Joe Nathan / 2012, Columns (J. Nathan), Dual HS/College Credit, PSEO / Mark Dayton, Paj Ntaub /
Last week Minnesota legislators and Gov. Mark Dayton gave a great gift to Minnesota families and students. Legislators extended Minnesota’s pioneer post secondary options law to allow 10th graders to take career and technical courses on college campuses. Because of young people’s creativity and insight, new You Tube videos are available to help young people […]
Joe Nathan / 2012, Columns (J. Nathan), Dual HS/College Credit, PSEO /
People like Eric and Sam have valuable insights about free college courses via Post Secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO). And now, the legislature has expanded PSEO to include 10th graders. Responding to an earlier column, Eric wrote the Forest Lake Times, “PSEO is a great option for high school students (who are) ready for it. I […]
Joe Nathan / 2012, Columns (J. Nathan) / high school chess /
Youngsters from Minnesota are among the best US chess k-12 players in various divisions, based on results at the U.S. Chess Federation national chess tournament held recently in Minneapolis. More than 1,300 students competed, including more than 300 Minnesotans from 100 schools. Andrew Hanson, an 11th grader at Rosemount High School was first in the […]
Joe Nathan / 2012, Columns (J. Nathan) / music /
What are your favorite songs, and why? Is it mostly the melody, or that and words? Do you associate a song with a memorable moment or era in your life? I ask because of two recent news events related to the power of music. The first is a remarkable story from National Public Radio about […]
Joe Nathan / 2012, Columns (J. Nathan) / Gary DeCramer /
Gary DeCramer deserved much more. So did his family and friends. The fact that hundreds of people from all over Minnesota came to his recent funeral was both tribute and recognition that people had not been able to adequately honor him before he passed. That’s because this remarkable man in his 60s, died, unexpectedly, while […]