St. Paul school district to stop requiring masks
For the first time in over two years, face masks soon will be optional in St. Paul Public Schools. The school board voted 6-1 on Tuesday to repeal its mask mandate starting Monday and as long as the...
View ArticleSettlements reached in race discrimination lawsuits against Roseville Area...
Private settlements have been reached in two federal lawsuits against Roseville Area Schools and a former second-grade teacher accused of discriminating against her Black students. The lawsuits accused...
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Interim Stillwater superintendent Malinda Lansfeldt to lead Brookview Elementary
Malinda Lansfeldt, who for the last two years has served as interim superintendent of Stillwater schools, will become principal of Brookview Elementary School in Woodbury this summer. Malinda Lansfeldt...
View ArticleJon Wefald, former MN official, remembered as leader who made Kansas State...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Jon Wefald is being remembered as “a human dynamo,” a Kansas State University president for more than two decades who increased its enrollment, improved academic programs and...
View ArticleSt. Paul school board makes Juneteenth a paid holiday
The St. Paul school board voted Tuesday night to make June 19th a paid holiday for school district employees. Juneteenth commemorates the day in 1865 when the last Black Americans were freed from...
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Federally funded bonuses boost pay for St. Paul school employees
Employees throughout St. Paul Public Schools will get bonuses of up to $3,000 each under employment contracts and promises approved Tuesday night by the school board. The strike-averting contract...
View ArticleMN colleges see online tutoring grow during pandemic
The Minnesota State college and university system is more than doubling its contract with a company that provides online tutoring at all hours of the day. The Board of Trustees in 2018 approved a...
View ArticleStudent, 16, arrested after gun found in his waistband at St. Paul high...
Police arrested a 16-year-old student who they say was found with a handgun in a St. Paul high school on Wednesday. Security personnel at Harding High School saw the gun sticking out of the teen’s...
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South Washington County parents hope to save Newport Elementary
Bre Heron and her daughters, Lillyanna Graves, 8, right, and Josia Graves, 7, walk to their car after the school day at Newport Elementary School in Newport on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. (Scott Takushi...
View ArticleHamline University to admit students without an ACT, SAT score
Hamline University has joined a growing number of colleges and universities that are admitting students without an ACT or SAT score. School leaders say standardized tests are poor predictors of college...
View ArticleSouth Washington County Schools OK $462M facilities plan, bond referendum....
Angry parents walked out of the South Washington County School Board meeting Thursday night after board members approved a plan that calls for the closure of Newport Elementary School. Board members...
View ArticleAnoka-Hennepin superintendent David Law takes Minnetonka job
The superintendent of Minnesota’s largest school district is leaving for the state’s highest paying district. David Law, who has led Anoka-Hennepin since 2014, agreed Thursday night to become the next...
View Article13-year-old Minnesota youth set to graduate from college
A 13-year-old boy from Minnesota will soon earn his bachelor’s degree from college — with a major in physics and a minor in math. Elliott Tanner is maintaining a 3.78 grade point average at the...
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In State of the State address, Walz urges compromise on spending and tax cuts
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz points to people in the gallery before giving the annual State of the State address at the State Capitol in St. Paul, Sunday, April 24, 2022. At right is Lt. Governor Peggy...
View ArticleHarding student stole gun before bringing it to school, juvenile charges say
A Harding High School student stole a gun out of a car parked near his Dayton’s Bluff home in St. Paul last week and then brought the gun to school the next day, according to a juvenile petition filed...
View ArticleLawsuit alleging sexual abuse by UMN hockey coach doesn’t belong in MN...
A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed all claims in a lawsuit against the University of Minnesota and two hockey organizations concerning a former coach’s alleged sexual abuse against several hockey...
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Obituary: Gary Ales devoted decades to St. Paul Schools as a teacher, coach,...
Gary Ales, surrounded by members of the Friendship Club, displays some of his trademark Tootsie Rolls — he passes out 480 a week — at Johnson High School in St. Paul on June 7, 2001. Ales started the...
View ArticleEmotional Biden says teachers helped him overcome stutter
By WILL WEISSERT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden congratulated the 2022 national teacher of the year on Wednesday by offering a deeply personal story saluting school leaders who helped him...
View ArticleCapella University settles lawsuit over time, cost to earn degree
Minneapolis-based Capella University has resolved a lawsuit that accused the online, for-profit school of misleading students about the time it takes to earn a doctoral degree. Students who dropped out...
View ArticleMore MN inmates to be eligible for federal aid for college classes
More Minnesota inmates taking college courses from prison will be eligible for federal grants this fall, one year before Pell Grants become available to all U.S. inmates. The U.S. Department of...
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