Latino students experience academic achievement gaps in Minnesota schools. Community organizations are referring to MMEP’s 2009 State of Students of Color & American Indian Students report for data.

Amanda Ziebell-Finley, program director, MMEP shares results of College Access Challenge Grant for 2009-10 academic year

MinnPost.com solicits comments from Executive Director Carlos Mariani Rosa, and Shawn Lewis, African American Males in Education Advisor regarding high school graduation rates of black and white males.

MMEP’s Jennifer Godinez and Growth & Justice’s Matt Kane respond to Mitch Pearlstein editorial (“Maybe fewer people should go to college,” Aug. 15, 2010).

September 2010: Carlos Mariani Rosa, executive director, MMEP, has been invited to be a guest blogger for LearnmoreMN.org. Carlos’ blog will appear in September. The LearnmoreMN blog features the voices of community members, sharing their perspectives about school success and the educational challenges we face in Minnesota. Subscribe to the blog’s feed today so you do not miss out!

Aug. 17, 2010: Nadine Haley, associate professor, Metropolitan State University and MMEP Board Member has been appointed to the Committee on Research and Dissemination for the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE).

MMEP’s own Associate Director Jennifer Godinez is one of two thought leader’s shaping questions for those who vie for leadership in Minnesota.

President Barack Obama spoke at the University of Texas today about setting a specific goal of producing eight million more college graduates by 2020. For the president, this is a vitally important objective in order to rebuild our economy.

Carlos Mariani Rosa, executive director, MMEP, participated as a panelist at the Minnesota Assessment Conference presented by the Minnesota Department of Education [MDE].

MMEP has agreed to collaborate with the Minnesota Department of Education [MDE] to build statewide capacity to support effective, sustainable and coordinated dropout prevention and reentry programs in middle schools and high schools with dropout rates that exceed the state average.

Carlos Mariani Rosa, executive director, MMEP, comments on new data about income, education and race. “Change in Income by Education Level, by Race in Minnesota,” Minnesota Private College Council

Carlos Mariani Rosa, executive director, MMEP, was appointed to the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities [MnSCU] Search Advisory Committee.

Trustees of The Minneapolis Foundation informed MMEP that the organization is the recipient of a grant from the B.C. Gamble and P.W. Skogmo Fund for $70,000.

MinnPost.com solicits comments from Executive Director Carlos Mariani Rosa regarding closing graduation gap for minority students.

Recently, at the request of the editorial board, I submitted a counterpoint to an opinion piece featured in USA Today....it is important for me to acknowledge that it is also my position as executive director of MMEP, which has afforded me the opportunity to be an influential actor in setting education policy at the state level.