St. Paul school board plans to bring back student advisors after quiet three...
The student group that successfully advocated for an ethnic studies course requirement and the removal of police officers from St. Paul Public Schools is being restored this school year after three...
View Article‘Stuff the Bus’ collects school supplies for Stillwater area students
School supplies are being collected for families that live in the Stillwater Area School District during the annual “Stuff the Bus” campaign sponsored by Community Thread and United Way of Washington...
View ArticleSt. Paul City Council to put pre-K, child care ballot question on ice while...
With supporters on the St. Paul City Council teetering, a key architect of a proposed ballot measure is expected to put the brakes Wednesday on a plan to fund child care and early-childhood education...
View ArticleSt. Paul City Council withdraws early education ballot proposal, plans...
The St. Paul City Council voted 6-0 on Wednesday to convene a legislative advisory committee that will take a deep dive on the question of how to craft and fund an early education and child care...
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Deadline looms for Marine on St. Croix charter school meant to replace closed...
From posting recruitment videos on social media to manning a booth at the Scandia Farmers’ Market, Marine Village School officials are making a last-ditch effort this week to attract students to Marine...
View ArticleBush Foundation backs CollegeBound St. Paul with $3 million grant
St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter’s office on Friday announced that the city had received a $3 million grant from the Bush Foundation to support college savings accounts for the city’s newborns, as well as...
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$462M referendum on ballot in South Washington County school district
Residents in the South Washington County school district will vote this month on a $462 million bond referendum that, if passed, would be the largest ever school referendum approved in Minnesota. The...
View ArticleSt. Paul Heritage Preservation Commission votes against Hamline-Midway...
Heavily divided by what members deemed to be their appreciation for libraries, learning and history, the St. Paul Heritage Preservation Commission met for nearly two hours on Monday to consider whether...
View ArticleRecord number of Stillwater area students in need forces ‘Stuff the Bus’ to...
So many families in the Stillwater Area School District have asked for help this year that a nonprofit organization cut off its annual school supplies giveaway a week earlier than planned. Community...
View ArticleEvacuation order lifted after gas leak probe on University of Minnesota campus
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Fire officials have lifted an evacuation order issued Tuesday for several buildings on the University of Minnesota’s Minneapolis campus due to a suspected gas leak. The Minneapolis...
View ArticleAlex Jones concedes Sandy Hook attack was ‘100% real’
By JIM VERTUNO AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — For years, bombastic far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ranted to his millions of followers that the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax,...
View ArticleMarine Village School approved for the fall with focus on ecology, community
The organizers of the new Marine Village School in Marine on St. Croix were supposed to have 30 students registered by Sunday in order to open this fall. They got 27. The names and registrations were...
View ArticleNew parent group aims to get conservatives elected to MN school boards
Disappointed by the performance of conservative candidates in last year’s Westonka school board election, a Mound woman has launched a campaign to boost like-minded school candidates throughout the...
View ArticleJudge dismisses most claims in student fee lawsuit against Minnesota State
The student association for Minnesota’s public two-year colleges is unlikely to win its lawsuit against the the Minnesota State Board of Trustees over a rejected fee increase, a federal judge said...
View ArticleSouth Washington County school district voters overwhelmingly reject $462M...
A bond referendum to spend a record $462 million to address overcrowding in the South Washington County school district, which also became a flashpoint for Newport residents fighting to keep their...
View ArticleSt. Paul school board to seek new contract for ‘highly effective’ superintendent
The St. Paul school board announced Wednesday that it will negotiate a third contract with Superintendent Joe Gothard. Gothard, 50, was running the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage district when the St. Paul...
View ArticleSt. Paul schools relax COVID-19 quarantine rule, call for end to employee...
St. Paul Public Schools plans to drop its vaccinate-or-test policy for employees and no longer will require unvaccinated students and staff to stay home if they have close contact with someone infected...
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Short on students, St. Paul charter school tied to Sheriff Bob Fletcher won’t...
The opening of a new St. Paul charter school designed by associates of Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher and supported with county funds has been postponed after organizers failed to hit their...
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What’s next for South Washington County Schools after $462M failed bond...
St. Louis Park Public Schools got good news on Tuesday when voters overwhelmingly approved a capital project levy renewal of $3.5 million for 10 years and a $135 million building bond. In the Le...
View ArticleUkrainian students arrive in Minnesota for leadership training
As Russian troops continued to invade their country, 18 high-school age students from Ukraine arrived in the Twin Cities this week to start a five-week leadership development program that someday may...
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