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By Jennifer Reyes Gomez AGAPE High School (St. Paul Public School District) When the opportunity to “do” PSEO programs first came up I was in my junior year of high school. My high school counselor told me about the college classes, and how they would benefit me. I learned that taking the PSEO […]
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Here’s the 2013 Edition of the Jump Start booklet! Minnesota charter, public and home-schooled students speak out about their own personal experience participating in Dual Credit courses. Find out more about Dual Credit programs and how you can participate and get a jump start on your future! This September 2013 4th Edition features student authors from: […]
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By Joe Nathan on September 18, 2013 at 12:42 pm Joe Nathan column – Maria, Anna, Oscar, Tong and Adam have things that high school students and their parents may find useful. In a new, free booklet, these students describe how they saved thousands of dollars and gained enormously by taking dual-credit (for high school and college) courses. […]
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National Education Association President Dennis Van Roekel’s recent visit to Bloomington, Minnesota highlighted the potential of more funding for early childhood education. Perhaps unexpectedly, the visit also highlighted possible problems. Led by Hillcrest Community School fifth-graders Sara Grosser and Gregory Pedenko, Van Roekel, Education Minnesota president Denise Specht and Bloomington Federation of Teachers President Wendy […]
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This column appeared in a number of ECM/Sun Current newspapers during January, 2013. As we start a new school year, I recall that there may be few people more miserable than a 7th grade boy whose voice is changing, in a choral music class…the kind of class where youngsters are expected to sing every day. […]
