Mayo Clinic Minute: Reducing viral infection risks when sending kids off to...
It’s back to school for many kids around the nation. And once they hit the classroom, you may notice more runny noses and other symptoms associated with viral and bacterial infections. Dr. Nipunie...
View ArticleMN Republican legislators call for special session on law that changes school...
Minnesota Republican legislators called for a special session Wednesday to address concerns about changes to state law on what force school resource officers can use against students. An updated law...
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St. Paul students head back to school, including new version of Jackson...
St. Paul Public Schools welcomed some 30,000 students back to school Tuesday as classes resumed for grades 1-12, with kindergarten and preschool students starting Thursday. Among those returning...
View ArticleExplainer: Gov. Walz says he’s open to fix for school resource officer rules....
With the school year starting Tuesday for most students throughout Minnesota, some showed up to buildings where law enforcement had pulled their school resource officers. Law enforcement has raised...
View ArticleMayo Clinic Q&A: Back-to-school physicals essential for all ages
(TNS) Mayo Clinic News Network DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I always have a million things to do before my three children return to school. How important are back-to-school physicals, and is it critical to...
View ArticleMinnesota attorney general investigating predatory student-loan debt-relief...
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced Wednesday that his office is investigating 52 student-loan debt-relief companies. The companies are all suspected of violating consumer-protection...
View ArticleGroup of DFL legislators, parents and educators say ‘no’ to special...
More than 40 Democratic legislators, along with educators and parents, said Thursday they don’t support a special legislative session over a new law limiting use of physical holds on students in...
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UMN regents approve Rosemount land sale to Meta, Facebook parent company, for...
The University of Minnesota Board of Regents has approved a nearly $40 million land sale that could lead to a $700 million investment in Rosemount from Facebook’s parent company. During Thursday’s...
View ArticleCatholic youth camp drops plan to purchase Wilder Forest land
After working for more than a year to buy land and build a Catholic summer youth camp in northern Washington County, the Minnesota Catholic Youth Partnership has withdrawn its offer to purchase the...
View ArticleState law enforcement associations: School resource officer law needs...
Interpretations of changes to Minnesota law about school resource officers continue to vary: The state police association’s attorney said Wednesday the law creates separate standards for use-of-force...
View Article‘Data security incident’ at St. Paul school district involved 43,000+ student...
The St. Paul school district recently notified more than 43,000 families about a “data security incident” in February. Student names and email addresses were the only information in the “unauthorized...
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At St. Croix Montessori, students learn about nature and take care of an...
Harry, one of the alpacas at the St. Croix Montessori school in West Lakeland Township, on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. The school is celebrating its 30th anniversary with an all-school reunion on...
View ArticleA Black student was suspended for his hairstyle. Texas school says it wasn’t...
MONT BELVIEU, Texas — A Black high school student in Texas has served more than two weeks of in-school suspensions for wearing twisted dreadlocks to school. When he arrived Monday with the same...
View ArticleTownship officials question River Grove school activities at Warner Nature...
Last spring, the Manitou Fund stepped in to save River Grove elementary school after it lost its lease at Wilder Forest in northern Washington County. The White Bear Lake-based fund purchased the...
View ArticleJudge dismisses all but one claim in art history teacher’s lawsuit against...
A U.S. District Judge has ruled that an art history teacher who showed paintings of the Prophet Mohammed in class can proceed with a lawsuit claiming that Hamline University discriminated against her...
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Washington County Historical Society to host rural-school reunion
Anyone who attended or taught at a rural school in Washington County is invited to attend the second-annual Washington County Rural School Reunion on Saturday at the Hay Lake School Museum in Scandia....
View ArticleApple Valley, White Bear Lake pull school resource officers. Republicans call...
Some police departments that started the school year with school resource officers have now paused their programs, including in Apple Valley and White Bear Lake, leading to Republican legislators...
View Article9 Minnesota schools win prestigious National Blue Ribbon status
Nine Minnesota schools were among 353 nationwide to be honored Tuesday as National Blue Ribbon Schools. The annual recognition is based on a school’s overall academic performance or progress in closing...
View ArticleVideo shows Alabama high school band director being shocked with stun gun,...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Police body camera video shows an Alabama high school band director being shocked with a stun gun and arrested by officers in front of screaming students, in a chaotic scuffle that...
View ArticleA Batman researcher said ‘gay’ in a talk to schoolkids. When asked to censor...
ATLANTA — Marc Tyler Nobleman was supposed to talk to kids about the secret co-creator of Batman, with the aim of inspiring young students in suburban Atlanta’s Forsyth County to research and write....
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