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The live hip-hop band Heiruspecs have never shied away from acknowledging their roots at St. Paul Central High School. Now they’re officially paying tribute to their alma mater by founding a new scholarship to provide opportunities for future students involved in the arts to go to college.MORE »
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The live hip-hop band Heiruspecs have never shied away from acknowledging their roots at St. Paul Central High School. Now they’re officially paying tribute to their alma mater by founding a new scholarship to provide opportunities for future students involved in the arts to go to college.MORE »
©2010 Justin Schell
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Mike Wassenaar interviews Valeria Silva, St. Paul’s new superintendent of schools.
©2009 Mike Wassenaar
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Minnesota Reading Corps, an AmeriCorps program, is helping ensure that all Minnesota children become successful readers by third grade. You can be part of this successful organization by becoming a Reading Corps member.
To begin serving in August, complete an online application. Priority deadline is February 1, 2010. Qualified applicants who apply by this date will be the first to be interviewed. After this date, selection process is rolling.
You can be one of 675 people, like current member Cyre, who will serve one year in a local elementary school or preschool. Cyre says, “You build your confidence, you get a real chance to be a positive force in a child’s life, you become involved with your community, and you join a national organization of people who want to make this world a better place.” Apply and learn more at www.MinnesotaReadingCorps.org.
Minnesota Reading Corps (MRC) “members” introduce research-based methods to children age 3 through grade 3, providing the extra support they need to read successfully. As a member, you not only impact the lives of children and families every day, but your own as well. During a year of service, you will build career skills and real responsibility, network with professionals, and add an impressive name to your resume. Other benefits include a living allowance, Education Award of up to $5,350 and health insurance for full time members.
Find out more at www.MinnesotaReadingCorps.org and read our blog at www.mnReadingCorps.blogspot.com.
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Minnesota Reading Corps, an AmeriCorps program, is helping ensure that all Minnesota children become successful readers by third grade. You can be part of this successful organization by becoming a Reading Corps member.
To begin serving in August, complete an online application, which opens December 15. You can be one of 675 people, like current member Cyre, who will serve one year in a local elementary school or preschool. Cyre says, “You build your confidence, you get a real chance to be a positive force in a child’s life, you become involved with your community, and you join a national organization of people who want to make this world a better place.” Apply and learn more at www.MinnesotaReadingCorps.org.
Minnesota Reading Corps (MRC) “members” introduce research-based methods to children age 3 through grade 3, providing the extra support they need to read successfully. As a member, you not only impact the lives of children and families every day, but your own as well. During a year of service, you will build career skills and real responsibility, network with professionals, and add an impressive name to your resume. Other benefits include a living allowance, Education Award of up to $5,350 and health insurance for full time members.
Find out more at www.MinnesotaReadingCorps.org and read our blog at www.mnReadingCorps.blogspot.com.
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Valeria Silva was named the new St.MORE »
©2009 TC Daily Planet
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Belinda Green was removed as principal of Maxfield Elementary School (380 N. Victoria, St. Paul) on Friday, November 20. According to St. Paul Public Schools, she is on a leave of absence. SPPS Education Executive Director Sharon Freeman was in meetings with staff and faculty at Maxfield this morning (November 23). The new acting principal is Frank Feinberg.MORE »
©2009 TC Daily Planet
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Deb Henton, the third finalist to be interviewed for SPPS superintendent, raised some eyebrows with her assertion that poverty has something to do with the achievement gap, but that “I do not think that race has a role in the achievement gap.”MORE »
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A week of interviewing three finalists for the Saint Paul Public Schools superintendent’s job came to a lively end Thursday night as about 30 high school students stood outside the district headquarters holding signs and yelling out that they did not want the school board to hire North Branch superintendent Deborah Henton. It was Henton’s turn to meet with the press, the public and the Board of Education Thursday. MORE »
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Valeria Silva’s passion for St. Paul Public Schools and her long experience in SPPS were the touchstones of her presentations Wednesday, as she emphasized her readiness to transition smoothly into the district’s top leadership position and meet the challenges of academic achievement and budget cuts. MORE »
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