As Checks & Balances close out 1996, we thought that we’d conquer an issue with significant impact on the future of our state: Education. We sought an article from one of the key players in the legislature and asked state Senator Larry Pogemiller, co-chair of the...
Dr. Michael Hartoonian is a Professor of Education and Liberal Studies at the Graduate School, Hamline University, and Director of The Carey Center on Democratic Capitalism. Michael has written articles for Kappan, Social Education, Theory and Research in Social...
Mr. Kolderie earned his BA from Carleton College and his MPA from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. He has served as a reporter and editor for the Minneapolis Star and Tribune, Executive Director of the Citizens...
Wayne Jennings, Ph.D., is the Chairman for Designs for Learning; the Director for The Institute for Learning and Teaching; the Editor of the newsletter Brain Based Education Networker; an Adjunct professor at the University of St. Thomas; and the Director of St. Paul...
Mr. Tom Nelson has taught for 14 years, mostly in a middle-school environment. He has served 10 years in the Minnesota legislature, six of which as an active member, or chairman of the Education Finance Committee. He served as Minnesota Commissioner of Education for...
