June 28, 1991 - MPR’s profiles Choua Lee, a Hmong woman running for the St. Paul School Board. Lee says her main concerns are minority students, in particular the grouping of these students into separate tracks in curriculum. She also sees the need for Hmong parents to be more active greater community decisions.
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September 6, 1991 - Mainstreet Radio’s Leif Enger profiles the Delavan Agriscience Elementary School, the state's first magnet elementary to build its entire curriculum around the farm. The project grew out of a planning grant from the Center for School Change.
September 10, 1991 - Suzanna Sherry, faculty member of the University of Minnesota Law School, shares her insights on watching the Supreme Court confirmation hearings of judge Clarence Thomas.
September 15, 1991 - MPR presents the documentary “Learning the White People Way: A Documentary Essay on the History of Federal Indian Boarding Schools.” It is narrated and co-written by Ted Mahto, a Native American from the Red Lake band of Chippewa in northern Minnesota. Mahto reflects on his experience at boarding schools in Pipestone, Minnesota and Flandreau, South Dakota.