Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• A primer on schools and money
  When Minnesotans go to vote on Tuesday, many will see school funding referenda and school board candidates on the ballot. How is Minnesota's K-12 education funding system working?11:00 a.m.
  Guests
  Sean Kershaw: Executive director of the Minnesota Citizen's League.
  Scott Croonquist: Executive director of the Association of Metropolitan School Districts.
  Mark Buesgens: Minnesota state representative, R-Jordan. Buesgens is a former public school teacher and administrator. He is now academic director of the St. Paul Conservatory for Performing Arts.
  More from MPR
  Feelings strong on boths sides of school levy debates (11/04/2007)
  Schools warn of budget shortfalls (10/17/2007)
  Schools say they were unfairly labeled as underperforming (10/03/2007)
  St. Paul schools try to close the achievement gap (10/03/2007)
  Resources
  The Citizens League
• Wanted: Parents
  Every year, more than 24,000 American young people in foster care "age out." Many foster kids who have not found permanent families by age 18 wind up on the streets. A new American RadioWorks documentary follows two teens as they search for a family to adopt them before time runs out.12:00 p.m.
  Guests
  Michelle Chalmers: Coordinator of the Homecoming Project, a Minnesota Department of Human Services initiative to increase the adoption of adolescents.
  Erin Sullivan-Sutton: Director of the Minnesota Department of Human Services' Division of Child Safety and Permanency.
  Mark Courtney: Professor of social work at the University of Washington and executive director of Partners for Our Childen. Dr. Courtney studies young people who age out of foster care.
  Chris and Amanda: Two of the children featured in "Wanted: Parents."
  More from MPR
  More on this American RadioWorks documentary
  American RadioWorks producer talks about the new documentary - (11/05/2007)
  Resources
  Discuss Teen Adoption online

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