What’s in, and what’s out, as Biden offers scaled-back plan
By JOSH BOAK and KEVIN FREKING WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of talks with Democratic lawmakers, President Joe Biden outlined Thursday a $1.75 trillion framework to support families and education as...
View ArticleMale gymnast sues UMN, claiming sex discrimination in decision to eliminate team
A University of Minnesota gymnast is suing the school for sex discrimination over its decision last year to eliminate the mens gymnastics team. An incoming freshman last year, Evan Ng still was home in...
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CTC’s ‘Annie’ kids talk about how they deal with mean people in real life
The perennially popular stage musical “Annie” is beloved for its message of determination and optimism. Spunky orphan kids overcome a lot of meanness (especially in Miss Hannigan, the cruel keeper of...
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As vote nears on St. Paul school consolidation plan, board members are...
In February 2020, the vote was 7-0 as St. Paul school board members kicked off an administrative planning process they were told could result in the closure of several schools because of declining...
View ArticleUMN offers free or discounted tuition to American Indian students at all...
The University of Minnesota is expanding a scholarship program to enable most American Indian students to attend any of its campuses while paying little or no tuition. Starting next fall, American...
View ArticleSt. Paul Public Schools coronavirus vaccine mandate finds 35% of employees...
More than one-third of St. Paul Public Schools employees were out of compliance with a coronavirus vaccine mandate when the district’s policy went into effect last month. The school board on Sept. 3...
View ArticleVue, Foster keep seats on St. Paul school board
Two current board members who ran without teachers union endorsements were the top two vote-getters in Tuesday’s dual races for four seats on the St. Paul school board. Board chairwoman Jeannie Foster...
View Article1 of 4 insurgent South Washington school board candidates elected; tight race...
Only one of a slate of candidates who ran for the South Washington County school board to protest mask mandates and the district’s approach to teaching about race was elected on Tuesday. Eric Tessmer,...
View ArticleSt. Paul Public Schools to offer coronavirus vaccines to students ages 5-11
St. Paul Public Schools is preparing to hold coronavirus vaccine clinics for children ages 5-11, who were made eligible for the shots on Tuesday following approval from the Centers for Disease Control...
View ArticleCoronavirus vaccine appointments for children offered at two St. Paul...
St. Paul Public Schools will host coronavirus vaccine clinics for children inside two of its elementary schools later this month. Hundreds of in-school appointments opened up Thursday morning for...
View ArticleWhat happens to empty St. Paul schools after consolidation? Possibly...
If the St. Paul school board votes next week to close several schools in response to declining enrollment, what happens next in those buildings could turn on the whims of two U.S. senators and a...
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This community college degree can earn you $113,000. This Stanford one just...
Students in Stanford University’s English program can expect to earn roughly $24,000 two years after graduating from the prestigious, private university. Just down the street, students who earn a...
View ArticleStillwater board agrees to sell Withrow Elementary to White Bear Lake private...
A private Christian academy in White Bear Lake appears to be buying the former Withrow Elementary School in Hugo. The Stillwater school board last week approved a purchase agreement for the school....
View ArticleSt. Paul district postpones vote on school closures
St. Paul Public Schools has postponed the vote on its school consolidation plan in order to comply with public notice requirements for permanently closing schools. The school board now plans to vote on...
View ArticleHmong College Prep school faces investigation by attorney general after hedge...
Already reeling from the loss of $4.3 million from an illegal investment with a hedge fund, Hmong College Prep Academy now is being investigated by the Minnesota attorney general for possible...
View ArticlePolice investigating racist video targeting Prior Lake frosh
Police said Thursday they have been investigating a racist video targeting a Black freshman at a suburban Twin Cities high school. The announcement came after hundreds of students and community members...
View ArticleMinnesota reports 8th school employee death from COVID-19 this fall, matching...
Minnesota’s teachers union is calling on the state to release more information on serious school-related coronavirus cases as the number school-related deaths from COVID-19 this fall has matched the...
View ArticleMinneapolis school bus drivers say they’re ready to strike
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — School bus drivers and dispatchers for Minneapolis Public Schools voted unanimously Saturday to go on strike if they can’t get what they want through mediation, the union said in a...
View Article30 ‘Starship’ robots now delivering food around South Dakota State University...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Thirty small, tub-shaped, six-wheeled robots are now trundling around South Dakota State University’s campus, delivering food and drinks, making the school the first in the state to...
View ArticleStudents hold walkout from St. Paul’s Highland Park High School over ‘sexual...
Students held a walkout Monday morning against what they called a “sexual assault culture,” demanding that Highland Park Senior High School “takes action towards staff that have made young women feel...
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