MDE

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  Could Popular Music Education Enhance Your Music Program?

  August 19, 2026

  Presenter Mary Claxton introduces participants in Modern Band 101 to a guitar chord

  Approximately 35 music educators participated in a popular music professional development workshop on August 18, 2026, organized through a collaboration of the MN Department of Education,…

  
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  Minnesota Department of Education Assistant Commissioner Visits Perpich Center

  February 15, 2024

  Left to Right: Pasha Khosravi, Board Chair; Dr. Charles Rick, Executive Director; Dr. Wendy Barden, Director of PDR; Bobbie Burnham, MDE Assistant Commissioner; Maggie Loxtercamp (Musical Theater 2024); Rebekah Doyle, Board Member; Rebecca Bullen, Arts High School Principal;…