What happens when you have everything, and it doesn’t make you happy? Tom Bloch had a wonderful family, wealth, and health. He was CEO of his family’s tax preparation business, the nationally known H&R Block Company. But as he explains in a new book, “Stand for the Best,” he “decided to follow a higher calling: teaching math to inner city kids.”
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As we near the beginning of a new school year, the recent release of test scores has some parents puzzled and some educators exasperated. Many people have contacted me with questions and frustrations. Here’s a brief response to three of the most frequently asked questions:
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There’s a radio ad that insists, “When banks compete, you win.” I think that’s true in education too – but when schools, districts and other groups cooperate as well as compete, students and families also win.
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Something strange is going on: When only 28 percent of Forest Lake’s 11th graders passed the state’s math test, and only 34 percent of 11th graders statewide passed the reading test, we have a large problem.
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North Lakes Academy and Lakes International Language Academy in Forest Lake and Trio Wolf Creek in Lindstrom are part of a fascinating, little noticed trend in Minnesota public education. Thousands of families are shifting their youngsters from district to charter public schools. Last year, for the first time, more students attended charters in communities like Forest Lake and Lindstrom, than in Minneapolis or St. Paul.
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Anoka veteran teacher Kevan Nitzberg and Deanna Gotschall, a younger music teacher from Forest Lake agree.
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