Education

How Minnesota Women Are Restoring the Earth

It took me about two weeks to wade through enough information to understand the value of solar. By then I had run out of excuses to not make a decision to move ahead.

Every three years, the Minnesota Departments of Education, Health, Human Services, and Public Safety collaborate with all types of school

Since her childhood in Chicago, Antoinette Smith has been an innovator equipped to face challenge. She is the only girl

When Dr. Helzi Noponen was a visiting professor at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs from 2005 to 2008, she

The Community as Our School As a former member of the Minneapolis School Board and former executive director of AchieveMpls,

“Restorative justice,” the social worker said, “allows those who commit crimes to meet with the victims to talk about what happened and how to repair the harm.”

Allison Austin grew up in a rural environment near Dayton, Minnesota. As a 7-year-old, she spent hours crushing herbs and

Kelly D. Holstine (Photo by Sarah Whiting) Over the past 12 years, thousands of students have shared their hearts, brains,

One of my favorite aspects of this experimental learning program includes the value of Harambee — Swahili for “Let’s pull together.”