Star Tribune and Minneapolis School District partnered to create a newspaper-based curriculum designed for middle school students. It's a newspaper-based curriculum modeled after the grade level expectations of the Minneapolis School District and the Minnesota Standards. Teachers receive sets of newspapers twice per week in their classrooms and four Kids WIN workshops throughout the year focus on district initiatives and volunteer support. Insights in Ink Insights in Ink, an editorial writing and cartooning program for Minnesota students in grades 4-12, is designed to provide young people with skills and opportunities to voice their opinions. The program runs December - May, culminating with the publication of student work in a special tab inserted in the newspaper.
Teachers receive a curriculum guide and training.
If you can imagine it, you can do it. That's the premise behind the Imagination Fund, which provides money directly to teachers and students involved in innovative educational and community service programs. In September 1999, all public school teachers in Minneapolis and St. Paul were mailed an application. Bobby, an Imagination Fund Youth Service Mini-Grant recipient, and his friends beautified a courtyard at Park Crest Baptist Care Center. Minneapolis and St. Paul teachers, public school buildings, and community agencies were sent application forms for distribution to students.