Edina Public Schools

I'm Anne Brown, your host, president and CEO of the Cook Center for Human Connection.

Today, I am so excited to be joined by Dr. Daniel Bittman, who is the superintendent of Edina Public Schools in Minnesota.

Thanks so much for joining us.

Oh, so excited.

And so Edina is a special place.

Whether you think about athletics and activities, or you think about fine arts, or you think about how our communities have come together with our business community and our families over the years to do amazing work, it is absolutely humbling.

So things happening in Edina Public Schools, we could talk for days, up on days, but some of the unique things that we have, our mission is really about helping kids discover their own possibilities to help them thrive.

And so we have programs like global scholars type programs where our kids are traveling the world, working with people on special projects to make the world a better place.

But just to go back to your point about, like, putting your arms around the community, that is our way.

I mean, Mayor Hovland is in our... [laughs] Like, we have several individuals, you know, wh- whether they're a part of Edina Public School or, you know, they're, they're involved in the community or they're board members or whatever, like, they're, there's so many people that you're like, "Oh, wow, okay.

This is a good pawn move." [laughs]

So many people-