May, 2011 Archive

Schools notebook: $13 million pledged to schools

By Dylan Thomas, Southwest Journal
Mon May 16, 2011

Four of the state’s marquee corporations pledged more than $13 million over the next three years to Minneapolis Public Schools in May.

A Major Boost for Minneapolis Schools

Star Tribune Editorial
Sun May 08, 2011

Four area businesses announced a collaboration that holds promise to make an even greater impact on Minneapolis kids.For the first time, Target, Cargill, General Mills and Medtronic wisely joined forces to provide a total of more than $13 million in grants to the Minneapolis district. The sound reasoning behind the effort is that together, business foundations can do much more than they can separately.

Cynics aside, $13M gift will turn more kids into readers

By John Tevin, Star Tribune
Tue May 03, 2011

I opened my door Tuesday morning to a headline in my newspaper that was a pleasant surprise: Four Minnesota corporations had joined forces to give the Minneapolis school system $13 million to help with early childhood literacy and improve science and math proficiency among young students.