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October 13, 2019

CSC, working with a coalition of currently and formerly homeless youth and families, district/chartered public schools/city/county/social service is trying to dramatically reduce youth and family homelessness in Minnesota

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Beginning in late 2018, with incredible collaboration from a number of St Paul district, charter, city, county, social service leaders, along with current and formerly homeless youth and parents named below, the Center for School Change began helping create a coalition to dramatically reduce youth/family homelessness in Minnesota. One of this efforts activities involved a […]

October 6, 2019

DNS Misses Mark with $3 million to help homeless

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The following column originally appeared in a number of suburban and rural Mn newspapers that are members of the APG of East Central Minnesota newspaper group, in October, 2019 DNS Misses mark with $3 million to help homeless “That’s crazy.” “Very frustrating!” Those are some reactions I’ve heard to the way that the Minnesota […]

September 29, 2019

Huge Challenges, opportunities for students, workers and employers

Joe Nathan / 2019 Columns / Aurelius Manufacturing Company, Bill McCarthy, Council for Minnesotans of African Heritage, David Senf, Felipe Illecas, Governor's Workforce Development Board, Justin Terrell, Les Fujitake, Loren Nelson, Madalynn Gerold, Megan Dayton, Minnesota Council for Latino Affairs, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, Scott Parker, Sen. John Hoffman, Steve Ditschler, www.careerforceMn.com / 4 Comments

This column originally appeared in a number of APG of East Central of Minnesota newspapers, including the Morrison County Record Huge Challenges, opportunities for students, workers and employers If you’re thinking about jobs, careers or employees, you have awesome allies. I met several of them at a Sept. 11 meeting of the Governor’s Workforce Development […]

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 […]