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Daniel Shaw

Minneapolis, Minnesota
Commenter for
1 year 8 weeks

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Posted on 04/24/13 at 07:13 pm in response to Speaker Steve Perry provokes heated exchange on education reform

I don't assume that Lynnell Mickelsen and fellow union bashers are supporters or Supt. Johnson. However, I do wonder that she doesn't examine some data and ask a few hard questions of MPS administration, especially when it comes to serving children in poverty and closing the achievement gap. Here are a couple of answers to those unasked questions:

In south Minneapolis, two schools with over 90% of their students living in poverty have close to 1 in 5 children who are homeless or...

Posted on 05/04/12 at 07:31 pm in response to Sister Brigid McDonald calls Vatican's reprimand of U.S. nuns group a 'misuse of power'

One of the takeaways I retain from my Catholic upbringing was captured by one of the 'folk' songs sung in the days when the church was making an effort to be more inclusive. "They will know we are Christians by our love..."

I find the work of Sr. Brigid and her companions to retain the spirit of that notion far better than the rumblings of a man whose institution tolerated and hid the abuse of children for decades. Thank you for an inspiring article about a woman of courage and...