Great River on course
Senior Fellow Joe Nathan is quoted in this story about Great River School, a Minnesota charter school set to offer a full international baccalaureate diploma.
Joe Nathan, director of the Center for School Change at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, praised Great River's effort to blend Montessori and IB into a new model. Great River is one of only 13 Minnesota high schools offering a full IB diploma to its students, according to the state Department of Education.
"I think it's terrific when you see somebody taking two different ideas that have been established and useful and putting them together to create something new," said Nathan, who helped Great River get its start three years ago.
Star Tribune
April 14, 2008
