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Woodbury’s Math and Science Academy adding elementary school, building new...
One of Minnesota’s top-performing schools, Math and Science Academy in Woodbury, currently serves 720 students and plans to double that number by 2026. Math and Science Academy, at 8430 Woodbury...
View ArticlePenn scrubs diversity initiatives from its website to comply with Trump order
By Susan Snyder, The Philadelphia Inquirer The University of Pennsylvania’s medical school plans to dissolve committees having to do with diversity, equity, and inclusion and any roles that implement...
View ArticleSPPS Board of Education to vote on cell phone policy Tuesday
The St. Paul Public Schools board will vote Tuesday on a cell phone policy it spent the fall drafting. Districts across the state are adopting district-wide policies on cellphone use since the...
View ArticleCold weather: St. Paul, other districts cancel classes, activities Tuesday
School is canceled Tuesday for St. Paul Public Schools due to cold weather and there will not be virtual learning. Discovery Club and Adult Basic Education also will be closed. Other athletic and...
View ArticleSchools around the US confront anxiety over Trump’s actions on immigration
By MORIAH BALINGIT, BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS and JOCELYN GECKER, Associated Press Education Writers In Fresno, California, social media rumors about impending immigration raids at the city’s schools left...
View ArticleTrump administration gives schools a deadline to end DEI programs or risk...
By COLLIN BINKLEY, AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is giving America’s schools and universities two weeks to eliminate diversity initiatives or risk losing federal money,...
View ArticleSt. Paul Public Schools Board: New superintendent to start May 12
Stacie Stanley will start as St. Paul Public School’s next superintendent on May 12, with a first-year salary of $270,000 following contract approvals by the district’s board Tuesday night. A...
View ArticleDistrict-wide cellphone policy prohibiting use approved by SPPS Board of...
The St. Paul Public Schools Board of Education approved a cellphone policy for students Tuesday prohibiting their use during school hours that it will implement this fall. Districts across the state...
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Senate committee advances ex-wrestling CEO Linda McMahon as Trump’s nominee...
By COLLIN BINKLEY, AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate committee voted Thursday to advance Linda McMahon’s nomination to serve as President Donald Trump’s education secretary, bringing her...
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Kids’ disability rights cases stalled as Trump began to overhaul Education...
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, COLLIN BINKLEY and ANNIE MA WASHINGTON (AP) — It was obvious to Christine Smith Olsey that her son was not doing well at school, despite educators telling her to leave it to...
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St. Paul’s Face to Face Academy to honor slain graduate Sam Nordquist
Sam Nordquist was just 15 when Olivia McIntosh, his friend and fellow classmate at Face to Face Academy on St. Paul’s East Side, was killed in a quadruple homicide in 2017. The school of 100 students...
View ArticleEllison: Trump order on transgender athletes violates Minnesota law
Minnesota human rights law lets transgender athletes compete in sports consistent with their gender identity and it supersedes President Donald Trump’s recent executive order banning transgender...
View ArticleMinnesota House Republicans seek to ban transgender students from sports,...
Minnesota House Republicans introduced a pair of bills that would prevent transgender students from using the locker rooms, restrooms and sports that align with their gender identity. The first bill,...
View ArticleBill would require Minnesota Legislature’s education policymakers to see...
Minnesota lawmakers on the Legislature’s Education Policy and Education Finance committees would be required to observe a teacher or school administrator if a bipartisan bill introduced Thursday...
View ArticleImmigration enforcement at schools largely unchanged under Trump, feds argue...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security argues in a new court filing that federal policy regarding immigration arrests at schools hasn’t significantly changed under the Trump administration, despite...
View ArticleTeachers union sues over Trump administration’s deadline to end school...
By COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A new federal lawsuit in Maryland is challenging a Trump administration memo giving the nation’s schools and universities two...
View ArticleSemifinalists for Minnesota Teacher of the Year include 3 St. Paul teachers
The Minnesota Teacher of the Year candidates have been narrowed down to 31 semifinalists, including three St. Paul teachers. John Horton, at J.J. Hill Montessori, Amanda Jagdeo at Hamline Elementary...
View ArticleSt. Paul school field trip canceled for students of color following racial...
A St. Paul Public Schools field trip for students of color has been canceled after a federal civil rights complaint was made in response to the trip by a Mendota Heights man alleging racial...
View ArticleAs Trump’s deadline to eliminate DEI nears, few schools openly rush to make...
By COLLIN BINKLEY, JOCELYN GECKER and CHEYANNE MUMPHREY, Associated Press Education Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Schools and colleges across the U.S. face a Friday deadline to end diversity programs or...
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Smartphones in schools: Do they help students learn?
Broward County has banned all cellphone use in school. Palm Beach County school leaders think cellphones can be either a learning tool or a disruption, allowing use only at certain times. Miami-Dade...
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