May 23, 1990 -
June 4, 1990 - Theodore Sizer, professor of education at Brown University and chair of the Coalition of Essential Schools, speaking to an audience of educators at the University of Minnesota. Sizer’s address was on the topic of school reform.
June 4, 1990 - Joyce Epstein, of the Johns Hopkins University Center for Research on Elementary and Middle Schools, speaking at Parental Involvement in Public Schools Conference held at the University of Minnesota. Epstein spoke about her research on parental involvement in the schools.
June 13, 1990 -
August 27, 1990 - Garland Wright, artistic director of the Guthrie Theater, gives an address at a conference for educators held at the Guthrie entitled: "Myth, History and Truth on Stage."
September 14, 1990 -
September 24, 1990 -
October 4, 1990 -
October 10, 1990 - Jon Grunseth, I-R candidate for governor; and Rudy Perpich, incumbent DFL governor of Minnesota, speaking to the endorsing convention of the SHOW Minnesota Education Association. Grunseth and Perpich shared their differing views on education issues and answered audience questions. Following debate, program presents a Mainstreet Radio education report.
October 11, 1990 - Midday presents a Mainstreet Radio special broadcast on rural schools…both their problems and successes. John Biewan visits Rothsay, a small western Minnesota town. People in Rothsay say their school, far from being a dinosaur, should serve as a model for education reform.