennington: Hi, Joe. I love this. I particularly love that most of the essays were on personal growth – they learned from making a mistake or failing. I think we put so much pressure on kids to succeed that we don’t recognize...
- Karen Starr: made my day! Thanks Joe
- Eric Cooper: Joe, good to read about all the great work your center is doing as well as the purity of student writings! Thanks for sharing this. Eric @ www.nuatc.org
- Scott Jax: Thanks for sharing these great charter stories! They are wonderful examples of student learning that goes way beyond pure academics. Scott Jax Yinghua Academy
- Joan Arbisi Little: Thanks for doing this Joe. Beautiful stories… Hope you are doing well. Best regards, Joan
New free tools help families save thousands in college costs (2)
- Alice Seagren: Nice, helpful article. Practical help for families. Super!
- Dave Patterson: Joe, This is so good in a number of ways. · The content – great info for students and parents. (Great policy work – MN is far ahead of CA in this area of concurrent enrollment.) · Student Voice – YouTube videos of students – love...
Joe Nathan: What advice do you have for caring educators? (7)
- David Rockensock: Dear Mr. Nathan, My name is David. I am a home educated seventh grader in the North Branch School District. I was reading your article on “What advice do you have for caring educators?” and thought I would write a few suggestions...
- Walter Thompson: Make sure you got into teaching for the right reason
- Bob Rose: Joe, Excellent article on today’s EducationNews.org! The best advice I personally would give to a young education student would be to read Marilyn Adams’ wonderful, though suppressed,new book, ABC Foundations for Young...
- Bryan Hickman: My suggestions for someone young and starting out is to find a school that has the culture of support and involvement that will let you participate in change. If you can learn how a good school operates, then you can take that...
- Aaron Dorfman: I read your column every week, and this one caught my attention. Thanks for the invitation to respond. In addition to the suggestions already provided, I would urge the young man to build power. As the famous quote from Frederick...
After a second Boston Massacre (15)
- Diana Shulla-Cose: Thank you Joe
- Julie Febres: My favorite poem- about the crystal stair- I carry it in my walllet and gavea copy to my son. I love reading Langston Hughes. Well, we must go ahead, I agree, stronger. Also, it doesn’t hurt to look at the past, to study it...
- Eric Paisner: Joe This is really nicely written. Eric
- R L Bishop Jr.: Very good Joe. Thank you.
- Lynnell Mickelsen: Wow! Just wow! Thank you so much for also adding the quotes from Langston Hughes. Really great column, Joe!
Map of MN Higher Ed Dual Credit Policies & PSEO Sites (1)
- Rosita S Balch: Thanks for your work. We are looking for a speaker from your organization who can explain and inspired Latino families and their students to participate of PSEO. We can provide interpretation. Meeting will take place on Fridays...
Check out our YouTube videos on Dual Credit — in English, Spanish, Hmong, Somali, Arabic, & Karen! (2)
- Marisa Gustafson: Dorian- Thanks for your comment. We’re glad you found us and hope that the information we provide here is helpful to you. You make a good point with the Google search. We will look into this with our IT person and see what...
- Dorian Sibayan: I was just seeking this info for some time. After six hours of continuous Googleing, finally I got it in your web site. I wonder what is the lack of Google strategy that do not rank this type of informative web sites in top of the...
“Now he has hope, we have hope” (5)
- Dr. Gary Gruber: “The universe is made up of stories.: When our science teacher told the language arts teacher whose quote that was, that the universe was made up of atoms, she responded with, “Yes stories about atoms.” Joe, your stories of those...
- Wayne Jennings: Wise and satisfying column and one with stories familiar to me during my career in education. We all know kids do not learn in the same way, at the same pace and have differing interests. It’s led me to the conclusion that every...
- Rosanne Wood: “I always like to say, “if everyone had to wear a size 7 shoe, there would be a lot of MIS-fits”. The same applies to schools. The more high quality public school options there are, the more likely the school/shoe will...
- Crystal Brakke: Great column–I am so glad these two students were able to find the right place for them, and so sad about the years they had to struggle before they did.
- Edward Dirkswager: Nice I am reminded of the HOPE evaluations in Assessing What Really Matters in Schools by Ron Newell and Mark Van Ryzin. I know that you are familiar with what they are saying but I find myself increasingly drawn to what their...