More MN pharmacies to offer opioid antidote naloxone without a prescription...
Pharmacies across Minnesota are making it easier to get the opioid antidote naloxone that reverses drug overdoses. HealthPartners and Park Nicollet pharmacies announced Wednesday that they have started...
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Superintendent: Park High School Indian emblem must go
An Indian head mosaic at Park High School in Cottage Grove. (Forum News Service) No one will be walking on the Indian at Park High School again. The Cottage Grove high school is removing a...
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Minnesota State chancellor Malhotra to get $507,000 in annual salary, benefits
The leader of Minnesota’s largest higher education system will get $507,000 in annual salary and benefits when his new contract starts Aug. 1. Devinder Malhotra Minnesota State trustees Wednesday...
View ArticleMN students plan rally Saturday as part of national March For Our Lives
Twin Cities students and families will march to the state Capitol Saturday as part of the national March For Our Lives demonstration to end gun violence. The event is one of the 800 worldwide marches...
View Article‘We want to show how unified we are:’ Why dozens of students are heading from...
For the third time this month, some east metro students will be protesting gun violence. On March 7, 5,000 students rallied at the state Capitol to advocate for stricter gun laws. On March 14,...
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She’s a college graduate, at age 90
Virginia “Jini” Johnson was a few credits short of finishing her degree in home economics at the University of Cincinnati in 1947 when her husband, Jim, became critically ill. Jini, then 19, dropped...
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Thousands protest gun violence at St. Paul’s March for Our Lives rally
Students chant "enough is enough" on the steps of the State Capitol during the Minnesota March For Our Lives in St. Paul, Minn. on Saturday, March 24, 2018. An estimated 18,000 Minnesotans rallied...
View ArticleMark Dayton’s preschool funding request gets icy reception from GOP
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton pressed lawmakers on Tuesday to extend funding for preschool programs for the next three years, concerned one of his signature initiatives may fall by the wayside after he...
View ArticleUMN professor accused of sexual harassment had been reprimanded before
A University of Minnesota professor who was called out publicly in December for his interactions with women has lost a leadership position and is the subject of four ongoing school investigations. Brad...
View ArticleGift of cryptocurrency will fund 86 St. Paul classroom requests
A cryptocurrency company’s donation will fund $29 million in U.S. classroom projects, including 86 requests from St. Paul Public Schools teachers. The crowdfunding website DonorsChoose.org on Wednesday...
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Group wants to preserve American Indian emblem at Cottage Grove high school
A group in Cottage Grove wants to save an Indian head mosaic from destruction. The emblem was installed in a hallway floor of Park High School in 1965, when the school’s teams were called the Indians....
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Apple and iPad are underdogs in a fight with Google for classroom dominance
Greg Joswiak, Apple’s VP of Product Marketing, unveils a new, low-cost iPad tablet that has support for Apple’s Pencil stylus and is partly aimed at the education market. Apple held a press event on...
View ArticleKorean handbag king donates $5M to Concordia Language Villages
MOORHEAD, Minn. — The handbag king who brings the world luxury labels like Michael Kors, Marc Jacobs, Coach and Tory Burch has made a $5 million donation to the Concordia Language Villages of Concordia...
View ArticleWhy Minnesota is calling kids ‘not proficient’ when they skip the state math...
All but invisible in past years, the thousands of students who opt out of Minnesota’s standardized math and reading tests will be counted against their schools and districts under new state and federal...
View ArticleSt. Paul and Maplewood schools claim teacher of the year finalists
Teachers from St. Paul and Maplewood are among a dozen finalists for Education Minnesota’s teacher of the year award. Finalists include Renee Swanson, biology teacher at the High School for Recording...
View ArticleReport alleges ongoing ‘rape game’ in North Dakota school district
COLFAX, N.D. — Disturbing details of sodomy and sexual assault dating back to 2015 in the Richland 44 School District are described in an independent report that says school leaders failed to...
View ArticleMinnesota superintendent resigns after arrest for indecent exposure
COLD SPRING, Minn. — Scott Staska resigned earlier this week from his role as Rocori school district superintendent following his arrest and accusations that he publicly exposed himself 16 times since...
View ArticleTwin Cities district contests special-ed placement for girl with high IQ
The parents of a brilliant teenager who rarely shows up to school are battling St. Louis Park Public Schools over the student’s proper educational setting and supports. The 16-year-old girl’s 133 IQ is...
View ArticleMN students near top on national test. Breaking results down by race tells...
Minnesota continues to have among the nation’s best scores on a biennial assessment of students’ math and reading skills, but large gaps remain between students of color and their white classmates....
View ArticleSt. Paul schools reviewing ban on holiday parties — and might allow even more
A St. Paul Public Schools policy that discourages holiday celebrations will get a closer look following a parent’s complaints. Brian Sanders objects to the district’s school-sponsored parties for Hmong...
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