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Creating Pathways for Educators
The Minneapolis Foundation is proud to support the MPS + St. Thomas Teacher Residency through our Reimagine Education initiative. Watch this video and see the important work being done to break down barriers for staff in Minneapolis Public Schools.
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You can’t understand our state without understanding the important contributions of Indigenous communities, today and throughout our history.- Jo-Anne Stately
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Investing in Leadership and Literacy
Our approach to our education work is multi-pronged, mixing research, grants, advocacy, and partnerships. In listening to our partners, we have identified two themes that organize much of our work today: Leadership and literacy.
We need to build an education system that works for each and every child. Through research, learning collectives, grantmaking, co-investment, and more, we are pursuing equity in education.
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Grants Awarded to Advance Equity
The Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation of Minnesota awarded $321,000 in grants to advance economic empowerment and education equity in North Minneapolis.
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First Round of Reimagine Education Grants Awarded
We awarded $1.44 million to 27 local organizations that are doing innovative work to advance equity in Minnesota’s K-12 education system.
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Unveiling a New Grant Opportunity
Under our new Framework, we are offering two new grant opportunities: Reimagine Education and Racial and Economic Justice.
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Reimagine Education Grants
We have developed a new request for proposals and grant guidelines for our Reimagine Education initiative.
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Striving for Success
In 2019, we sponsored a survey and listening sessions with principals from across Minnesota to learn more about their training and experiences.
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Doing Distance Learning Better
This article digs into how schools and districts can improve their distance learning efforts during the pandemic.
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Parent Family Distance Learning
This virtual town hall featured a panel of parents from Minneapolis and surrounding suburbs to discuss a Summer 2020 survey on distance learning.
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Reimagine Education COVID-19
Dr. Michael Rodriguez, R.T. Rybak, and Patrice Relerford discuss a new report that tackles education equity in the age of COVID-19.
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Parent/Family Distance Learning Survey
This survey summary highlights diverse families’ experiences in shifting to distance learning as a result of COVID-19.
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We have been asking students, parents, community members, school leaders, and researchers what is working—and what isn’t working—in our schools. This collective input has led to a roadmap to help transform our K-12 education system to benefit all students.
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