2014 | Center for School Change

January 15, 2014

Good news for Minnesota students, families and taxpayers

Joe Nathan / 2014, Columns (J. Nathan), Dual HS/College Credit, PSEO / 5 Comments

Originally published at www.hometownsource.com By Joe Nathan on January 15, 2014 at 5:39 pm Here’s good news for Minnesota students, families and taxpayers about closing achievement gaps and improving high school graduation rates. State data shows dramatically better high school graduation rates for students who take at least 240 hours of career technical courses – that’s between two […]

January 8, 2014

Swift, strong, split reactions to recent columns

Joe Nathan / 2014, Columns (J. Nathan) / 0 Comments

Originally published at www.hometownsource.com By Joe Nathan on January 8, 2014 at 4:41 pm There were swift, strong and split reactions to two of my recent columns. They are online at http://bit.ly/1iU1Ptq and http://bit.ly/1cZxKVc. More than 20 people responded, via comments online and other ways, from around Minnesota and from Utah to Washington, D.C. Here are several of those comments, […]

January 6, 2014

When systems don’t serve students / Joe Nathan’s Column

Joe Nathan / 2014, Columns (J. Nathan), Dual HS/College Credit, PSEO / accrediting association, education systems, Joe Nathan, Minnesota Department of Education, Minnesota Legislature, MN colleges and universities, PSEO, remedial courses / 0 Comments

As we start a new year, it’s time to ask some tough questions. Over the past year, I have seen more and more examples of education systems that don’t seem to be serving at least some students. Some systems seem to be putting a priority on protecting the way things used to be, above the […]