Columbia Heights school wins the Minnesota Business Partnership’s Minnesota’s Future Award for outstanding academic achievement Columbia Heights, MN – September 4, 2014 The Minnesota Business Partnership today presented Valley View Elementary School in Columbia Heights with the Minnesota’s Future Award and a check for $20,000. The Minnesota’s Future Award recognizes public Continue Reading...
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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...
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...