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
Over the past 12 years, thousands of students have shared their hearts, brains, insecurities, stories, fears, and successes with me.
In 1960, a group of Black students in North Carolina demonstrated resistance to segregation with a sit-in at an all-white
I grew up surrounded by the bluffs of southeast Minnesota, a flock of sheep, a close-knit family, and lots of
Jetsun Pema at the Tibetan community center in St. Paul in November of the Tibetan Children’s Village (TCV) school system for
Minnesota has one of the most significant academic achievement gaps between races in the nation. For the 2017-18 school year, 69 percent
Before moving to Minnesota for college, I spent a majority of my childhood on a small ranch in south central North Dakota. If
