Tag: public education

• Music and the Arts (30 Days of Gratitude: Day 14)

  What are your career plans? Have you secured an internship? What’s the pay scale for graduates in that major? All important questions, but just as important are things like music, the arts, thinking critically, and expanding your horizons by studying subjects unrelated to your chosen vocation. I was reminded of these broader concerns when I…

  Kat at travelgardeneat

  11/14/2017

  Gratitude, Life

  arts, critical thinking, learning, liberal arts, music, public education

• An Open Letter to our Local School District

    Dear Superintendent Gronseth and ISD 709 School Board members: The Duluth News Tribune article “Denfeld Student Sings to Protest Dropping of Spanish Class” initially prompted my drafting of this open letter. I suspect that many voters supporting the levy referendum last November may have voted differently if they had known cuts in critical programming…

  Kat at travelgardeneat

  05/17/2014

  Life

  academic rigor, achievement gap, arts, Duluth, education, funding, Minnesota, music, public education, public schools, student success