The Way Forward for Public Education, Part 2

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With the elections only a week away, Minneapolis voters will choose the candidates they wish to represent them on the Minneapolis school board. Last week, at-large candidate Don Samuels and education policy fellow Michael Diedrich joined TruthtoTell to discuss promising approaches to creating schools that work for all our kids.  This week, join co-hosts Siobhan[...] Read More »

TruthToTell, Mon. Jan 30@9AM: TEACHER CONTRACTS(cont’d) & GRAD ASSISTANT UNIONIZING–LISTEN/DOWNLOAD BELOW

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HELP US BRING YOU THESE IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST – PLEASE DONATE HERE! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We return to the subject of teacher contract issues in Minneapolis after running out of time last week…if ever sufficient time is possible. And we talk with Grad Assistant organizers at the UofM trying to unionize their colleagues. As we said[...] Read More »

TruthToTell, Mon. Jan 30@9AM: TEACHER CONTRACTS (cont’d) & GRAD ASSISTANT UNIONIZING–KFAI 90.3/106.7/KFAI.org

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Remember – call and join the conversation – 612-341-0980 – or Tweet us @TTTAndyDriscoll or post onTruthToTell’s Facebook page. HELP US BRING YOU THESE IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST – PLEASE DONATE HERE! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We return to the subject of teacher contract issues in Minneapolis after running out of time last week…if ever sufficient time is possible. And we[...] Read More »

TruthToTell, Mon., Jan 23@9AM: TEACHER CONTRACTS: Who Should Have a Say in What?-AUDIO IS UP BELOW

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HELP US BRING YOU THESE IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST – PLEASE DONATE HERE! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul – as all districts in the state of Minnesota – have been negotiating their teachers’ contracts over the last many months, some arriving at agreement well before some others. St. Paul in the throes of[...] Read More »

GET PODCAST: PRIMARY FOCUS 2010: At-Large Minneapolis School Board Seats

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IS THERE A MORE THANKLESS JOB than sitting on a local board of education? Worse – an urban school board, with its multiple issues of funding, student achievement, teacher contracts, charter schools, parent involvement – or lack of it, volatile management and lingering desegregation requirements? It’s powers are limited, the compensation meager, the polarization inevitable.[...] Read More »