Stillwater schools may delay realignment plans over legal challenges
Stillwater school board members may let legal challenges of their decision to close three elementary schools play out before moving forward with their district realignment plans. Board members were set...
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Rosemount band to march in Macy’s Thanksgiving parade
Left to right: Rosemount High School Marching Band members Anna Loughridge, Sam Swenson, Ella Goeldner and Sammy Ramaker -- all sophomores -- react to the announcement Tuesday, April 12, 2016, that the...
View ArticleParents file discrimination charge against St. Paul school
A St. Paul couple has filed a charge of discrimination with the city’s Department of Human Rights and Equal Economic Opportunity, alleging that Nova Classical Academy failed to protect their child from...
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Criticized leader of Dakota County colleges to stay on
The president of two Dakota County community colleges plans to stay despite a recent no-confidence vote by staff on one campus. Tim Wynes, who leads Inver Hills Community College and Dakota County...
View ArticleSt. Paul schools eye classroom cuts, tax hike for infrastructure
The St. Paul school board weighed a major spending increase on facilities Tuesday evening while tentatively cutting costs on the salary and benefits side of the budget. The district’s first-ever...
View ArticleSeasoned east metro principal to head Mounds View district
Chris Lennox, who was a high school principal in Stillwater and South St. Paul, has been tapped to be superintendent of Mounds View Public Schools. The school board approved the hire Tuesday. If...
View ArticleAnother challenge to Stillwater school closures alleges secret meetings
The Stillwater district faces a third legal challenge of a plan to close three elementary schools, and the lawsuit alleges school leaders held secret meetings and failed to disclose conflicts of...
View ArticleEnrollment troubles likely means consolidation for Hamline-Midway schools
Two years after a major renovation, Galtier Community School in the Hamline-Midway neighborhood could be on the verge of closing for low enrollment. St. Paul Public Schools has worked with parents from...
View ArticleInterest groups’ lawsuit will target Minnesota teachers union protections
Local and national education reform groups plan to file a lawsuit Thursday that claims Minnesota’s teacher union laws protect bad educators and perpetuate the state’s achievement gap. The national...
View ArticleSt. Paul, West St. Paul schools among examples in lawsuit challenging unions
A constitutional challenge to Minnesota’s teachers union protections focuses on two east metro schools that allegedly have ineffective educators and where union rules make it too difficult to fire...
View ArticleStillwater won’t close or try to sell schools until legal challenge is decided
Stillwater school leaders will not close or try to sell school buildings until legal challenges of the decision to shutter three elementary schools are resolved. With a 4-2 vote Thursday, board members...
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When it comes to foreign languages, Oakdale teacher is ‘el mejor’
Walk into Grant Boulanger’s classroom at Skyview Middle School in Oakdale and you’re greeted with a chorus of “holas” and “bienvenidos.” On the walls are many of the traditional trappings of a Spanish...
View ArticleSt. Paul school’s $15 million expansion plans irk neighbors
Neighbors are calling foul on a three-story, $15 million expansion plan for an elementary school on one of St. Paul Public Schools’ smallest lots. The school district says adding onto the K-3 lower...
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Central High senior’s words win place on Chipotle cups, bags
Fue Xiong has always liked to write. However, the 17-year-old senior at St. Paul’s Central High School was “speechless” when he found out he’ll keep company with literary greats like Jonathan Franzen,...
View ArticleMnSCU name change in the works
Update: It’s official — MnSCU no more. The state’s largest higher education system is preparing to shed most of its 41-character name. “Minnesota State” is the leading naming option for the state-run...
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St. Paul charter high school Nova ranked best in Minnesota
(Courtesy of Nova Classical Academy) The St. Paul charter school Nova Classical Academy is the best high school in the state and 16th in the country, according to U.S. News and World Report’s annual...
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Goodbye, MnSCU; hello, Minnesota State
Goodbye, MnSCU. Hello, Minnesota State. Known for 20 years as the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system — MnSCU, for short — the state’s largest higher education system is moving forward...
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Metro State University provost will be its next president
Ginny Arthur, Metropolitan State University executive vice president and provost, will take over as the university’s president July 1. Steven Rosenstone, chancellor for Minnesota State Colleges and...
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Minneapolis marketing veteran moves to crowdfunding for classrooms
Ann Ness, a veteran marketer who helped build Cargill’s brand, will be crowdfunding for classrooms as the new executive director of AdoptAClassroom.org, a nonprofit organization in Minneapolis that...
View ArticleFaculty resist standardization talk for MnSCU, Metro State
As the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system explores options for slashing expenses, faculty union leaders are pushing back on a proposal to standardize the way courses are taught across the...
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