Rodriguez featured in Pioneer Press editorial on U’s work to close achievement gaps

RodriguezM-2015Michael Rodriguez, professor in quantitative methods in education in the Department of Educational Psychology, was recently featured in a Pioneer Press editorial, “St. Paul: A tailored, local approach to our school gap.”

The editorial highlights how Rodriguez’s role as the University’s Campbell Leadership Chair in Education and Human Development and his St. Paul upbringing “position Rodriguez to assess efforts to close the gap overall, and in our hometown (St. Paul).”

In the editorial, Rodriguez describes the University’s focus on educational equity as “really understanding the context in which kids come to the classroom and being able to tailor our practice and our work so that we meet the local need.”

Read the full editorial in the Pioneer Press.