In an op-ed published in today’s St. Paul Pioneer Press, the Partnership’s executive director, Charlie Weaver, notes that while Minnesota students have the top ACT average in the nation, there are troubling trends beneath the surface of Minnesota’s ACT data. Most concerning is the state’s achievement gap between white and Continue Reading...
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Like everyone in the Minnesota business community, I am deeply saddened by the loss of my friend and colleague David Olson. David made a difference. He fought hard to make it easier for large and small businesses across Minnesota to grow and prosper, but he never took himself too seriously. Continue Reading...
This week a trial court in Vergara v. State of California found that several California state statutes are unconstitutional because they adversely affect students’ quality of education and disproportionately burden poor and minority students with ineffective teachers. The judge in Vergara wrote that the effect of grossly ineffective teachers on Continue Reading...