Committee seeks to put St. Paul early learning grants on November ballot,...
A city-driven committee composed of two dozen educators and community advocates is asking the St. Paul City Council to put a question on the November ballot that would cover the cost of child care and...
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For 13 days, this Northern California teacher hiked nearly 2 miles through...
The classic “old grumpy grandpa” saying goes something like this: “Back in my day, we walked 15 miles to school in the snow! Barefoot! Uphill! Both ways! And we liked it that way!” For Eagle Peak...
View ArticleStillwater seeking input on school facility plans
Stillwater Area Public School District officials are planning a series of community meetings starting next week to gather input on how to best add capacity at the elementary and middle school levels...
View ArticleSt. Kate’s provost named president of Illinois private college
St. Catherine University’s second-in-command is leaving at the end of the school year to become a college president in Illinois. Anita Thomas, 55, will be the first woman and first person of color to...
View ArticleHastings school nutrition workers end seven-week strike
Food service workers in the Hastings school district will return to work on Thursday, more than seven weeks after striking over a wage dispute. The school district and SEIU Local 284 reached a...
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Urban Roots brings environmental education to St. Paul elementary school
“Whoa-hhhh,” came a murmur from a group of 64 Cornerstone Montessori Elementary School students when they learned that the humble oak tree can live for more than 200 years. Third-graders Marci Rogers...
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South St. Paul school district not liable for teacher Babbitt’s sex abuse,...
South St. Paul Public Schools is not liable for the sexual abuse of a former student by teacher Aric Babbitt and his husband, according to a panel of appellate court judges. An Illinois man sued...
View ArticleWisconsin school bans Miley, Dolly duet about LGBTQ acceptance
MADISON, Wis. — Administrators at a Wisconsin elementary school stopped a first-grade class from performing a Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton duet promoting LGBTQ acceptance because the song “could be...
View ArticleJamelle Bouie: What the Republican push for ‘parents’ rights’ is really about
You may have heard the phrase “parents’ rights.” It sounds unobjectionable — of course parents should have rights — which is probably why it’s become the term of choice for the conservative effort to...
View ArticleBill comparison: How the MN House and Senate plan to spend $2.21B in new...
The Minnesota Legislature’s education budget bills call for big increases to general funding formulas, plus dedicated money for school support staff, literacy initiatives, after-school grants and...
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Hastings school board member gets probation for DWI
A Hastings school board member has been sentenced to probation and 40 hours of community service for drunken driving. Mark Zuzek, 58, admitted he drank vodka in his garage and then drove to Woodbury,...
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A student created a media platform by and about people of color to fill a...
It was sickle cell anemia that brought Chicago-born, Detroit-raised Tiffani Jackson to Illinois State University in Bloomington-Normal in 2017. Having endured some attacks, called pain crises, while...
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Minnesota Archery in Schools program hits its mark
DULUTH — Tanner Cismowski seemed small compared to some of the older kids he was lined up with last weekend at the Minnesota Archery in the Schools state tournament, but that didn’t seem to bother him....
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Apple Valley High School choir students’ next stop? Carnegie Hall on Easter...
Joel Beyer, center, directs a group of Apple Valley High School choir students as they rehearse for a concert on Oct. 14, 2022. Students in the choir programs will perform April 9, 2023, at Carnegie...
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Hamline President Miller to retire following Islamophobia controversy
Hamline University President Fayneese Miller, who was criticized for her handling of a Muslim student’s complaint after a professor showed art in class that depicted the Prophet Muhammad, will retire...
View ArticleUMN President Joan Gabel to leave for Pittsburgh job after contentious fourth...
President Joan Gabel is leaving the University of Minnesota after four turbulent years to become chancellor at the University of Pittsburgh, where the money is better and where one of her sons is a...
View ArticleFurther postponement pushes proposed Fairview-Sanford merger into summer
Sanford Health and Fairview Health Services have given Minnesota officials assurances that any merger of the two — a possible union that has sparked concern — will not occur until at least late August...
View ArticlePreschool favorite Blippi added to Minnesota State Fair Grandstand lineup
Blippi will close out the 2023 Minnesota State Fair Grandstand series on Sept. 4. Tickets are $16 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday through Etix or by phone at 800-514-3849. So, who is Blippi? It’s the...
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Appeals court rejects effort to reinstate UMN mens gymnastics
Another court has rejected a student-athlete’s attempt to have the University of Minnesota men’s gymnastics team reinstated, two years after the sport was eliminated. A three-judge panel from the 8th...
View ArticleSt. Paul claims 4 of 11 finalists for MN teacher of the year award
Four St. Paul Public Schools teachers are among the 11 finalists for Education Minnesota’s teacher of the year award. They are Michael Houston (math) and Molly Keenan (social studies) from Harding High...
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