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Qorsho Hassan: 2020 Minnesota State Teacher of the Year

My hope is that more educators and educational leaders realize how white supremacy is embedded in our educational system and how to best support students of color with these barriers, including advocating for the retention of teachers of color.

Climate Land Leaders

How Minnesota Women are Restoring the Earth

How I Finally Moved Toward Solar Energy

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.

Betty Sandison: No Age Limit to Learning

Why one Minnesota woman is finishing her college education 60 years later

A Blueprint to Thrive

“The vitality of our region, and the strength of our rural economy, depends on everyone being able to contribute, and it starts before birth. We need to ensure all our kids — our Indigenous children, our seventh-generation immigrant children, and our first-generation immigrant children — get the best possible start to life.’’ — Southwest Initiative Foundation President Diana Anderson

How Are Minnesota Students Faring?

Every three years, the Minnesota Departments of Education,…

Creator of New Data

(photo by Iyana Esters) Since her childhood in Chicago,…

Of Mirrors and Windows

“If [children] see only reflections of themselves, they will grow up with an exaggerated sense of their own importance and value in the world. A dangerous ethnocentrism.”

Travelers on Turtle Island

“We women turn things inside out and set things right. We salvage what we can of human garments and piece the rest into blankets. — Louise Erdrich, “Four Souls”

Picture Impact: A New Approach to Global Relief

The faces of Picture Impact (l-r) Sara Thompson, Katrina Mitchell,…

Tear Down the Walls

The Community as Our School Pam Costain is a lifelong social…

What I Learned About Restoration

“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.”