Becky Dernbach
Education Reporter at Sahan Journal
Reporting on education in Minnesota's immigrant communities @SahanJournal. Rhymes with "Sherlock." She/her. [email protected]
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1 week ago |
startribune.com | Becky Dernbach
Eight graduates. Six musical performances. Three languages. The 2025 graduating class at Sejong Academy was small. But enthusiasm from families filled the gym earlier this month. Students performed K-pop dances and sang lyrics to K-pop songs they had written themselves. The school's Korean Music Ensemble offered performances in both seoljanggu, or drumming, and samul nori, an ensemble of traditional percussion instruments.
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2 weeks ago |
sahanjournal.com | Becky Dernbach
Eight graduates. Six musical performances. Three languages. The 2025 graduating class at Sejong Academy was small. But enthusiasm from families filled the gym. Students performed K-pop dances and sang lyrics to K-pop songs they had written themselves. The school’s Korean Music Ensemble offered performances in both seoljanggu, or drumming, and samulnori, an ensemble of traditional percussion instruments.
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1 month ago |
startribune.com | Becky Dernbach
Minneapolis Public Schools plans to restore some funding to the Office of Latine Achievement, following public outcry over proposed budget cuts. But the district still plans to follow through on its cuts to the Office of Black Student Achievement, despite pushback from students and some school board members. The cuts come as Minneapolis Public Schools grapples with a $75 million budget deficit.
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1 month ago |
sahanjournal.com | Becky Dernbach
A University of Minnesota graduate student who has been in custody for nearly two months, despite an immigration judge dismissing the case against him, will be released today following an order from a federal judge. In an order issued late Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Bryan found that the government’s continued detention of Doğukan Günaydın, a Turkish citizen studying for a STEM MBA at the University of Minnesota, violated his due process rights under the Fifth Amendment.
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1 month ago |
startribune.com | Becky Dernbach
Joletta Edwards knows firsthand that school staffers don't always know what homeless students need. She recalled the moment when a staffer came into her son's classroom, introduced herself as the caseworker in charge of the program for homeless students and asked for her son by name - in front of all his classmates. "The next call I got was them trying to get him to come out of the bathroom because he was in there crying," Edwards said.
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RT @SahanJournal: Update: University of Minnesota student Doğukan Günaydın walked free on Thursday, after nearly two months in ICE custody.…
RT @SahanJournal: University of Minnesota graduate student Doğukan Günaydın, who has been in ICE custody for nearly two months, will be rel…
