Unless you’re a teacher, the concept of the ‘summer slide’ may be foreign to you. It’s the phenomena that sees student learning and retention regress over the summer months when they’re not in school. It’s a real thing, and new studies suggest[...]
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Minot Fire Department managing turnover with new training
Minot’s Fire Department has a lot of new faces. From retirements to firefighters pursuing opportunities in other places, the turnover rate has been higher than wanted in recent years. And one solution to keeping Minot and our first-responders safe and satisfied with[...]
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Inside X, the Moonshot Factory Racing to Build the Next Google
No, this isn’t the lead-in to an algebra joke. ‘X’ is the name of Google’s research and development factory — the place where the test out radical ideas to see if they can become viable companies. One of those, Loon, was the[...]
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Harvey investing in streets and infrastructure
With the help of an infrastructure loan program through the Bank of North Dakota paid back by local property taxes, the town of Harvey is making a big investment in improving their streets and infrastructure. The $7.5 million project will go on[...]
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We Need to Design the Learning Ecosystem of the Future
How do you train someone for a job that doesn’t exist yet? Whether educators know it or not, this is their job. The world is changing and pace that’s increasing exponentially, and our students will need the tools and the know how[...]
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How to Create a School Culture Where Teachers Lead Innovation
With Minot Public Schools contract negotiations at an impasse in Minot, it’s obvious that we’re going to have some disgruntled teachers. And it’s those circumstances that make ideas that motivate and empower our classroom directors — outside of pay — even more[...]
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EPA officials visit ND for Grain Growers Association’s 25th E-Tour | Agweek
What do you get when you put a bunch of common-sense North Dakota farmers on a bus with a bunch of Washington bureaucrats? No, this isn’t a set-up for a joke — it’s a real-life news story, and the meeting happened not-far[...]
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There’s No Limit to Longevity, Says Study Reviving Human Lifespan Debate
How old is old? Depending on how youthful our spirit is, we’d all probably answer that question differently. But biologically speaking, there may be fewer to limits the upper reaches than we might assume. Scientific American has the article the sparks the[...]
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County to try oil field brine for road dust control
An age-old problem in gravel-road country in getting a new take on an old solution. Dealing with dust and maintaining country roads — especially those traveled heavily during temporary uses like mining gravel — is an ongoing challenge. To address it, the[...]
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To help poor Americans live longer, doctors are copying Rwanda, Ethiopia, and Brazil
What does a health care delivery model that’s working in some of the poorest parts of Africa have to do with health care in one of the wealthiest countries in the world? Everything when you acknowledge that the conditions on the reservations[...]
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Great minds don’t think alike: How creativity and cognitive diversity fuel business greatness
Creativity is the straw that stirs the drink that makes the organization successful. So say 1,500 CEOs interviewed for an IBM study. It seems like the value of the artists and the not-so-standard thinkers is on the rise and gaining respect in[...]
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Physics can explain human innovation and enlightenment
Have you ever had an object in your way but because it was always there or because you were used to where it sat, you walked around it? Or imagine a large obstruction being removed from a fast flowing river; everything is[...]
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Pedestrian friendly pop-up project planned for Bismarck’s Fifth and Main
How do you test a new street design focused on making streets more pedestrian friendly before dishing out the dollars to build the improvements? It’s simple, put the improvements in place with temporary measures. And Bismarck is hosting just such an event.[...]
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Minnesota power company looks to study big battery concept in South Dakota
One of the downsides of wind energy is there are times when it produces power that it isn’t demanded. That creates a storage problem. A Minnesota-based power company is looking to store that energy by pumping Missouri River water uphill where it can[...]
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The untold good news story of America today; rise of the local political class
This is Minot. The optimism shaping American towns and cities is overwhelming the national political negativity. The article is rich with quotes, here’s one: “So we are about to see a burst of institutional innovation and private investment in the US which[...]
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And for our next magic trick…
Magic. How do you define it? It’s a more important Minot question than you might guess. First, we are the ‘Magic’ City. When the Great Northern Railroad finished its 1886 construction season and stopped for the winter, it stopped in our valley.[...]