St. Paul looks to boost unpopular schools to turn enrollment tide
Mired in a cycle of enrollment losses and budget cuts, St. Paul Public Schools leaders are eager to play offense in the arena of school choice. The district’s share of K-12 students in St. Paul has...
View ArticleSt. Paul students' test scores drop again, lack of progress 'very troubling'
St. Paul Public Schools fell farther behind the rest of the state on reading and math tests last spring. In math, 35.5 percent of St. Paul district students scored proficient or advanced on the...
View ArticleApple Valley school staffer cleared of excessive force in Muslim girl’s case
An Apple Valley High School security guard accused of using excessive force to detain a 15-year-old Muslim girl has been cleared of any crimes or school misconduct. Jason Rieck had been on paid leave...
View ArticleEducation consultant, former teacher joins race for St. Paul school board
A fourth candidate has joined the race for three seats on the St. Paul school board. Education consultant and former teacher Andrea Touhey filed for office Monday. She faces incumbents John Brodrick...
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Apple Valley ‘Zoo School’ gets first new principal in 22 years
The School of Environmental Studies in Apple Valley has had its first change in leadership since opening 22 years ago. Lauren Trainer was named new principal of the School of Environmental Studies in...
View Article‘Stuff the bus’ collects school supplies for Stillwater students
Supplies are being collected for Stillwater Area Schools students during the annual “Stuff the Bus” campaign sponsored by Community Thread and United Way of Washington County-East. Supplies most needed...
View ArticleStudent loan collector to pay Minnesota $100,000
Minnesota will share a multistate settlement from an organization accused of improper student-loan collections. Mike Rothman, state commerce commissioner, announced Friday that Minnesota and four other...
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Head of newly merged Mitchell-Hamline School of Law takes non-traditional...
One of Mark Gordon’s first acts when faced with the prospect of merging two of Minnesota’s storied but struggling law schools was putting together a jury. He called up Ujaama Place, a St. Paul-based...
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Memorial golf tourney honors Lakeville South standout baseball player
The Blizzard Foundation will host the second annual Johnny Price IV Memorial Golf Tournament Aug. 21 at Brackett’s Crossing Country Club in Lakeville. The nonprofit foundation was started after Price,...
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Teacher suing St. Paul district says she was fired for supporting students of...
A former teacher with St. Paul Public Schools claims she lost her job because she advocated for students of color. Sarah Dickhausen, who taught at Open World Learning Community, sued the school...
View ArticleWhat’s new in St. Paul schools? Fewer cops, more free food, preschool, iPads
Students in St. Paul Public Schools will find keyboards for their iPads, more free food and fewer police officers in the new school year. The school board voted 5-1 Tuesday on a new $698,000 contract...
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Lakeville school board debating solar garden plan that could save millions
A growing number of Minnesota school districts are looking to the sun to stabilize their energy costs. Lakeville is the latest Twin Cities school district to consider using solar power to save money....
View ArticleNorth Branch schools collecting supplies at ‘Stuff the Bus’ event
North Branch Area Public Schools is holding its first ever “Stuff the Bus” event next week to collect school supplies for students. The event will be from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Aug. 24 at Central Park in...
View ArticleSouth Washington County Schools mistakenly emails data on over 9,600 students
South Washington County Schools emailed parents Wednesday with their children’s transportation information for the upcoming school year — and in one attachment mistakenly released data on over 9,600...
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These senior citizens lived together but didn't interact. Until this theater...
Sol Sepulveda, 64, has been singing since she was a little girl. But until Monday, she had never sung in public. She said she’d been scared to, since her father had insisted on her keeping quiet as a...
View Article15 years later, MN schools are more segregated, and achievement gap has...
Fifteen years into a nationwide push to provide every student with an equal education, Minnesota schools have grown more segregated and the state’s nation-leading academic achievement gap refuses to...
View ArticleHere are the candidates who filed for east metro school board races
Nine districts in St. Paul suburbs have school board seats up for election Nov. 7. Candidate filings, which closed Tuesday, show that most will have competition. Competitive races are set for the St....
View ArticleAccuser in alleged St. Thomas sex assault won’t testify in lawsuit, judge rules
A University of St. Thomas student who reported being sexually assaulted will not have to participate in a lawsuit her alleged attacker brought against the school. U.S. Magistrate Judge David Schultz...
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Minnehaha Academy plans to relocate students to former Brown College campus...
Minnehaha Academy is looking at the former Sanford-Brown College campus in Mendota Heights to house its high school students, who were displaced by an Aug. 2 natural gas explosion that leveled part of...
View ArticleForest Lake students start early to give construction workers more time next...
Students in the Forest Lake district are back to school early this year to make more time next summer for planned construction work across the district. Classes began Monday for the district’s nearly...
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