Stillwater school district to vote on boundary change
The Stillwater Area Public School board this week is expected to approve a change to school boundaries that would shift about 380 students to new schools in 2022. The change is needed, district...
View ArticleSt. Paul high schools to adopt block scheduling next year
St. Paul Public Schools will move to block scheduling at all high schools next fall, with each student taking four classes one day and four different classes the next. The change will cut down on the...
View ArticleJudge finds segregated schools do not violate Minnesota constitution if...
The plaintiffs in a major school segregation lawsuit have failed to persuade a judge that racial and socioeconomic imbalances in Twin Cities area school enrollment amount to a violation of Minnesota’s...
View ArticleUniversity of Northwestern – St. Paul president to leave next year
The president of the University of Northwestern-St. Paul plans to step down next summer after 20 years on the job. Alan Cureton, 67, has led the nondenominational Christian university — along with a...
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Stillwater school board to start superintendent search; interim says she...
The Stillwater Area Public Schools board plans to hire a search firm to help find a permanent superintendent of schools. According to the school board packet, the board is expected to vote on a plan to...
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Looking for more ideas for books for kids? Try these Minnesota authors.
Seems kids can never have too many books, and gift-givers can never have too many ideas for books to give. Here are some recent fiction choices for young readers from Minnesota authors. “The Animals...
View ArticleStudent arrested for allegedly bringing gun to St. Paul charter school
Police arrested a 14-year-old after they say he brought a handgun to his St. Paul high school. The student at Community School of Excellence on the West Side reported he found the gun in his father’s...
View ArticleSt. Paul school board to act Tuesday on ethnic studies graduation requirement
The St. Paul school board is expected Tuesday to make critical ethnic studies a required course for high school graduation, starting with the class of 2025. The proposed update to the district’s...
View ArticleSouth Dakota governor offers bill to create moment of silence in schools
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Gov. Kristi Noem said Monday she has drafted legislation to create a moment of silence at the beginning of each day in South Dakota public schools, a move she said would restore...
View ArticleBus woes continue for Stillwater schools; delays and canceled routes expected...
Families of students attending Stillwater Area Public Schools were warned Monday to expect delays and canceled bus routes next week. “Our bus company has informed us that it is not able to cover all of...
View ArticleEvent featuring South Dakota teachers crawling for cash prompts apology
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The organizers of a fundraiser that featured teachers on their hands and knees grabbing for dollar bills at a junior hockey league game in South Dakota are apologizing after the...
View ArticleStillwater Area High School lockdown lifted; apparent threat not credible,...
Stillwater Area High School was temporarily placed on modified lockdown Tuesday morning after “possible threatening posts” were made on social media. Oak Park Heights police worked with school district...
View ArticleFootball player expelled after accusation of sexual misconduct loses lawsuit...
A federal judge has found Carleton College acted properly when it expelled a football player after he was accused of sexually assaulting an intoxicated fellow student in 2017 on the night of their...
View ArticleSt. Paul district to start designing new Bruce Vento school, renovated Obama
St. Paul Public Schools soon will begin designing a new, multi-story elementary school for the Payne-Phalen neighborhood, as well as a major renovation that will create a new middle school option in...
View ArticleShortage of bus drivers prompts Forest Lake schools to switch to distance...
The Forest Lake school district announced Tuesday evening that students will be attending school remotely beginning Thursday, citing a shortage of transportation staff. The decision comes after several...
View ArticleColleges go back to drawing board — again — to fight COVID
By COLLIN BINKLEY Facing rising infections and a new COVID-19 variant, colleges across the U.S. have once again been thwarted in seeking a move to normalcy and are starting to require booster shots,...
View ArticleStillwater schools: Replacement drivers could relieve concerns about bus...
Stillwater school officials hold out hope the district will be able to avoid bus delays and cancellations after its contracted bus company has found replacement drivers to deal with an anticipated...
View ArticleAfter hedge fund loss, couple to leave top jobs at Hmong College Prep with...
Hmong College Prep Academy’s chief operating officer has joined his wife in resigning his job in the wake of the school’s $4.3 million loss from an illegal hedge fund investment. Pao “Paul” Yang will...
View ArticleSchools step up security in response to threats on TikTok
Educators announced plans to increase security in response to TikTok posts warning of shooting and bomb threats at schools around the country Friday as officials assured parents the viral posts were...
View ArticleUMN to pay $75,000 to student after accusation of sexual harassment by...
The University of Minnesota has agreed to pay $75,000 to a former graduate student and research assistant who reported being sexually harassed by a professor in the Humphrey School of Public Affairs....
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