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If you've read the latest issue of the Rural Minnesota Journal (or even if you haven't), please join us for the Rural Minnesota Forum, the Center for Rural Policy and Development's newest venue for the discussion and debate of issues and policies of significance to rural Minnesota.
Every Rural Minnesota Forum follows each new issue of the Rural Minnesota Journal, giving everyone an opportunity to engage with many of the authors and other experts featured and discuss with them the issues presented in the Journal.
The subject of the first Rural Minnesota Forum will be "Educating Rural Minnesota's Children," based on the latest issue of the Rural Minnesota Journal, which was released Sept. 5 and is now available by mail or on our web site. Some of the topics for this one-day forum include enrollment trends in Greater Minnesota, closing the gap on educational disparities, educational funding, early childhood education, and alternative educational models (Tentative agenda).
The forum will take place at:
The Crowne Plaza
(formerly Radisson Riverfront)
11 E. Kellogg Blvd. • St. PaulRegistration: $40 non-CRPD members • $25 CRPD members
Please join us for "Educating Rural Minnesota's Children." We are currently taking registrations. Click to download and print out a registration form, or click here to register online.
To register by mail, send checks payable to:
Center for Rural Policy and Development
600 S. Fifth St., Suite 211
St. Peter, MN 56082By fax: (507) 934-7704
By phone: Call us at (507) 934-7700 or toll free at (877) RURALMN.
Agenda: Educating Rural Minnesota's Children
Nov. 15, 2006, Crowne Plaza, St. Paul
8 a.m.: Registration and Continental Breakfast 9 a.m.: Welcome to the Rural Minnesota Forum
Opening Remarks
9:15: Keynote Address: “The Value of Small Rural Schools” 10 a.m.: Enrollment Trends in Rural Minnesota 10:30: Morning Break 10:45: Concurrent Sessions
• Closing the Gap on Educational Disparities
• Funding Issues for Rural SchoolsNoon: Lunch 1 p.m.: Concurrent Sessions
• New School Models in Minnesota
• Early Childhood Education Policies2:15: Afternoon Break 2:30: Policy Panel: Rural Education and the 2007 Legislative Session
A discussion of the issues and opportunities for the 2007 session,
immediately followed by closing commentsNote: Complete list of speakers and Session Moderators to come
We would like to thank our sponsors of the Rural Minnesota Forum on Education:
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Center for Rural Policy and Development
600 S. Fifth St., Suite 211
St. Peter, Minn. 56082
(507) 934-7700
(877) RURALMN (toll free)
(507) 934-7704 (fax)
crpd@ruralmn.org
