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New principal for Cottage Grove’s Park High a district veteran
South Washington County school leaders have picked Virginia “Ginger” Garski to be the next leader of Park High School in Cottage Grove. Virginia “Ginger” Garski Garski has worked as assistant principal...
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Inver Hills teacher wins award while banned from campus
An Inver Hills Community College instructor who is barred from campus while a complaint against him is investigated has been given a top award from his colleagues. Dave Berger Dave Berger, a sociology...
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UMN affiliates to pay 3 of its commencement speakers
University of Minnesota affiliates will pay $10,500 in speaker fees for commencement addresses this spring. R.T. Rybak Former Minneapolis mayor R.T. Rybak will get a $4,000 honorarium for his May 15...
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St. Paul’s Johnson High eliminating gender-specific restrooms
St. Paul Public Schools is taking a novel approach to the debate over who gets access to which restrooms. One year after making a policy change that granted transgender students and staff access to...
View ArticleMinnesota wants for-profit college students’ loans forgiven
Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson is expanding her campaign to help students she says were misled by for-profit colleges. Swanson announced Tuesday that she is asking the U.S. Department of...
View ArticleWhy Minnesota needs more minority college grads – its economy
Minnesota has work to do if residents are going to have the skills they need for the jobs of the future. A new report from the state Office of Higher Education found 58 percent of Minnesotans age 25 to...
View ArticleSt. Paul student advisory panel wants vote on school board
Six months after its creation, a student advisory group wants to give students a stronger permanent voice in the management of St. Paul Public Schools. In a presentation to the school board Tuesday,...
View ArticleWoman sues Carleton College, claims botched rape investigation
NORTHFIELD, Minn. — A woman who says she was sexually assaulted is suing Carleton College. The woman filed the federal lawsuit against the private college Monday. Related Articles Northern Minnesota...
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St. Catherine University hires YWCA Minneapolis CEO as president
Becky Roloff Forty-four years ago, Becky Roloff and a friend left Dickinson, N.D., for a college tour of St. Catherine University. “I walked through the gates and I loved it. I came home and told my...
View ArticleNorth St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale schools face whistleblower suit
A former teacher at the North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District 622 has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the district, claiming she was fired after complaining that the number of students...
View ArticleSt. Paul teacher injured by ‘agitated’ first-grader, district says
A St. Paul elementary school teacher was injured by a first-grader Wednesday, the latest in a string of violent incidents involving students and teachers at public schools in the city. No students were...
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East Ridge High’s robot rattles, lurches into national competition
The robotics team stared at its creation, like coaches studying an Olympic athlete. Cooper Minehart was watching the robot’s ball-shooting arm. Kate Sawyer worried about wall-climbing apparatus. Team...
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Big Brothers Big Sisters hires Minneapolis schools’ interim chief
Michael Goar, interim superintendent of Minneapolis Public Schools, will become the new executive director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities. The nonprofit mentoring organization...
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New UMN budget includes tuition hike, pay raises
University of Minnesota students from wealthier families and those from out-of-state will bear the brunt of a tuition increase planned for next school year. University President Eric Kaler unveiled a...
View ArticleUW-River Falls students among tops in international DECA competition
Five University of Wisconsin – River Falls students placed in the Top Ten at a recent international competition testing their professional skills. The Collegiate DECA International Career Development...
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Students’ Big River Journey field trip marks 20 years on the Mississippi
The Jonathan Padelford, one of three boats owned by the Padelford Packet Boat Co., at St. Paul’s Harriet Island. (Pioneer Press: John Doman) Where better to learn about the Mississippi River than on...
View ArticleCity kids learn about farming at third annual field trip to State Fair
The Minnesota State Fair isn’t until August, but pigs, cattle, goats and sheep will be trucked in on Wednesday so city kids can learn where their food comes from. Related Articles G. Love, Billy Bob...
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UW-River Falls chancellor to speak at St. Croix ‘Conversations’
Dean Van Galen, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, will be the featured speaker at the next Conversations of the Valley, a public-affairs luncheon series sponsored by the St. Croix...
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Newly named UMN-Morris chancellor decides not to take job
Rodney Hanley The newly named chancellor for the University of Minnesota-Morris has decided against taking the job. University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler sent an e-mail to university faculty,...
View ArticleAs Minnesota education bill nears completion, two things missing
Educators had high hopes this would be the year the Minnesota Legislature would begin to address what many consider to be longstanding unfairness in the way public schools are funded. Yet, despite...
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