Rosemount district opening two more magnet schools to offer choice, promote...
Darek Prochaska uses leadership techniques every day as an IT manager, but he didn’t expect the approach to work with his elementary-age children. Then, Prochaska read “The Leader in Me,” which...
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St. Paul Public Schools CEO named director of Generation Next
The chief executive officer for St. Paul Public Schools will be the next executive director of the education nonprofit Generation Next. Michelle Walker has spent nearly nine years with the school...
View ArticleSt. Scholastica grad files complaints over handling of off-campus sex assault...
DULUTH, Minn. — A graduate of the College of St. Scholastica has filed federal complaints against the school, accusing it of mishandling a sexual assault case she reported while studying abroad last...
View ArticleLinder’s Garden Center site to be charter school’s new home
A Hmong language and culture school has found a new home at the site of the former Linder’s Garden Center. A building company working with the Community School of Excellence paid $2.875 million for the...
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Central High celebrates 150 years of history Tuesday
Howard Guthmann, right, from the Class of 1940 at St. Paul Central High School, and his wife, Betsy, who graduated from Central with the Class of 1946, show their yearbooks and memorabilia Thursday,...
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A soggy start for St. Paul schools
Students arrive at Highland Park Middle School and Highland Park High School on the first day of classes for St. Paul Public Schools on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016. (Pioneer Press: Scott...
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UMN plans to continue raising out-of-state tuition
Nonresident students at the University of Minnesota could be in for another big tuition hike next year as enrollment stayed flat this fall even as the U raised the sticker price 7.5 percent. The U’s...
View ArticleFraud ruling threatens Globe U, Minnesota School of Business with closure
A judge’s ruling that a Minnesota chain of for-profit colleges deceived students about the value of its criminal justice degrees means the colleges could be forced to close. In a lawsuit filed by the...
View ArticleSome Minnesota schools neglect guidelines for water lead testing
Testing for lead in drinking water at some Minnesota schools hasn’t been done since the late 1990s despite a state health recommendation that it be done every five years. Among water testing records of...
View ArticleUMN regents OK $105M renovation for Pioneer Hall dorm
The University of Minnesota will spend $104.5 million to bring an 88-year-old dormitory up to modern standards. Regents on Friday approved a renovation for Pioneer Hall that will add 60 beds and create...
View ArticleMinnesota school district sued over transgender bathroom policy
VIRGINIA, Minn. — A school district in northeastern Minnesota is facing a lawsuit over its transgender restroom and locker room policy. Attorneys for a group of parents and students filed the federal...
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Teacher of the year back to St. Paul school – as principal
Ryan Vernosh, the new principal of Maxfield Elementary bumps fists with Capri Hunter as she walks to her Pre-K class in St. Paul on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016. (Pioneer Press: Jean Pieri)Ryan Vernosh.,...
View ArticleSt. Scholastica faces federal inquiry over student’s rape report
DULUTH, Minn. — The College of St. Scholastica will be investigated by the U.S. Department of Education for its alleged mishandling of a student’s report of a rape. Emilee Franklin, who graduated from...
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New St. Paul charter school sues over curriculum contract
A new St. Paul charter school that promises a “culturally affirming” curriculum is suing the teacher they hired to deliver it. TRUTH Preparatory Academy says it hired Alexis Mann to create a “unique,...
View ArticleFor-profit school loans weren’t deceptive or illegal, Minnesota appeals court...
Private loans a for-profit college chain made to students did not amount to deceptive and unlicensed lending, a state Court of Appeals panel ruled Monday. The appellate panel’s decision to uphold an...
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St. Paul Academy announces $15M donation for new science wing
A glass passageway will connect the original St. Paul Academy to the new Schilling Math and Science Center, set to open in 2018. Hugh K. Schilling has donated $15 million toward the $38 million...
View ArticleSt. Paul district eyes 5% tax hike for renovations, new school, more
The St. Paul school board could increase property taxes by as much as 5 percent next year as it ramps up investment in school buildings new and old. The local levy accounts for about 20 percent of the...
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St. Paul district settles white teacher’s race discrimination charge
St. Paul Public Schools has settled a discrimination lawsuit brought by a teacher who says she was fired because she is white. Katherine Carrick, 34, taught at Hazel Park Preparatory Academy for most...
View ArticleThese metro area National Merit semifinalists are in the top 1 percent
The National Merit Scholarship Corp. will award about $33 million in college scholarships to graduating seniors in the spring, and last week it named the students who have achieved the first rung in...
View ArticleWhy do families leave St. Paul schools? Surveys offer little insight
After two false starts, St. Paul Public Schools has quit trying to figure out why families are leaving the district for other schools. The school board declared enrollment to be a priority soon after...
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