Blog – Center for School Change

September 1, 2019

50 Ways to Give & Gain from Volunteering with Schools

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The following column originally appeared in a number of suburban and rural newspapers that are part of the APG of East Central Minnesota group. Here’s 50 ways to give, gain from volunteering with Schools Whether you can find one, 10 or 100 hours between now and next May, there are dozens of ways […]

August 21, 2019

Getting Ready for the New School Year Requires a Little Preparation

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This column originally appeared in August, 2019 in several APG of East Central Minnesota newspapers, including the Morrison County Record Getting ready for the new school year takes a little preparation By Joe Nathan Aug 16, 2019 As we move toward a new school year, wise families will learn something from the way the Vikings or […]

August 2, 2019

Dramatically reducing rural, suburban & urban youth/family homeless should be high priority

Joe Nathan / 2019 Columns / Anoka-Hennepin School District, Burnsville-Eagan-Savage District, Cambridge-Isanti Public Schools, District 196 Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan Public Schools University of North Carolina Greensboro, Eden Prairie Schools, Edina Public Schools, Farming Area Public Schools, Forest Lake Area Schools, Fridley Public Schools, homeless families, homeless youth, Hopkins Public Schools, Independent School District 728, Isis Watford, Lakeville Public Schools, Little Falls Community Schools, Milaca Public Schools, Minnesota Department of Human Services, Minnetonka Public Schools, Monica Nilsson, Monticello Public School District, North Branch Area Public Schools, Northwest Passage High School, Osseo Public Schools, Paladin Career and Technical High School, Princeton Public Schools, Richfeild Public Schools, Rochester Public Schools, St. Louis Park Public Schools, Stillwater Area Public Schools, Tom Balsley, Unsheltered Design Team, Waconia Public SchoolsCaledonia Area Public Schools, Wayzata Public Schools, Wilder Foundation / 0 Comments

This column originally appeared in several APG of East Central Minnesota newspapers. Hearing and helping Minnesota’s homeless youth and families We have to do better with the thousands of young Minnesotans like Isis Watford. Through no fault of her own, she spent four years being homeless. Recently, at age 20, Watford found a place to […]

July 21, 2019

Amazing offer for first time, full time two year public college students

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The following column appeared during July, 2019 in several APG of East Central Minnesota newspapers. Amazing offer for first-time, two-year college students Minnesota has an amazing opportunity for students who enter one of its two-year public colleges this fall for the first time: If you study any of six “high job demand” areas, the […]

July 5, 2019

Students see value of alternative, charter and PSEO options

Joe Nathan / 2019 Columns, Charter schools, Dual HS/College Credit, PSEO / Aaliyah Hodge, Bemidji, Breanna Kissel, Fardowso Abdi, Humphrey School, Ivan Sand Community High School, Paladin Career and Technical High School, People for PSEO, post secondary enrollment options, PSEO, Red Lake Indian Reservation, Robert Jackson, St. Louis Park High School, University of Minnesota, Voyageurs Expeditionary School, Zeke Jackson / 1 Comment

Students see value of alternative, charter and PSEO options Some of the most insightful, helpful reading I’ve done in the last year has come from essays written by Minnesota high school students like Breanna Kissel, Zeke Jackson and Fardowso Abdi. They explain far better than I can why providing public school choice and dual-credit […]

Amazing offer for first time, full time two year public college students

“Eyes on the Prize” Presentation on being named to the Hall of Fame, National Alliance of Public Charter Schools

A Great District/College Collaboration

Welcome Aaliyah Hodge, CSC Senior Consultant

Prince, Passion, Persistence, and Open School

Learning and Teaching with Fire: Lessons from HBCUs and Tribal Colleges

50 Ways to Give & Gain from Volunteering with Schools

Getting Ready for the New School Year Requires a Little Preparation

Dramatically reducing rural, suburban & urban youth/family homeless should be high priority

Amazing offer for first time, full time two year public college students

Students see value of alternative, charter and PSEO options