Arbitrators side with St. Paul Public Schools in disputes over pandemic pay
An arbitrator has ruled in favor of St. Paul Public Schools in a dispute over whether teaching assistants should have received premium pay for working the district’s child care program last summer....
View ArticlePrivacy law stops St. Paul from starting college funds for babies of unwed...
St. Paul’s efforts to provide newborns with college savings accounts are being hampered by a century-old state law that keeps birth records private if the mother is unmarried. College Bound St. Paul...
View ArticleNonprofit wins small battle in lawsuit with the MN Dept. of Education over...
A Minneapolis non-profit last week won a battle in a year-long legal fight with the Minnesota Department of Education over funding for meals for low-income children. Judge John Guthmann of Ramsey...
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Mendota Heights teacher recognized for eco-education program
Growing up, Caroline Little spent her childhood chasing butterflies through prairie grasses and digging in the dirt at her home in Marine on St. Croix. Now, she teaches her students to do the same. “I...
View ArticleTenure struggle ends with Hannah-Jones charting new course
By TOM FOREMAN Jr. and AARON MORRISON WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A Black investigative journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for her groundbreaking work on the bitter legacy of slavery in the U.S....
View ArticlePhotos: With 4 million COVID dead, many kids left behind
By NICOLE WINFIELD Some won’t ever remember the parents they lost because they were too young when COVID-19 struck. Others are trying to keep the memory alive by doing the things they used to do...
View ArticleFirst African American spelling bee champ breezes to win
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Whether dribbling a basketball or identifying obscure Latin or Greek roots, Zaila Avant-garde doesn’t show much stress. Now she has become the first African American winner in...
View ArticleVaccinated teachers and students don’t need masks, CDC says
NEW YORK (AP) — Vaccinated teachers and students don’t need to wear masks inside school buildings, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday in relaxing its COVID-19 guidelines. The...
View ArticleMacalester College expels student a week before graduation, siding with woman...
Having paid more than $500,000 in tuition and fees over 10 years, a former Macalester College student says he was expelled a week before graduation because of what he describes as a “messy break up”...
View ArticleSummer camps hit with COVID outbreaks — are schools next?
The U.S. has seen a string of COVID-19 outbreaks tied to summer camps in recent weeks in places such as Texas, Illinois, Florida, Missouri and Kansas, in what some fear could be a preview of the...
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Moorhead MN parents sue school and State Patrol, alleging cover-up in crash...
MOORHEAD, Minn. — The parents of two Moorhead teenagers who were killed in a 2015 crash on their way to a basketball tournament allege in a federal lawsuit that the boys’ school and a Minnesota State...
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St. Paul Public Schools let white coaches work under family members but...
For the two decades before his 2017 retirement, Harding High School athletics director Gerry Keenan supervised his son, Dean, who coached the boys basketball team. Such an arrangement was common in St....
View ArticleHamline, St. Kate’s join list of schools requiring coronavirus vaccines
Two more St. Paul colleges will require students and staff to get vaccinated against the coronavirus before the fall semester. Hamline University announced its decision Friday, saying anyone on campus...
View ArticleSchools confront more polarization with mask rules for fall
Students in Wichita, Kansas, public schools can ditch the masks when classes begin. Detroit public schools will probably require them unless everyone in a room is vaccinated. In Pittsburgh, masks will...
View ArticleSt. Paul district plans to close some elementary schools, expand preschool as...
With no end in sight to falling enrollment, St. Paul Public Schools plans to begin closing some elementary schools and expanding preschool as early as fall 2022. Given the school board’s blessing in...
View ArticleKids ‘n Kinship seeks volunteer mentors in Dakota County
Kids ‘n Kinship, a Dakota County nonprofit that links children with adult mentors, is in need of volunteers. The program works to foster friendships between children ages 5-16 and adult mentors in the...
View Article‘Stuff the bus’ collects school supplies for Stillwater students
Supplies are being collected for Stillwater Area Schools students during the annual “Stuff the Bus” campaign sponsored by Community Thread and United Way of Washington County-East. Supplies most needed...
View ArticleUW System to offer vaccinated students $7K scholarships
The University of Wisconsin System plans to offer nearly $500,000 in scholarships this fall to students who have been vaccinated against the coronavirus. System President Tommy Thompson said all...
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Critics plan lawsuits against three area institutions for promoting ‘critical...
Critics of “critical race theory” on Monday announced they are filing lawsuits against the Hennepin Healthcare System, the Minnesota Department of Human Services and the Lakeville School District,...
View ArticleSenators, White House in talks to finish infrastructure bill
By LISA MASCARO, ALEXANDRA JAFFE and KEVIN FREKING WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators and the White House were locked in intense negotiations Monday to salvage a bipartisan infrastructure deal, with pressure...
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