Editors’ note: Caitlin wrote this, as well as Ain’t I a Working Woman: An Opinion on Inequality in the Workplace, for a class that she is taking through PSEO at the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul. My editorial today will focus on Classism. I am reading a book for a college course I […]
Editors’ note: Caitlin wrote this, as well as Oppression and Inequality Classism and College, for a class that she is taking through PSEO at the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul. Sojourner Truth was a symbol of women’s suffrage. She spoke out in the late 19th century about the inequality of women. One of […]
Editors’ note: This is a follow-up to Nell’s original article, Playing as a Team. This winter many charter school supporters have been working to make it a law that all charter school students can participate in extra-curricular activities at the local schools. Bills like the one that are in the process now have been to […]
When leaders at Four Directions, an urban charter school located in North Minneapolis, asked a group of ten high school students to teach teachers and students from another urban charter school how to implement a successful media arts program through peer mentorship, they knew the idea was innovative-innovative enough to win them national recognition and […]
I was born in Thailand. I lived there for eight years with my family. There were schools but my dad would not allow me to go. He would often say, “Who needs education? It’s not like you are going to grow up to be doctors, lawyers or teachers.” My dad was telling me; “You got […]
Schoolcraft Learning Community, a K-8 charter school near Bemidji, Minnesota was recently visited by Dennis Banks. In 1968, Mr. Banks helped to found the American-Indian Movement (AIM) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Since that time AIM and Mr. Banks have been at the forefront of the battle for Native American rights in the United States. Our crew […]
On March 4, 2004, the Metro Transit bus drivers, mechanics, and schedulers went on strike over wages, health care, and retirement benefits. The strike greatly affected Twin City charter schools. Students in the Twin Cities depend on the busses to get to school, the mall, or their friend’s houses, and without the busses, they could […]