Afterschool Student Expo!
High-quality afterschool programs provide students with a wide range of opportunities, from academic enrichment to developing leadership skills and building relationships with caring adults. During the 21st Century Community Learning Center Student Expo, students from around Minnesota displayed the skills and talents they developed in afterschool programs with teachers and youth workers. Kevin from the Minneapolis Community Education’s Folwell afterschool program proudly shares his robotics project.
A Decade at the Top!
For the tenth year in a row, Minnesota high school seniors were top in the nation on the ACT, among states in which at least 50 percent of graduates took the test. Minnesota seniors posted an average score of 22.7, compared to the nationwide average of 21. "The ACT is one of the best indicators we have to show that our students are prepared for career and college," Commissioner Brenda Cassellius said.
Read news release.
View ACT's 2015 report.
Building Strong Readers in Minnesota
New America’s Early Education Initiative, Building Strong Readers in Minnesota: PreK-3rd Grade Policies That Support Children’s Literacy Development. Read the newly released report, written by Abbie Lieberman and Laura Bornfreund with support from the McKnight Foundation.
Putting the Innovation in STEM
How do we promote creativity within STEM programs for highly able learners? Join us Tuesday, Oct. 13, for this unique workshop. Participants will work with three experts in innovation through creativity. Discover strategies that encourage youth to be makers and to see the world as something they are actively helping to create. Learn how to incorporate creativity and assessment into daily classroom practices. Register online.
Pre-K through Grade 3 Leadership Series
Calling all district and charter school leaders! Explore how educators of children birth through grade three can work together systemically. The series consists of five day-long sessions. First session begins Oct. 29. Register by Oct. 22.
Visit our website for more information.
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District Exceeds World’s Best Workforce Standards
The Elk River Area School District “far exceeds” state requirements in its World’s Best Workforce Summary report, according to Superintendent Mark Bezek. Read full story in Star News.
Providing Healthy Food Choices for Students
As coordinator for farm to school for numerous districts in central Minnesota, I can attest that not only are our children making healthier choices in their selections for school lunch, our districts have gone above and beyond the measures under the Healthy Hungry-Free Kids Act. Read guest opinion in Brainerd Dispatch.
St. Paul Airport Event Steers Girls to Tech Careers
Elizabeth Strophus, a U.S. Army pilot during World War II, said she cried when she saw dozens of girls gathered at downtown St. Paul's Holman Field for a Girls in Aviation Day event Saturday. Read full story in Pioneer Press.
Read 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten
Guest post, by Brainerd Youth Librarian Darcy Dwyer. The brochures about our new, 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program, were barely out of the box when librarians began receiving very positive feedback from parents. Within six weeks, one mom had already read 500 books to her three-year-old daughter and we had to tell her that our printer had not yet delivered our 500-750 book log when she requested it! Read full post on BloggED.
Five-Time Reward School Honorees
 The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) recently released the 2015 Multiple Measurement Ratings (MMR). The ratings provide a comprehensive look into how schools are performing, taking into account student proficiency, growth, achievement gap reduction and graduation rates. As part of the MMR, each year MDE recognizes the top 15 percent highest performing Title I schools in the state. These schools are designated as Reward Schools. While some schools have been recognized as Reward Schools multiple times, only 14 schools have been recognized five times in a row! Read full story in bloggED.
We're Number 2!
The folks over at WalletHub have taken it upon themselves to find the happiest states in America... Read report on Minneapolis Sun Times.
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