House Holding Hearings.  With the special session in the rear-view mirror (and perhaps another one on the horizon), the Minnesota House education-related committees are holding hearings to gain perspectives on how schools, students, and families fared during this Spring's distance-learning period.  Today's hearing featured testimony from students, parents, and community groups and centered on the challenges experienced, especially in communities of color and low-income households that characteristically face greater barriers to achievement.  It was a very impressive and impassioned set of witnesses and I urge everyone who has never had the opportunity to listen to Sondra Samuels, the director of the Northside Achievement Zone in Minneapolis, to tune in to the hearing at the link I've provided and listen in.  Samuels always does a wonderful job.

Education committees examine the report card on distance learning

The YouTube episode of the hearing is midway down in the story.  Tomorrow (Thursday), the House Education Finance Division will be hearing from a variety of school support groups (social workers, counselors, transportation providers).