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In the News
Thu, 05/03/2012
Star Tribune

By Rachel E. Stassen-Berger

With a veto Thursday of a proposal to upend schoolteacher layoff rules, Gov. Mark Dayton wiped out one of state Republicans' top priorities.

Dayton said the measure was an example of "prejudice against public school teachers" that singled out hard-working teachers by negating long-establishing bargaining rights, replacing them "with only vaguely formulated ideas."

The veto heightens the tension between the DFL governor and the Republican-dominated Legislature.

Thu, 05/03/2012
MPR

By Jon Collins

Gov. Mark Dayton vetoed a bill Thursday that would have forced school boards and teachers unions to consider teacher performance when making layoff decisions, rather than just seniority.

The bill was described by supporters as a reform of the "last in, first out" system that puts priority on preserving the jobs of senior teachers during layoffs. It passed the State Legislature along largely partisan lines.

Wed, 05/02/2012
Star Tribune

By Bernadeia Johnson and Al Fan

This week, Gov. Mark Dayton signed an omnibus education bill with a provision creating a powerful incentive for school districts and charter schools to work more closely to boost student achievement.

With the support of a broad coalition of education advocates, this no-cost, voluntary collaboration signals the beginning of a much larger paradigm shift.

Mon, 04/30/2012
Minnesota Journal

By Vallay Varro

In 2018, 70 percent of all Minnesota jobs will require some level of higher education. For Minnesota students, the stakes and demands are high.

Sun, 04/29/2012
Pioneer Press

Gov. Mark Dayton has an opportunity to advance one of Minnesota's most important education reforms. He should sign into law the measure that would end the so-called "last in, first out" practice of laying off teachers based on seniority, rather than performance.

It's time for this change: A recent poll by the Minnesota Campaign for Achievement Now found that teacher-tenure reform has 90-plus-percent bipartisan support among Minnesotans. The Minnesota branch of the reform advocacy group Students First released similar results last week.

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New fellows for a new school

Posted Thu, 05/26/2011 at 15:50
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Back in March we told you that the Charter School Partnership was starting a new competition to get aspiring school leaders to take part in a two-year fellowship to open a new, high-performing charter school. Well now we're pleased to tell you that the winners have been announced! Meet the three new fellows:

Angela Mansfield, a Minneapolis native and a Milken Educator Award Recipient, has been working with the Minneapolis Public Schools since 1997 as an exemplary teacher, a Reading First Literacy Coordinator, and, most recently, as a TAP mentor, providing instructional coaching to teachers to improve their performance as part of the well-regarded national System for Teacher and Student Advancement. Angela received a B.A. from Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA., a M.Ed in Literacy at the University of Minnesota and is currently a PhD candidate focusing on Literacy at the U of M.

 

Matthew Bannon, a Teach for America alum who taught in Houston, TX, has served as a leader for the Twin Cities Teaching Fellows, a project of The New Teacher Project (TNTP), where he oversaw the work of Fellows who were placed in numerous Saint Paul Public Schools. In addition, he has recently worked with TNTP on nation-wide initiatives. He presently serves at the Minnesota Literacy Council where he recruits, selects and trains AmeriCorps VISTAs. Mr. Bannon received a B.A. from Texas A&M University.

 

Daniela Vasan was also selected to be a CSP Fellowship starting in 2012. Ms. Vasan was Teacher of the Year at her public elementary school in Atlanta, Georgia. She has been a Teach for America Corps Member and has also worked as a TFA advisor in Atlanta at TFA’s pre-service Summer Institute for new teachers; she will serve as a Curriculum Specialist there this summer. A graduate of the University of Virginia, Ms. Vasan received a B.A. degree in Middle Eastern Studies and will be receiving her Masters in Mathematic Education at Georgia State University this summer. She also studied in Irbid, Jordan at the University of Yarmouk, where she was part of the Intensive Arabic Immersion Program. Ms. Vasan is fluent in Spanish and is proficient in French and Arabic.

Congratulations Angela, Matthew and Daniela. We're looking forward to seeing the fruit of your labor in the coming years!

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