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What the words say: Why so many kids don't understand what they read

What the words say: Why so many kids don't understand what they read

The goal of reading instruction is for children to understand what they read. The question is: How do they get there?

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Hear President Joe Biden's first formal news conference

Hear President Joe Biden's first formal news conference

President Joe Biden held the first formal news conference of his presidency Thursday. Listen to the full news conference here.
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Michael Sandel on contributing to the common good

Michael Sandel on contributing to the common good

Michael Sandel speaks at the Institute for Freedom and Community at St. Olaf College about his book, “The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good?”
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Humankind documentary: Ida B. Wells' Battle to Uncover the Truth

Humankind documentary: Ida B. Wells' Battle to Uncover the Truth

Born into slavery, Ida B. Wells became a ground-breaking investigative reporter in the 1890s exposing the domestic terrorism practiced by white supremacists. This Humankind special tells the true story of a fearless journalist, whose life was threatened while she revealed the truth.
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Intelligence Squared debate: Is it time for slavery reparations?

Intelligence Squared debate: Is it time for slavery reparations?

A top aide to President Joe Biden recently said that the White House will “start acting now” on reparations for African Americans. Some say it’s long overdue. Reparations, they say, are important to start to address the moral injury slavery inflicted. Others say direct payments to African Americans will divide the Black community, exaggerate racial tensions and prove impossible to administer.
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Health economist Len Nichols on the ongoing need for health reform and equity

Health economist Len Nichols on the ongoing need for health reform and equity

In a year-long global pandemic, people are more concerned than ever with their own health care, and how to afford it. And many people are concerned about making it affordable to everyone. Health economist Len Nichols has been working on this for close to three decades, and he shared his ideas at a recent University of Minnesota Humphrey School event.
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How the pandemic can reinvent schools and learning

How the pandemic can reinvent schools and learning

Keynote speakers from the Global Minnesota’s International Day of Education event in January: California’s Linda Darling-Hammond and Audrey Azoulay of UNESCO.
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Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty on the future of the GOP

Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty on the future of the GOP

Former Republican Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty speaks at a University of Minnesota Humphrey School event about the future of the GOP.
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