Minnesota Business Partnership

	Governor Pawlenty met with the Partnership’s Executive Committee on June 25 to discuss the state budget and long-term, structural reforms that would put Minnesota in position to address challenges and take advantage of opportunities created by globalization of the economy and demographic changes in Minnesota.
	Members of the Partnership, the Itasca Project and the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce met June 29 with a dozen corporate, community and family foundations to provide an overview of “Minnesota’s Future: World-Class Schools, World-Class Jobs” and discuss initial progress on plans to implement recommendations in the report. More.
	Check out the National Civic Summit, July 16-19 at the Minneapolis Hilton. The Summit, presented by the Citizens League and Target, is designed to help organizations learn how to use new social media tools to advance civic their civic goals. The Summit coincides with the National Association of Secretaries of State conference in Minneapolis.

		Project DIVA connects caring adults who act as mentors with girls planning where their lives will take them. Project Diva and others take part in Wired for 2020 event.	April 20, 2009 Minneapolis Star Tribune

		A business boost for K-12 education	March 17, 2009 Minneapolis Star Tribune

		What's worse, a tough test or a free pass?	March 14, 2009 Minneapolis Star Tribune

		Educators: International test scores prove school standards work in Minnesota	December 10, 2008 St. Paul Pioneer Press

		Minnesota students now world-class in math and science	December 10, 2008 Minneapolis Star Tribune