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Gov. Walz announces new education plan, doesn't mention cost or funding source by Scott McClallen, The Center Square  | January 26, 2021 02:00 PM Print this article On Monday, Gov. Tim Walz announced the Due North Education Plan, and several officials touted it but didn’t mention how it would be funded. The two-page plan mentions vague goals but gives no hard metrics to achieve. Officials claimed the Due North Education Plan aims to ensure every child in Minnesota receives a high-quality education, no matter their race or zip code. “As a former class...

KSTP Created: January 25, 2021 05:48 AM Monday, Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan unveiled a new education plan for Minnesota. The "Due North Education Plan" aims to ensure every child receives a high-quality education, regardless of location and race, Walz and Flanagan said. "As a former classroom teacher for over 20 years, I've seen firsthand how a high-quality education shapes students' lives for years to come," Walz said. "The Due North Education Plan guides us toward a future where every child receives a high-quality education, no matter their race or zip cod...

Fox21Online January 25, 2021 ST. PAUL, Minn. – On Monday, Gov. Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan unveiled the Due North Education Plan which the governor’s office says is focused on ensuring every child in Minnesota receives a high-quality education regardless of race or zip-code. “As a former classroom teacher for over 20 years, I’ve seen firsthand how a high-quality education shapes students’ lives for years to come,” said Governor Walz. “The Due North Education Plan guides us toward a future where every child receives a high-quality education, no matter their ra...

NYC's 4,500 Teaching Artists Have Been Hit Hard By Pandemic Cuts arrow Art? In this economy?? Shutterstock In 2017, Marissa Ontiveros, a newly minted NYU grad with a minor in educational theater, applied to several community-based cultural organizations to be a teaching artist in the city's public schools. Soon she had all the jobs she could handle. “I was working at five organizations in early 2020 teaching theater, movement and different art pieces,” she said about making a living in her field right out of college — a stroke of good fortune that would be almost...

Reaching into its archival treasure trove of rarely seen recordings of past events, The American Dance Guild continues their virtual offering 10 Years Over 10 Weeks, a rich collection of video performances of honorees and guest artists over the last ten years of ADG Performance Festivals. The video stream, which runs for ten weeks, features works by 25 dance luminaries from ADG Festivals 2009-2019. Each of the Festival artists appear sequentially by year, running for one week. The live festival has been postponed this year in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The American Dance Guild's 10 Ye...