What the Census means for education

Dana Mortenson

March 30th 2011

I've been a Minnesota resident for the last 2 years, and last week, the new census numbers confirmed what most of us already knew: Minnesota's population became more diverse between 2000 and 2010. Minorities now make up about one in every seven residents, up from about one in ten a decade ...

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My Experience at the World Affairs Challenge

My Experience at the World Affairs Challenge

Guest Blogger

March 24th 2011

On March 6th as a team, Maggie Dodge, Lauren Smith, Erica MacDonald, and I competed in Minnesota's Third Annual World Affairs Challenge. We had worked since fall for this exciting day, and we were more than anxious to show everyone what we had been doing. As part of the yearly theme of food, we had ...

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Changemaker Profile: Yawa Hansen-Quao Leading the Way

Changemaker Profile: Yawa Hansen-Quao Leading the Way

Guest Blogger

March 23rd 2011

By Cate Biggs We in the US – from academics to NGOs to social entrepreneurs to pundits – do a lot of talking about what ails Africa today.  We have assembled a state-of the-art linguistic arsenal of weapons with which to wage our campaigns of talk. Words and concepts are wielded like small ...

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