Joe Nathan / 2011, Columns (J. Nathan) / summer learning /
Educators throughout Minnesota offered several suggestions last week for families to help overcome “summer learning loss.” Sometimes families forget that young people can lose between 2 and 5 months over the summer in key areas of reading and math, unless families step in. Youngsters can have plenty of fun, and still gain, rather than give […]
Joe Nathan / 2011, Columns (J. Nathan) / 4th of July, Martin Luther King /
There’s a mirror at the end of displays in the Dr. Martin Luther King National Historic site, Atlanta, Georgia. As I learned in visiting last week, there’s a question next to the mirror. It’s quote from Dr. King, who won the Nobel Peace Prize. And just 1.5 miles away, at President Jimmy Carter’s Library, there’s […]
Joe Nathan / Leadership Academy / Anthony Smith, Michael Turner /
Approximately 200 people attended an evening discussion with Cincinnati school leaders, Anthony Smith and Michael Turner from Robert A Taft Information Technology High School on June 29th at Minneapolis’ Capri Theater. The meeting was co-sponsored by CSC along with the African American Leadership Forum, Citizens League, Growth and Justice, Minneapolis Public Schools, Minnesota Chamber of Commerce […]
Joe Nathan / 2011, Columns (J. Nathan) / state shutdown /
Regardless of the politics, state funds should keep going to schools. That’s my conclusion after interviewing about 20 superintendents and principals, Gen Olson, chair of the Minnesota Senate Education Committee (and a Republican) and Charlene Briner, a spokesperson for the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE). A shutdown may delay in payments to schools. Jeff Solomon, […]
Joe Nathan / 2011, Columns (J. Nathan) / Hennepin Theatre Trust, music /
Why did more than 2,600 people jam into the Orpheum Theater in downtown Minneapolis last week? They came to praise and promote high school musicals, during one of the most remarkable youth programs I’ve ever witnessed. It was rowdy, rousing and reassuring. Sarah Cartright, a prize-winning performer who recently graduated from Eastview High School told […]