Karen Hanson to leave job as UMN provost
The University of Minnesota’s top administrator under President Eric Kaler is leaving her job at the end of this calendar year. Executive Vice President and Provost Karen Hanson said in a letter to...
View ArticleThousands of MN kids to get schools supplies, backpacks thanks to volunteers
Thousands of Minnesota children will get backpacks filled with school supplies for the upcoming school year thanks to a large volunteer campaign on Thursday. The Greater Twin Cities United Way, the...
View ArticleSt. Paul Public Schools wants to hire more businesses run by women, minorities
St. Paul Public Schools officials say they aren’t awarding enough work to minority- and women-owned businesses. A recent three-year study found all but 15 of 324 contracts with the district’s...
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Appeals court rules against St. Paul teacher injured in student attack
A federal judge correctly ruled against a Central High School teacher who sued St. Paul Public Schools officials after a student attacked him in the lunchroom, an appeals court panel has said. St. Paul...
View ArticleSt. Paul school enrollment campaign nets 103 new students, union says
The St. Paul Federation of Teachers says a six-week door-knocking campaign generated more than 100 additional students for St. Paul Public Schools. Nine union members visited 7,300 homes, had 1,100...
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Kaler will get $950,250 despite early exit from UMN; regents hire search firm...
When Eric Kaler leaves his job next year as University of Minnesota president, he’ll keep his salary and retirement benefits for a year. Kaler is moving into an ambassador and fundraising role for the...
View ArticleThree UMN regents to guide search for Eric Kaler’s replacement
The University of Minnesota Board of Regents has selected three of its own to guide the search for the U’s next president. Regent Abdul Omari will chair and Peggy Lucas and Steve Sviggum will serve on...
View ArticleSt. Paul board, Mayor Carter start work on campaign for $18.6M school referendum
A political action committee run by St. Paul school board members and Mayor Melvin Carter has hired a consultant to promote passage of a fall referendum that would increase the school tax levy by $18.6...
View ArticleState moves closer to finalizing new teacher licensing rules
Minnesota’s new teacher licensing board can require inexperienced teachers to participate in mentoring programs and can specify the type of training educators receive so they can better understand...
View ArticleStudents chosen for St. Paul schools advisory board
St. Paul Public Schools has named six new and seven returning members to its Student Engagement and Advancement Board. Created in 2015, the group studies issues that affect students and advises the...
View ArticleHarding High wants to name gym after retired athletics director Keenan
Harding High School’s gym floor will be renamed for its longtime athletics director, pending school board approval. Gerald Keenan, 81, worked for St. Paul Public Schools for 57 years before retiring in...
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St. Paul explores a sales tax to subsidize citywide preschool for 3- and...
St. Paul city, school and nonprofit leaders are working on a plan to offer free or heavily subsidized preschool to all 3- and 4-year-olds in the city. The effort would cost anywhere from $25 million to...
View ArticleStudent expelled after school shooting rumors sues Cretin-Derham Hall
A week after the Feb. 14 school shooting in Parkland, Fla., officials at Cretin-Derham Hall investigated rumors of a planned attack on the private St. Paul high school. School leaders told reporters...
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Lawsuit challenging Minnesota teachers union protections sent back to lower...
The Minnesota Supreme Court ordered the state Court of Appeals to reconsider a decision to dismiss a lawsuit that claims teachers union rules protect bad educators. On Tuesday, the state’s top court...
View ArticleSt. Paul school board ‘pleased’ with superintendent after stormy first year
Superintendent Joe Gothard got a favorable performance review but no pay raise after his first year leading St. Paul Public Schools. “Overall, the board is pleased with the work of the superintendent...
View ArticleWisconsin millionaires bequeath fortune to scholarship fund
Marty Ryan and Richard Sterbenz were not known for their academic prowess. Ryan barely graduated from high school; Sterbenz never did. Despite their lack of formal education, the Somerset, Wis., couple...
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Spouse of Concordia University president buys faculty housing, converts all...
On housing site Airbnb, the owner of a four-plex apartment building in St. Paul advertised enough room to sleep 28 guests, provided they share queen beds and sofas, at $818 per night: “You’ll have the...
View ArticleSt. Paul school district pays $6,000 to settle fired social worker’s...
St. Paul Public Schools has agreed to pay $6,000 to settle a fired employee’s lawsuit alleging discrimination and retaliation for an undisclosed health problem. Social worker Thaddeus Mosqueda sued the...
View ArticleUMN seeks dismissal of conservative speaker Ben Shapiro’s lawsuit
The University of Minnesota has asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit that argues they discriminated against conservative commentator Ben Shapiro by relegating his speech to the St. Paul campus. Shapiro,...
View ArticleConcordia University four-plex housed students and faculty when president’s...
A four-plex Concordia University-St. Paul sold to its president’s wife was occupied by faculty, students and staff as well as their children at the time of the sale. Earlier this week a university...
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