Gubernatorial Debate on P-12 Education (Web)
From Ready 4 K
The Minneapolis Foundation is hosting a special Minnesota Meeting live broadcast featuring a gubernatorial debate on P – 12 education, Thursday, September 23, 2010, 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. This event is co-sponsored by the Itasca Project and the Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi Foundation for Children. The event will be broadcast live on the web from TPT (before a small studio audience) and will also air on a later date. To watch, click here to receive the link.
Gubernatorial Debate on P – 12 Education
Thursday, September 23, 2010
5:00 – 6:00 pm
Major candidates Tom Horner, Tom Emmer, and Mark Dayton have been invited to the debate. And well-known TPT and Minnesota Public Radio personality Cathy Wurzer, will moderate. Each candidate will have the opportunity for opening and closing comments in the context of a free flowing format without timed answers. An advisory committee comprised of the full array of educational interests will prepare questions to be posed to candidates, intermixed with questions from the audience.
The primary objective is to help inform Minnesota’s electorate about each candidate’s vision for Minnesota’s education system by exploring the range of complex issues that influence policies and decisions. We look forward to a dynamic conversation focused on what it will take to move Minnesota forward as a premier education state.
You are also invited to attend a“Candidate Conversation on Early Childhood,” to be held October 5 at 6:30pm in the Weyerhaeuser Chapel at Macalaster College, and hosted by a group of early childhood allies. The conversation will give candidates an opportunity to engage directly with voters. In contrast to a “debate,” each candidate will appear before the audience in turn and discuss strategies for improving the school readiness and healthy development of young children. The event will be recorded and rebroadcast in various media.
If you would like to RSVP, you can do so by clicking here. You are encouraged to share this flier with your networks to promote the event.