K-12 TV Episode #71

Taping Date: 5/19/09

^{In In the first segment, guest host Assistant Commissioner Karen Klinzing talks with John Stanoch, Minnesota President of Qwest, regarding their collaborative efforts with the Itasca Project and the Minnesota Business Partnership to devise strategies for helping improve K-12 education in Minnesota; address the achievement gap and improve education outcomes in order to help develop a world-class workforce for our state.  In the second segment, Karen Klinzing continues her discussion with John Stanoch and welcomes Taylor Pettis, STEM Education Program Manager at the Minnesota High Tech Association (MHTA), who talks about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math), the support provided by MHTA and the resources provided through the getSTEM Website.}