Wisconsin high school censors student’s graduation speech
TOMAHAWK, Wis. — A Wisconsin high school valedictorian decided against speaking at commencement after school administrators required she not reference discrimination, school shootings and gender...
View ArticleMinnesota’s looking for a few good tutors: 1,700 of them
St. Paul children’s author Nancy Loewen found herself in a transition two years ago. She had just become an empty-nester, and she wanted to find something meaningful to do with her time — something she...
View ArticleM Health Fairview deal would create ‘real partnership’ with UMN, doctors
Fairview Health Services is close to striking a new partnership agreement with the University of Minnesota and University of Minnesota Physicians. The governing boards for each have unanimously...
View ArticleSt. Paul school board wants more from strategic plan
The unveiling Tuesday of a set of strategic initiatives to guide St. Paul Public Schools fell flat with board members hungry for specificity. “I want to see action. We’re all impatient for action,”...
View ArticleMore than 100 jobs cut from new St. Paul schools budget
The St. Paul school board approved a budget Tuesday night that eliminates more than 100 jobs next year as enrollment shrinks and state funding comes up short. Board member Steve Marchese said, for a...
View ArticleGrand Rapids school bus driver apparently fell asleep before May crash
LENGBY, Minn. — The driver of a Grand Rapids school bus that crashed and injured a dozen students last month in eastern Polk County apparently fell asleep at the wheel, the Minnesota State Patrol has...
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Minnesota State higher education system to weigh leaving downtown St. Paul...
The Minnesota State higher education system will explore moving its 300 administrative workers out of downtown St. Paul in 2022. It costs the system around $2.5 million a year to lease 89,000 square...
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Indian head removed in pieces from Cottage Grove high school
The Indian head emblem embedded in a hallway floor of Park High School in Cottage Grove since 1965 has been removed, but it came out in pieces. An American Indian emblem on the floor of Park High...
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St. Paul educators going door-to-door to enroll more students
Ten educators will canvass the neighborhoods of nine under-enrolled schools this summer in hopes of bringing students — and state money — back to St. Paul Public Schools. Amid increased competition...
View ArticleUMN enrollment plan calls for Twin Cities rejects to help fill outstate campuses
The University of Minnesota says students who can’t get into its increasingly selective Twin Cities flagship will be steered to the four coordinate campuses as the system looks to grow by 3,000...
View ArticleSale of McNally Smith building, equipment brings nearly $1 million for...
The bankruptcy estate for McNally Smith College of Music will have nearly $1 million to distribute to creditors following the sale of the downtown St. Paul building and music equipment. A three-day...
View ArticleSt. Paul student suspended for groping several girls has legal claims rejected
A federal judge has ruled a St. Paul charter school did not unfairly punish a student for sexually harassing several of his peers. The 15-year-old boy’s parents sued St. Paul Conservatory for...
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School cop helps connect kids with paid trade internships
Eighteen-year-old Deshawn Sparkman of St. Paul faced a big challenge while in high school — homelessness. It often led to poor attendance and job placement problems. But, “everything is starting to...
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St. Paul schools to scrutinize student suspensions under human rights agreement
St. Paul Public Schools has reached an agreement with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights to take a close look at what’s causing persistent disparities in student discipline. St. Paul is one of 20...
View Article‘Stuff the bus’ to collect supplies for Stillwater students
Supplies will be collected this summer for Stillwater Area Schools students during the annual “Stuff the Bus” campaign sponsored by Community Thread and United Way of Washington County-East. The drive...
View ArticleWoodbury student wins honor in national science competition
Sooryabala Balamurugan, an eighth-grade student at Woodbury Middle School, won honors in a national science competition for his idea for killing bacteria. Sooryabala was named the Minnesota state merit...
View ArticleConservative groups sue University of Minnesota over speech venue
Conservative groups are suing the University of Minnesota, arguing that the school violated their free speech rights by moving a conservative speaker to its smaller St. Paul campus. The lawsuit filed...
View ArticleSt. Paul Catholic school accommodated boy’s wheelchair — and wins inclusion...
Nathan Leber, who just completed sixth grade at St. Thomas More Catholic School in St. Paul, loves talking about history with his grandpa. He’s reading a book about World War II that he thinks is...
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Twins, Wolves, Lynx and Loons coach St. Paul kids at OneMN Sports Day
Minnesota United FC mascot PK tends goal as a young participant tries to get the ball past him at OneMN Sports Day on Saturday, July 7, 2018, at El Rio Vista Recreation Center in St. Paul. (John Autey...
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Leaving tech collaborative will be costly for these Minnesota school districts
Unwinding a half-century-old school technology collaborative will cost its members millions — at least in the short term. The 48 districts that own the Technology and Information Educational Services,...
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