Come see us at the School Finder Fair NOW at Minneapolis College! 📚✏️ Explore all of the schools and program options MPS has to offer. PLUS, the first 750 families here will get a Nickelodeon University mystery pass. Hurry down, we will be here until 3 p.m.!

There’s still 2 hours left to come see us at the School Finder Fair at Minneapolis College! 🕰 Take advantage of this opportunity to learn more about all of our wonderful MPS schools and programs. We’ll be here until 3 p.m!

mplsschoolsvoices.news/posts/walzs-k-… I wrote an explainer of my best estimate of what Walz’s education proposal will mean for MPS. The bottom line is bleak. 1/

BREAKING: the Minnesota Senate passed the CROWN Act! Today’s vote makes that clear that Black Minnesotans deserve to live with dignity, free from racial discrimination.

BREAKING - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) just announced a 20-year mineral withdrawal on federal land near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness - a moratorium on copper-sulfide mining!

Memphis. I know about tragedy in Memphis. My heart goes out to that city. #TyreNichols

“Mom, Mom, Mom.” A plea for life carved into the deathly history of racism like “I can’t breathe.” #TyreNichols

When Tier 1 is weak, lots of students look like they need intervention. When Tier 2 is weak, lots of students look like they need Tier 3 or special education. Strong investments in Tier 1 & Tier 2 is a critical starting place for prevention. Access gaps = outcome gaps.

Grateful for the opportunity to learn from Emily Hanford this morning University of Minnesota

Superintendent Joe Gothard testified in favor of Kaohly Vang Her’s bill to fully fund English Learner services for SPPS and all MN students. “House file 22 imagines a world where the services that multi-language learners deserve are not delivered at the expense of others” #mnleg

I don’t know how to accurately describe the experience of watching Forget Me Not tonight with colleagues and community members from Minneapolis Public Schools … so I’ll say this, I am immensely grateful to @SonyaForMPS and the orgs who made this possible.

MPS sends love and support to our colleagues, friends and families of Saint Paul Public Schools. We are ready to support you all in any way we can and are at your side always.

If schools want to make sure more kids can read better, it's not enough to change classroom instruction. Lots of kids are still going to need more than what a classroom teacher with 25 kids can provide. Don't cut one-on-one help.

Analysis: Math scores plummeted during the COVID-19 pandemic. What will it take to raise them back up? | via The Conversation U.S. buff.ly/3UabCkJ

Michael Houston, a mathematics teacher at Harding Senior High School, has been named Minnesota Teacher of the Year! Please join us in congratulating Michael on this well-deserved recognition. #WeAreSPPS

Reposting Carl Sagan calling out the media in 1987 because I don’t think enough people on Twitter heard this.

I was so proud to represent Minneapolis Public Schools in the #PrideParade today!