Minnesota & NAZ In the News

• “To fix schools, fix neighborhoods,” by Chris Havens and Gregory Patterson, Star Tribune. February 17, 2010.
• “Northside Achievement Zone,” by Dan Johnson, Kinship Connections. Kinship of Greater Minneapolis. January 21, 2010.
• “Minneapolis homicides — 19 so far — near a record low,” by Matt McKinney, StarTribune. December 29, 2009.
• “MMEP and NAZ leaders visited Harlem Children Zone Conference.” Minnesota Minority Education Partnership (MMEP) website. November 2009.

• The Northside Achievement Zone is cited in “$10-Million Obama Proposal Hopes to Export Success of Harlem Program,” by Suzanne Perry, Chronicle of Philanthropy. October 15, 2009.
• “Peace in the Northside Zone.” NEED Magazine. September 10, 2009.
• “Northside Achievement Zone develops (without Geoffrey Canada),” by Scott Russell, TC Daily Planet. July 1, 2009.
• Opinion piece: “Lesson from the Classroom,” by Lynda McDonnell. June 10, 2009.
• Opinion piece: “The Aggressive Educator,” by Denise Johnson. June 8, 2009.
• “Why did more than 1,000 Minnesotans give Geoffrey Canada a standing ovation?” by Joe Nathan. June 8, 2009.
• “Geoffrey Canada: Here’s how Minnesota can close its achievement gap in schools,” by Lynda McDonnell. May 28, 2009.
• Twin Cities Daily Planet article following the Geoffrey Canada event by Mary Turck. May 28, 2009.
• Reporter’s Notebook article at Twin Cities Daily Planet. May 28, 2009.
• Minnesota Meeting produced by The Minneapolis Foundation, with Geoffrey Canada. (With links to the webcast, audio broadcast, fact sheet, and post-event press release.) May 27, 2009.
• “A Local Model: Northside Achievement Zone,” by Robyn Schein, from At The Table blog of The Minneapolis Foundation. May 22, 2009.