教育部长麦克马洪走访明尼苏达三所学校 「把教育还给各州」之旅抵第44站
美国教育部10月14日发布消息，教育部长琳达·麦克马洪当天走访明尼苏达州，作为其「把教育还给各州」（Returning Education to the States）全国巡访的一站，明尼苏达是这趟五十州之旅的第44站。
麦克马洪的第一站是位于Rochester的公立特许学校大橡树学院（Great Oaks Academy），该校招收幼儿园至十年级学生。她观看了学生合唱团表演和五年级诗歌课，学生们还用拉丁语背诵了效忠誓词，随后她与教师举行圆桌座谈，讨论教学实践。之后她参观达科他县技术学院，实地了解兽医技术、工艺技术和电力线路等面向紧缺行业的实训项目，并与明尼苏达州议员共进午餐、座谈如何把更多教育决策权交还州和地方。当天最后一站是Rochester社区与技术学院，她在联邦众议员布拉德·芬斯塔德和皮特·斯陶伯陪同下参观了牙科模拟、治安官模拟和汽车实训实验室。
麦克马洪在行程中表示：「明尼苏达是『把教育还给各州』之旅的第44站。」她说，真正回应需求的教育体系不能由联邦指令驱动，从基础公民教育、早期读写到高科技医疗与技能实验室，成功来自地方教育工作者和州领导的自主权。
据教育部介绍，这趟五十州巡访旨在听取教师、家长和社区领袖的意见，汇集各地行之有效的做法，编成工具包分发给各州。
（据美国教育部10月14日新闻稿）
Secretary McMahon Tours Three Minnesota Schools as Returning Education to the States Tour Reaches Its 44th Stop
U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon visited Minnesota on October 14 as part of her Returning Education to the States Tour, the U.S. Department of Education announced. Minnesota was the 44th stop on the fifty-state tour.
McMahon began at Great Oaks Academy in Rochester, a public charter school serving students in grades K-10, where she watched a student choir performance and a fifth-grade poetry class, heard the Pledge of Allegiance recited in Latin, and joined a teachers' roundtable on instructional practices. She then toured Dakota County Technical College, observing programs in veterinary technology, process technology and electrical linework that prepare students for in-demand industries, and sat down with members of the Minnesota State Legislature for a lunch roundtable on returning more education decision-making to the state and local levels. She ended the day at Rochester Community and Technical College alongside U.S. Representatives Brad Finstad and Pete Stauber, touring the campus's dental simulation, peace officer simulation and automotive training labs.
"Minnesota is the 44th stop on the Returning Education to the States Tour," McMahon said, adding that a truly responsive education system cannot be driven by federal mandates, and that from foundational civics and early literacy to high-tech medical and trade labs, success happens when local educators and state leaders have the autonomy to match programs to their communities' needs.
According to the department, the fifty-state tour is collecting best practices from teachers, parents and community leaders to compile into a toolkit for distribution to the states.
(Source: U.S. Department of Education press release, October 14)
来源：美国教育部
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图片来源：位于明尼苏达州罗切斯特的罗切斯特社区与技术学院校园航拍，教育部长麦克马洪此行最后一站。图片来源：Wikimedia Commons，Wikideas1 摄，CC0 授权
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