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Minnesota has a persistent higher-ed gap: Are new efforts making a difference?

The Hechinger Report

Luckily for Nyakora — and the patient, Operation’s “Cavity Sam” —the surgery is only a game, part of a stress-management workshop for freshmen and sophomores in a program for underrepresented students here at Minnesota State University, Mankato. The man’s bright red nose lights up, and a buzzer sounds. Nyakora jumps, and his friends laugh.

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Buffalo shows turnaround of urban schools is possible, but it takes a lot more than just money

The Hechinger Report

I would have been a dropout.”. At the outset a survey was conducted to assess the needs of schools, families and communities. Are our students completing post-secondary education? I don’t even talk to my [real] sister about them or cry in front of her. And I do that with [Stubbe]. It’s about shifting a culture.

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Who Will Teach the Children? The 3 Keys to Building Globally Competitive, World Class Schools

EdNews Daily

I estimate that I have delivered over 250 workshops to about 50,500 educators. I ask at each workshop, “How many of you were well-prepared to enter the classroom when you graduated from your school of education?” ” Everything else is secondary! The vast majority said they weren’t. million trained teachers.

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