K-12 TV Episode #65

Taping Date: 8/18/08

^{In the first segment, MDE Commissioner Alice Seagren interviews Wendy Behrens, MDE Gifted/Talented Education Specialist, and Greg Thompson, student at Rochester High School and winner of the 2008 Scholar of Distinction award in science.  They discuss the Minnesota Scholars of Distinction Program and Greg talks about his winning project.  In the second segment, Commissioner Seagren talks with Virginia McFerran, Education Specialist at the Perpich Center for Arts Education; Kent Knutson, Theater Director at Minnetonka High School; and Katy Knutson, 2005 Scholar of Distinction winner in theater arts, who talks about the process for submitting a project portfolio for the competition.}