St. Paul school board forum to be held Tuesday
Students for Education Reform is sponsoring a forum with candidates for St. Paul school board Tuesday at the Amherst Wilder Foundation, 451 N. Lexington Parkway. Incumbents John Brodrick and Jeannie...
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Former Woodbury principal sentenced for stealing school district funds
A former principal of East Ridge High School in Woodbury has been ordered to serve 240 hours of community service and pay South Washington County Schools $7,500 for misusing district funds. Aaron...
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New Marine charter school to put teachers in the driver's seat
The public school options near the Washington County towns of Withrow and Marine on St. Croix are changing this school year. The two elementary schools that served the towns have closed as part of the...
View Article21,980 glue sticks: School supply lists pile up for St. Paul parents
A single pack of glue sticks into her back-to-school shopping at the St. Paul Midway SuperTarget, Aamera Siddiqui’s patience already was running thin. She labored to keep her two daughters in check...
View ArticleNew school for students with special needs to open in Lake Elmo
Connie Hayes likes to think there is a little bit of magic in the design of the new Pankalo Education Center. The superintendent of the Northeast Metro Intermediate School District says designers...
View ArticleDown one dorm, UMN makes room for huge freshman class
The University of Minnesota’s largest freshman class since 1970 started moving in Monday and found they had the dorms entirely to themselves. With the 700-bed Pioneer Hall out of commission for a...
View ArticleA dozen east-metro districts putting school levies before voters this fall
A dozen east-metro school districts are asking voters this fall to renew existing levies or provide new funding for school operations, facilities improvements and classroom technology. Odd-year...
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UMN professor accused of illegally purchasing guns
Massoud Amin Massoud Amin, director of the university’s Technical Leadership Institute, is under felony indictment for a charge of providing fabricated financial documents during his divorce, KSTP-TV...
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Concordia Language Villages, similar programs fear visa cuts from Trump order
Officials who run a popular language and cultural immersion program in the north woods of Minnesota are warning that potential changes in visa rules could make it hard for them to hire enough...
View ArticleIf it’s been a while … 7 back-to-school tips for older students
It’s not your first time ’round the playground, but it’s been a while. It’s been so long that no one had an iPad in their backpack. In fact, no one had a backpack. Trapper Keeper, anyone? Or a...
View ArticleSchool lunch fundraiser in Castile’s memory raises over $6,000
A campaign inspired by Philando Castile has raised more than $6,000 to clear the school lunch debts of St. Paul Public Schools students. Pam Fergus, a professor at Inver Hills Community College, set up...
View ArticleChemical vapor delays classes at one St. Paul school
Concerns about a chemical vapor possibly leaking into a school building from underground will delay the first day of classes at Crossroads Elementary School in St. Paul. St. Paul school leaders learned...
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St. Thomas’ new two-year school offers low-income students a chance at college
Kelly Ordonez Saybe didn’t get into her first college choice, the University of St. Thomas. Saybe, 18, had other college options, but worried about how she would pay the soaring cost of tuition. Then...
View ArticleStillwater, Rosemount districts open new schools to meet growing needs
As many parents would be, Emmanuel Tanimojo was apprehensive to move his two boys to a new elementary school. “Initially, we were not happy,” Tanimojo said. “We felt like, ‘What’s going on?’ ” But when...
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After controversies, St. Paul schools and new superintendent press on with...
Controversial consultants and the superintendent who hired them are gone, but St. Paul Public Schools leaders say they are no less committed to closing gaps in achievement between whites and students...
View ArticleAppeals Court rejects attempt to unionize all UMN Twin Cities faculty
University of Minnesota part-time and contingent faculty may not join the same union as those on the tenure track, the Court of Appeals said Tuesday, striking a blow against efforts to unionize faculty...
View ArticleMinnesota school boards not as diverse as student population
Students of color and mixed race make up nearly one-third of Minnesota’s public school enrollment, but only 3 percent of school district board members are minorities. Minnesota Public Radio reports...
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Minnesota appeals court upholds dismissal of teacher tenure lawsuit
If Minnesotans want to change state teachers union protections, they should petition the Legislature, not seek changes in the courts. That’s the opinion of a Minnesota Court of Appeals panel, released...
View ArticleMinnesota’s ACT scores among nation’s best, but challenges persist
After dropping for a year, Minnesota students’ scores on the ACT college entrance exam are on the rise, but future access to the test might be limited. Minnesota’s composite ACT score rose four-tenths...
View ArticleUMN: Let’s do $200M in building repairs, not flashy new construction. How...
The University of Minnesota will hold off on higher-profile construction projects in hopes the state will pay for overdue maintenance of its aging campus buildings. The university has identified $4.2...
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