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For 12 years, Andre Dukes, MA ’ , has been working in North Minneapolis on issues of child development, and on child welfare issues more broadly since 2006. Currently, he serves as the vice president of family and community impact for the Northside...

Nine years after she received a degree in English, Iris Freeman returned to school, this time to seek a master’s in social work. Her interests and community work were increasingly in the cause of social justice, and as a result of her MSW field...

While listing to public radio a few years ago, David Perrin, MSW ’76, heard that African Americans, men in particular, were 38 percent less likely to drop out of school in the fourth through sixth grade if they had a teacher of color. He found this...

In the fall of 1973, Terry Ganley set foot on the University of Minnesota grounds as a freshman. “My home was in North Minneapolis and I took the MTC number five bus to downtown Minneapolis and transferred to the number 16 bus to campus,” she says...

Ten years ago, CEHD and the Seoul National University of Education (SNUE) in South Korea tried out a new program. SNUE was interested in sending teacher candidates to the United States for professional development. That initial trial run turned...

He was once described as an educational activist in a bow tie. It’s a fairly apt portrait of William Earl “Bill” Gardner, who balanced professionalism with the determination and drive to institute change wherever he found it necessary. Gardner, who...

Learn more about Michael and his vision for the future of CEHD.

Certain people we meet in our careers leave an indelible impression. For Emeritus Professor Frank Wood—and many others across CEHD, the University, and state of Minnesota, Frank Wilderson is that colleague. “Frank was the first Black tenure-track...

For many years, national assessment data has shown that nearly one-third of all fourth-grade students score below proficient levels in reading, meaning they are having trouble comprehending what they read. For many students identified as having...

A research-practice partnership (RPP) is a special kind of collaboration that better aligns the work of researchers with the work of practitioners. Researchers and practitioners work in tandem to create shared goals to inform program design and...