BY JEFFREY JUUL
In this economy, even the surest of dreams can easily be dashed. For her whole life, Mary Schmitt knew she wanted to be teacher.
“This sounds cheesy but I’ve wanted to teach my whole life. I have been playing teacher in my bedroom since I was in second grade.”
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In a Tough Job Market, This College Grad Landed at the Head of a Class
Local Charter Schools Take Extra Hits in a Tough Financial Year
BY KAITLIN MUTH
“It’s a considerable challenge,” says Simon Tyler, director of the Northfield School of Arts and Technology (ARTech). “We’re going to need to borrow money,” adds Nalani McCutcheon, the executive director of the Cannon River STEM School in Faribault.
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In a College Town, a Thriving School for Seniors (Retired, That is)
BY DEBBIE WONG
A yearning for learning
On a recent sunny Wednesday afternoon, I found myself, a 19-year-old college student, listening to a psychology lecture with 13 other students. Nothing unusual about that, of course, except that every one of the students was over 50.
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From Students with Disabilities, Stories of Effort, Empathy and ‘the Stubbornness not to Die’
Sam Dunnewold, a Carleton sophomore, speaks at "This Is My Story." Photo courtesy of Veasey Conway.
BY MAIA RODRIGUEZ
When Sarah Carter was first tested in grade school for a possible learning disability, the test results were disappointing – she had dyslexia. But even more disappointing in some ways was the response of the school...
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Paul Thissen, Campaigning for Governor at Carleton, Says Economic Security is Top Issue
Gubernatorial candidate Paul Thissen talks with Carleton student Yoni Blumberg
BY LEAF ELHAI
Two days after Minnesotans went to the polls on Nov. 3 to elect a new slate of local officials, one politician, DFL Rep. Paul Thissen, was still hard on the campaign trail.
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A New Teacher Takes a New Approach to “English as a Second Language” in Northfield
BY KATE MCDONALD
Like many of the students he teaches, Ruben Alvarez knows what it’s like to move around.
As the child of migrant workers Alvarez’s family moved back and forth from Texas to Minnesota, year after year, following the sugar beet crop. It wasn’t until he was in the 10th grade that Alvarez’s family settled...
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Mayor’s Youth Council Bridges Student-Adult Divide
BY HYE MI AHN
Teenagers commonly believe that adults are out of touch with them. High schools especially can feel like insular worlds unto themselves, and Northfield High School isn’t any different.
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Gao Hong’s Northfield: Chinese, Culture and Community
BY DEBBIE WONG
On one of the coldest days of autumn so far, I headed to the basement of the Carleton College Concert Hall to practice the piano, and to seek a refuge from the outdoor chill.
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Northfield College Students Go Back to School — As Teachers
BY LEAF ELHAI
Who said you had to be a kid to go to elementary school?
For the past twelve years, college students from Carleton and St. Olaf colleges in Northfield have been doing just that – albeit as teachers not students — as part of the “Northfield Reads and Counts” program.
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