SPPS names 3 finalists for superintendent with final selection in December
Three finalists have been named to be St. Paul Public Schools’ next superintendent. The St. Paul school board and task force members met Thursday and revealed the candidates; the superintendent will be...
View ArticleSPPS teachers, parents call for training to address antisemitism
A letter expected to be shared with the St. Paul schools board of education Wednesday calls for the district to require staff training on Jewish identity and antisemitism following a resolution by a...
View ArticleMilitary service academies see drop in reported sexual assaults after...
By LOLITA C. BALDOR WASHINGTON (AP) — Reported sexual assaults at the U.S. military service academies dropped in 2024 for the second year in a row, according to new Pentagon data, marking a sharp...
View ArticlePine City school district to pay $65K to student who was racially harassed
State officials say Pine City Public Schools violated the Minnesota Human Rights Act by failing to stop the racial harassment of a middle school student during the 2020-21 school year. The student, who...
View ArticleU of M students interrupt Board of Regents meeting in protest for divestment
A day after the Minneapolis City Council failed to pass a resolution supporting campus activists, a group of students interrupted a University of Minnesota Board of Regents meeting on Friday. They’re...
View ArticleJudge upholds use of race in Naval Academy admissions, saying a diverse...
BALTIMORE — A federal judge on Friday ruled that the U.S. Naval Academy can continue considering race in its admissions process, finding that military cohesion and other national security factors mean...
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As schools cut back on bus service, parents are turning to rideshare apps
By JEFF McMURRAY, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Ismael El-Amin was driving his daughter to school when a chance encounter gave him an idea for a new way to carpool. On the way across Chicago,...
View ArticleTeacher and a teenage student killed in a shooting at a Christian school in...
By SCOTT BAUER MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A teenage student opened fire with a handgun Monday at a Christian school in Wisconsin, killing a teacher and another teenager during the final week before Christmas...
View ArticlePolice chief says motive for Wisconsin school shooting was a ‘combination of...
By DEVI SHASTRI and SCOTT BAUER MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The motive for a shooting that killed a teacher and a student and wounded others at a Wisconsin school appears to be a “combination of factors,” a...
View ArticleMinnesota State opens new health sciences simulation center on Moorhead campus
MOORHEAD — Minnesota State Community and Technical College opened its new health sciences simulation center Friday morning on the Moorhead campus. According to a release from the college, the 4,167...
View ArticleSome elite US universities favor wealthy students in admissions decisions,...
By BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS and COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press Children of the wealthy and connected get special admissions consideration at some elite U.S. universities, according to new filings in a...
View ArticleSt. Paul Public Schools board interviews superintendent candidates; finalist...
The St. Paul Public Schools Board of Education interviewed three superintendent candidates this week, with the finalist expected to be named at its regular board meeting Thursday. The district named...
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St. Paul school board selects top Edina administrator, Stacie Stanley, as...
The St. Paul school board unanimously selected Stacie Stanley as its next superintendent, hiring the current Edina superintendent whose background growing up in St. Paul and attending the city’s...
View ArticleSt. Paul Public Schools board selects next superintendent: Here’s what she’s...
The St. Paul Public Schools Board of Education selected Stacie Stanley as its next superintendent Thursday night following a months-long search process. Contract negotiations with Stanley, who is Edina...
View ArticleJournalist Michele Norris to headline Minneapolis MLK breakfast
The annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Breakfast is scheduled for Jan. 20 in Minneapolis with a keynote address by journalist and Minnesotan Michele Norris. The 35th annual breakfast, which host...
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Joe Soucheray: Don’t dissolve into a sea of acolytes and school district...
St. Paul’s first public school superintendent, the Rev. E.D. Neill, also served as secretary and treasurer of the fledging board when it was established in 1856. Neill resigned in 1860, beginning two...
View ArticleSt. Paul Public Schools begins open house tours before priority enrollment...
St. Paul Public Schools will begin hosting open houses at each of its schools this week ahead of the district’s Feb. 14 priority enrollment deadline. Open houses this week start at 9 a.m. Thursday at...
View ArticleCollege tuition has fallen significantly at many schools
BOSTON — The cost of college keeps spiraling ever higher, right? Not necessarily. New research indicates students are paying significantly less to attend public universities than they were a decade...
View ArticleHamline University announces new president, a native of Twin Cities
Hamline University named a New York higher education leader and Twin Cities native as its 22nd president Wednesday during a campus forum in St. Paul. Mayme Hostetter is the current president of the...
View ArticleTrump wants to change colleges nationwide. GOP-led states offer a preview
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and JOCELYN GECKER of The Associated Press, WILLIESHA MORRIS of AL.com, and KEVIN RICHERT of Idaho Education News Nearly a decade ago, intense protests over racial injustice...
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