remedial courses

New Minnesota tool to save college costs

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This column originally was published by ECM Publications New Minnesota tool to save college costs By Joe Nathan on July 27, 2016 at 3:40 pm Joe Nathan Students and families eager to save money on college costs have been given a new tool by state legislators. Thousands of Minnesota students have had to take remedial courses, […]

School critic group fails fairness test

/ 2014, Columns (J. Nathan) / , / 7 Comments

This article originally appeared at www.hometownsource.com A Minnesota group calling itself “Better Ed” should “know better” than to distribute misleading statistics. Perhaps even worse than the original act of distributing a postcard with inaccurate statistics is an email acknowledgement that these folks know the statistics are not accurate! Here’s the story, along with reactions from […]

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

/ 2014, Columns (J. Nathan), Dual HS/College Credit, PSEO / , , , , , , , / 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 […]

‘Vitally important’ state report almost 3 years late

/ 2013, Columns (J. Nathan) / , , , , , / 6 Comments

“I think it is vitally important to have the ‘Getting Prepared Report’ updated in 2014, given the push we did this legislative session to advance early college opportunities for all secondary students.” That’s what Rep. Carlos Mariani,DFL-St. Paul and chair of the Minnesota House K-12 Education Policy Committee, told me this week. State law requires that this […]