With tweaks to the plan for the self-directed academy, the board is ready for a first reading of the new plan that will dramatically alter the landscape for Fargo Public Schools.
Darcy Bakkegard is a co-founder of the Educators' which provides personalized, relevant professional development; Dave Thompson reviews the news and Matt Olien reviews "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes."
Thursday, October 6, 2022 - In an update from the Prairie Public Education department we hear about a continuing education opportunity for teachers called “Amplifying Student Voices.” We visit with Darcy Bakkegard and Tim Wollenzien. ~~~ Tom Isern has this week’s Plains Folk essay, “Taking a Bite Out of a Ground Apple.” ~~~ Louise Erdrich’s book “The Night Watchman” is being featured this month in a One Book, One community reading project, and she’ll be appearing at an author event Thursday, Oct. 27 that will also be streamed live online. We share an interview from 2020 as Erdrich visits with NPR’s Scott Simon. ~~~ Sue Balcom joins us to discuss green tomatoes – ripening, frying, chutney and more.• The author event will be streamed live at https://www.concordiacollege.edu/streaming/and at https://video.ibm.com/channel/concordia-college