New campus protest rules spur an outcry from college faculty
By ANNIE MA, AP Education Writer Dissent is thriving this fall at American colleges, and not just among student activists. With student protests limited by new restrictions, faculty have taken up the...
View ArticleBlack male teachers are a rarity in preschools. This pioneering program wants...
By MORIAH BALINGIT BALTIMORE (AP) — Before 19-year-old Davontez Johnson found himself in a preschool classroom at Dorothy I. Heights Elementary, he was a senior at a nearby high school who, like many...
View ArticleUMN cancels lecture by Anthony Fauci following occupation of campus building...
Due to “unforeseen circumstances” the University of Minnesota canceled a special lecture on Tuesday night by Anthony Fauci, a leader in the U.S. government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The...
View ArticleForest Lake: School board approves plan to move sixth-graders to middle...
The Forest Lake Area School Board is moving forward with two major changes next year to address a drop in enrollment. The school board last week voted unanimously to have all district sixth-grade...
View ArticleSt. Paul celebrates grand opening of new soccer fields at Highwood Hills...
The city of St. Paul, community partners and students celebrated the grand opening of the new Highwood Hills Recreation Center soccer fields on Tuesday. The three soccer fields are the latest in a...
View ArticleSchool choice goes before voters in 3 states, faces pushback in others
Elaine S. Povich | (TNS) Stateline.org Supporters of school choice in Kentucky are hoping voters will do what the state courts wouldn’t — allow a new path for state-supported payments to private...
View ArticlePro-Palestinian protester charged with assault after occupying building at...
Local prosecutors charged a pro-Palestinian protester with assault on Wednesday but didn’t file charges against 10 other people who barricaded themselves inside an administrative building at the...
View ArticlePresident Biden to apologize for 150-year Indian boarding school policy
By GRAHAM LEE BREWER NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — President Joe Biden is expected to formally apologize on Friday for the country’s role in the Indian boarding school system, which devastated the lives of...
View ArticleFlanagan serves up breakfast at Maple Grove elementary school to mark first...
Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan served breakfast at Oak View Elementary School in Maple Grove on Wednesday morning in celebration of a full year of Minnesota’s Free School Meals Program. Sporting plastic...
View ArticleConcordia University in St. Paul to absorb Denver-area Platt College nursing...
Concordia University in St. Paul is absorbing Platt College in the Denver area, a small, for-profit nursing school with a total enrollment of some 230 students. As a result, Concordia’s hybrid nursing...
View ArticleSt. Peter Claver Catholic School, located in St. Paul’s former Rondo...
Former students, teachers and principals of St. Peter Claver Catholic School in St. Paul are gathering this weekend for an all-school reunion to commemorate its 75th anniversary. “People are coming...
View ArticleComputer programs monitor students’ every word in the name of safety
By Madyson Fitzgerald, Stateline.org (TNS) Whether it’s a research project on the Civil War or a science experiment on volcano eruptions, students in the Colonial School District near Wilmington,...
View ArticleShould students be in school on Election Day? Largest Minnesota districts are...
Minnesota’s largest school districts are evenly split over holding school on Election Day this year. With many schools serving as polling places, school districts increasingly have kept students at...
View ArticleBurnsville-Eagan-Savage school board election: Rachael Mikkelsen, Annemarie...
Rachael Mikkelsen, Annemarie Anderson and Anna Werb won the race for school board members for District 191 in Tuesday’s election, Nov. 5, 2024. Mikkelsen won about 29% of the vote while opponents...
View ArticleDakota County school levies: Burnsville, Inver Grove Heights pass while...
School district voters approved operating and tech levies Tuesday for Inver Grove Heights and Burnsville-Eagan-Savage schools, but levy efforts in Lakeville Area Schools and Farmington Area schools...
View ArticleRosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan school board election: Leah Gardner elected
Leah Gardner won the race for school board member for District 196 in Tuesday’s special election, Nov. 5, 2024. Gardner had 56% of the vote while her opponent, Melissa Field, received 43% with all 60...
View ArticleFarmington school board election: Kyle Christensen, Hannah Johnson and Kelsey...
Kyle Christensen, Hannah Johnson and Kelsey Jezierski won the race for school board members in District 192 during Tuesday’s election, Nov. 5, 2024. Christensen received 24% of the vote, Johnson...
View ArticleLakeville school board election: Matt Swanson, Amber Cameron and Paul Carbone...
Matt Swanson, Amber Cameron and Paul Carbone won the race for school board members in District 194 during Tuesday’s election, Nov. 5, 2024. Swanson led with 17% of the vote, Cameron followed with 16%...
View ArticleWhite Bear Lake school board elections: Angela Thompson, Scott Arcand and Dan...
Angela Thompson, Scott Arcand and Dan Skaar won the race for school board member for District 624 in Tuesday’s election, Nov. 5, 2024. Thompson received 23% of the vote, Arcand received 19% and Skarr...
View ArticleNorth St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale school board election: Kita Yang, Nancy...
Kita Yang, Nancy Livingston, Katie Swor and Charlotte (Char) Nitardy won the race for District 622 school board members in Tuesday’s election, Nov. 5, 2024. Yang received 22% of the vote, Livingston...
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