Joe Nathan / 2019 Columns, Charter schools / charter public schools, teacher-powered schools, West Virginia / 3 Comments
This column originally appeared in Feb 14, 2018 Charleston, West Virginia Gazette-Mail. Charter schools can improve students’ lives School choice, like electricity, is a powerful force. It can do delightful things. But when not handled carefully, it can be destructive. Those are two of the lessons I’ve learned over the last 40 years as a […]
Joe Nathan / 2015 Columns, Columns (J. Nathan) / Governor Mark Dayton, Joe Nathan, MN legislature, teacher led schools, teacher-powered schools / 0 Comments
By Joe Nathan on May 20, 2015 at 3:27 pm Here are four requests as Gov. Mark Dayton and state legislators consider how to proceed after the governor vetoed the K-12 bill. First, to aid planning, a special session should be called soon and final decisions need to be made quickly. Second, please recognize and retain […]
Joe Nathan / 2015 Columns, Columns (J. Nathan) / CIS, concurrent enrollment, Lisa Snyder, Megan Hall, MinnCAN, Sen. Greg Clausen, Students For Education Reform, teacher-powered schools / 3 Comments
By Joe Nathan on May 6, 2015 at 12:08 pm As Minnesota legislators conclude their business in the next few weeks, here are four things I hope they do to help improve public schools. Some don’t cost any additional tax dollars. Some require a relatively modest investment in youngsters, schools and educators 1. Make it […]
Joe Nathan / 2015 Columns, Columns (J. Nathan) / Dawn Clawson, Education Evolving, Jim Bartholomew, Linda Slocum, Louis Sundin, Peggy Bennett, River's Edge Academy, teacher led schools, teacher-powered schools / 3 Comments
By Joe Nathan on April 15, 2015 at 2:06 pm Jim Bartholomew and Louise Sundin often disagree on education issues. Bartholomew lobbies for the Minnesota Business Partnership, representing the state’s largest corporations. Sundin is former president of the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers and former American Federation of Teachers vice president.Jim Bartholomew and Louise Sundin often […]