Minnesota’s enviable but temporary projected budget surplus must be applied first to investing in our increasingly diverse workforce, easily the most important resource on which ...
Read More »Value of higher education is underrated, not overrated
The bottom-line statistical evidence remains overwhelmingly strong about the advantage to individuals and to the rest of society.
Read More »Dayton’s moves mesh with equity movement
Gov. Mark Dayton, the equivalent to the CEO of Minnesota’s public sector, was refreshingly candid last week in front of all the private-sector CEOs at ...
Read More »Future workforce needs equity, education
Minnesota citizens absolutely need more education and skills, particularly in those sectors and fields that are paying the most and growing the fastest.
Read More »Future shock: Imagine these dire predictions in 1995
Imagine a wild-eyed futurist getting up in front of a crowd of Minnesota business and education leaders in 1995, and boldly making these three outlandish predictions.
Read More »Some signs of economic fairness emerge from session
Here are some important fronts where progress was made on an equity agenda for Minnesota.
Read More »Partnerships for ‘our kids’ deserve support
Both the urban neighborhood partnerships and the more regional Greater Minnesota partnerships are each part of much larger national networks that are gaining ground in many states.
Read More »Workforce equity requires top priority
By 2040, about 40 percent of the Twin Cities metropolitan area workforce will be people of color and our state and region will not stay strong economically with racial disparities.
Read More »Every Hand Joined helps students succeed
Red Wing is aggressively getting its act together for an increasingly diverse and disadvantaged young population, all under the banner of a new organization called Every Hand Joined.
Read More »Creating pathways to the workforce
We ought to consider guaranteeing to all Minnesota youth access to a meaningful postsecondary certificate or degree, with multiple pathways to the most relevant and employable skills and credentials.
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