Midday

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Minnesota Public Radio Stories

Minnesota students head back to school
As students all over the state head back to school, Midday features President Barack Obama's remarks to school children and a discussion about current education issues in Minnesota.11:00 a.m.
Guests
Tom Dooher: President of Education Minnesota, the state teachers union. Former physical education teacher and coach.
Charlie Kyte: Executive director of the Minn. Association of School Administrators. Former school superintendent and principal, and a physics, chemistry and math teacher.
More from MPR
Pawlenty questions motivation of Obama's school speech (09/04/2009)
U of M offering incoming students advice on financial literacy (09/04/2009)
Mpls. schools plan includes closed schools, fewer magnets, less busing (04/28/2009)
Resources
President Obama's speech to schoolkids
About Charlie Kyte
About Tom Dooher
Why is it so hard to learn how to read?
Three education experts -- a brain scientist, a former U.S. secretary of education, and the head of a reading institute -- discuss why it's so difficult to learn to read, and how we can help kids master the skill. They spoke at the 2009 Aspen Ideas Festival.12:00 p.m.
Guests
Patricia Kuhl: co-director of the University of Washington's Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences and co-author of "The Scientist in the Crib: Minds, Brains, and How Children Learn."
Margaret Spellings: former United States Secretary of Education under President George W. Bush.
Claiborne Barksdale: CEO of Barksdale Reading Institute in Oxford, Mississippi.
More from MPR
Pawlenty questions motivation of Obama's school speech (09/04/2009)
U of M offering incoming students advice on financial literacy (09/04/2009)
Minneapolis schools present new overhaul plan (09/01/2009)
Resources
Aspen Ideas Festival
About Patricia Kuhl
About Margaret Spellings
Barksdale Reading Institute