Students, science teachers study Superior up close
This article originally appeared in the Duluth News-Tribune on Wednesday, July 9, 1997
by Tom Wilkowske
It’s a big, cold, lake, a vital source of fresh water, a glacial puddle.
But Lake Superior is also a community, as a group of 30 parents, teachers and students will learn on a two-week trip around the lake that started in Duluth Tuesday.
Fourteen students — from Duluth; Proctor; Superior; Coleraine; Cook County; Ashland; Ontonagon, Mich.; Ironwood, Mich.; Terrace Bay, Ont.; and Thunder Bay, Ont. — already know a few things about the lake they live near.
Some Duluth students walk in bitterest of winter winds
Note: this article originally appeared Jan. 8, 1999 in the Duluth News Tribune. Shortly after the article ran, Duluth school and transit officials created a program to get free city bus passes for students living within two miles of Central High School.
by Tom Wilkowske
The air surrounding Todd Baker ‘s tennis shoe-clad feet hovered at 17 degrees below zero as he trudged up through Duluth’s Central Hillside on his way to school Thursday morning.
Education shapes Duluth’s economy
Education expands horizons. It nurtures the spirit and changes lives.
And it amounts to a mountain of economic activity, especially in Duluth, where two four-year colleges snd a host of post-secondary institutions combine with a robust public and private K-12 system to turn out thousands of graduates each year.
Education provides good jobs for teachers, support staff and administrators, and it educates students so they can become more creative, effective employees and entrepreneurs. But it’s more than that.
Educational institutions hire scholars who, besides teaching, fight disease, discover more efficient mining techniques and lift our souls with artistic expression. But it’s more than that.
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