Two graduates allege in lawsuits sexual groping by fellow students, frat-like...
Two recent graduates say St. Thomas Academy perpetuated a fraternity-like culture at the all-boys military Catholic school that led to their sexual assault in 2021 at the hands of an older student. In...
View ArticleThree St. Paul teachers among 33 semifinalists for MN teacher of the year
Education Minnesota has named 33 semifinalists for its state teacher of the year award. A panel soon will pare the list to several finalists before a winner is named May 7 in St. Paul. Semifinalists...
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Chris Lauer to fill open seat on Stillwater school board
Chris Lauer, a member of the board of the Partnership Plan, the nonprofit organization that funds extra programs in Stillwater Area Schools, has been selected to fill the open seat on the Stillwater...
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Obituary: As Sister Arnelda, she taught St. Paul kids; as Dee Swanson, she...
The inmates at the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater knew there was something special about Dee Swanson. Dee Swanson (Courtesy of Mueller Memorial Funeral and Cremation Services) Swanson, who...
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Meet the couple whose ‘promposal’ at the Minnesota boys hockey state...
Not long after Luverne secured its third ever trip to the boys hockey state tournament, senior Brady Bork started racking his brain for ideas. He’s been watching the state tournament since he was as...
View ArticleChatGPT wrote a bogus newsletter reporting a fictitious fight at a...
A middle school in South Windsor, Conn. has advised parents that someone was circulating a fictitious school newsletter evidently written by the artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT. The phony...
View ArticleUMN-Twin Cities students could see 7% tuition hike if Legislature rejects U’s...
Twin Cities undergraduates could face anywhere from a tuition freeze to a 7 percent increase this fall, depending on what the Legislature does with the University of Minnesota’s latest budget request....
View ArticleStillwater schools explore bond referendum, replacing Lake Elmo and Bayport...
With more than 1,000 students expected to enter Stillwater Area Public Schools in the next 10 years, school officials are considering a possible bond referendum in the fall to add capacity at the...
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Eagan parents sue Florida university, running coach after daughter died by...
Parents of a former Rosemount High School graduate who died by suicide are taking legal action against the Florida university their daughter attended and her cross-country coach at the time. In a...
View ArticleMN Senate joins House in passing free school meals for all MN students
All Minnesota students will be eligible for free school meals, no matter their family income, under a bill that has passed both chambers of the Minnesota Legislature. The Senate on Tuesday approved the...
View ArticleGov. Walz signs bill making school meals free next year
Starting this fall, students at Minnesota schools will get free meals regardless of their ability to pay. A bill signed into law Friday by Gov. Tim Walz provides more than $800 million in funding for...
View ArticleStudents urge UMN to better fund scholarship, Native American studies
Students and activists protested in the freezing cold to urge the University of Minnesota to follow through on promises to tribal communities. At the top of their list was an expansion of a tuition...
View ArticleAfter failed bond request, South Washington County seeking input on school...
In the wake of voters rejecting a $462 million bond request last year, South Washington County School District officials are seeking public input in developing a new facility plan to handle increased...
View Article2 students hurt in Texas school shooting, suspect arrested
ARLINGTON, Texas — Two students were injured in a shooting outside a Dallas-area high school on Monday morning and police arrested the person suspected of opening fire, officials said. The shooting...
View ArticleSchool library book bans are seen as targeting LGBTQ content
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Teri Patrick bristles at the idea she wants to ban books about LGBTQ issues in Iowa schools, arguing her only goal is ridding schools of sexually explicit material. Sara Hayden...
View ArticleSt. Paul Public Schools will offer $10K signing bonuses to some new hires
St. Paul Public Schools is offering more than $1 million in hiring bonuses in hopes of filling a range of special-education positions and other hard-to-fill jobs for the 2023-24 school year. “In this...
View ArticleSt. Paul schools seek to boost math scores with $9.9M curriculum buy
St. Paul Public Schools plans to spend $9.9 million on new K-12 math curricula, updating long-used materials that district leaders say are holding students back. In two recent presentations to school...
View ArticleDean of Mitchell Hamline law school to step down in 2024
The dean of the Mitchell Hamline School of Law plans to step down when his contract expires in June 2024. Anthony Niedwiecki, who has helmed the St. Paul law school since July 2020, said in a note to...
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Cette veste vient d’où? Stillwater letter jacket found in Paris thrift shop
Lars Stannard was browsing in a secondhand shop in Paris a few days ago when he spotted a familiar red-and-black jacket: a Stillwater Area High School letter jacket. A Stillwater Area High School...
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New president named at MSU Moorhead
A former university president in South Dakota has been named the next president of Minnesota State University Moorhead. Tim Downs (courtesy of Minnesota State) Tim Downs, 63, led Northern State...
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