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Qorsho Hassan and Becca Buck compiled a first-of-its-kind collection of Somali songs, chants, and games from students and parents at Gideon Pond Elementary School.

Abaas Noor stood in front of two dozen other first-graders at Gideon Pond Elementary in Burnsville and started reading from a book he had written himself. As Abaas told his classmates about his favorite foods and the holidays he celebrates with his family, teacher Elisa Odegard prompted him take a moment to show his classmates the pictures he'd drawn of his family. The students' books about ...

Becca Buck, a teacher at Gideon Pond Elementary in Rochester, is collaborating with her colleagues to incorporate Somali music into her curriculum. The project has resulted in students excited to share songs from their cultural background and a book filled with materials she’s learned from her students, their families and her colleagues, which she hopes to make available to more teachers. Listen to the story now!

In a Burnsville school where half the students are Somali, a music teacher is diversifying her curriculum with help from the students.

Opponents have accused the state of using the rules to indoctrinate teachers.