From the Citizens League's Imagination Works series, June 25, 2009.Legislation that passed in Minnesota this year opens the door for real zones of innovation inside school districts -- schools that can be different from the others by exercising unprecedented autonomy -- as well as a state-level body to promote and protect more innovating work in schools.Minnesota pioneered first public school choice, then the idea of chartered schools. Now comes a blockbuster breakthrough. Curt Johnson explain...
3M is famous for its innovation -- but can the principles and processes it uses be applied to our public policy challenges? Alex Cirillo, Vice President for Community Affairs at 3M, talks about how we can apply the lessons learned in his business to policymaking at the first of the Citizens League's Imagination Works events.
Video of event held by the Citizens League, February 27, 2009 at the Wilder Foundation in St. Paul, MNOver 2007 and 2008, the Citizens League's Study Committee on Immigration and Higher Education drew up recommendations to address this need. At this event, Citizens League members involved with the study discussed what students, families, schools, government, and all of us should do to reduce the barriers to higher education for immigrant students in MinnesotaWith: Matt Musel, member of the stu...
Click here to continue to Part 2. Video of event held by the Citizens League, February 27, 2009 at the Wilder Foundation in St. Paul, MNOver 2007 and 2008, the Citizens League's Study Committee on Immigration and Higher Education drew up recommendations to address this need. At this event, Citizens League members involved with the study discussed what students, families, schools, government, and all of us should do to reduce the barriers to higher education for immigrant students in MinnesotaW...