City council pushes back on Port Authority-Concordia University plan to take...
The St. Paul City Council is taking a dim view of Concordia University’s plans to take a nine-story medical office building at least partially off the city’s tax rolls. Concordia has partnered with the...
View ArticleSome metro schools are canceling classes due to cold. Here’s who so far
With one day already canceled due to snow, some area school officials are calling off additional days this week in anticipation of a wave of severely cold temperatures expected to strike the Twin...
View ArticleSt. Paul, Ramsey County to end youth data-sharing agreement after withering...
After nearly five years of preparation, a three-way agreement between St. Paul, Ramsey County and the St. Paul Public Schools to share youth data and target young people with services even before a...
View ArticleDental, educational, housing worries top survey of Dakota, Ramsey and...
Eric Jolly, president and CEO of the St. Paul and Minnesota Foundations, recently found that a surprisingly high number of east metro residents are worried about their teeth. Deferred dental care is a...
View ArticleSt. Paul, Minneapolis, many suburban schools to remain closed Thursday
Public schools in Minneapolis and St. Paul will remain closed another day because of the dangerously cold temperatures. The two metro districts announced that classes are canceled Thursday for the...
View ArticleWalz: Minnesota schools get a pass on instruction-time thresholds due to the...
Minnesota schools will not be punished if they fall short of the state’s instruction time laws because of this week’s dangerous weather, Gov. Tim Walz’s office said Wednesday. “The Governor has assured...
View ArticleSt. Paul district dismisses some students early as snow falls
St. Paul Public Schools will dismiss most of its middle and high schools 30 minutes early Tuesday in hopes of keeping all buses on time as snow accumulates. All district schools that usually end at 2...
View ArticleWill old Withrow school become veterans housing? Developer, board to discuss
The future of Withrow Elementary School in Hugo, empty since the Stillwater district shuttered it in 2017, will be discussed by the school board at a 4:30 p.m. work session Thursday. Superintendent...
View ArticleSt. Paul school employees could be tested for drugs under planned policy
St. Paul Public Schools is weighing a new policy that would authorize drug and alcohol tests for employees suspected of working under the influence. Several times a year, supervisors call the human...
View ArticleUMN regents approve $2k engineering surcharge, $970k renovation for...
The cost of attending the University of Minnesota’s highly rated College of Science and Engineering will grow by $2,000 per year. The Board of Regents on Thursday agreed to adopt a surcharge modeled...
View ArticleNo make-up days? Schools might ask Legislature for shorter year after weather...
As school leaders search for ways to make up for instruction time lost to the cold and snow, they might ask the Legislature for a break. The Minnesota Department of Education and education lobbying...
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Scholarships, grants and mentoring seen as ways to recruit and retain more...
A bipartisan group of Minnesota lawmakers want the state to do more to recruit and retain teachers of color in order to diversify the state’s predominately white educators. One in three pupils in...
View ArticleUniversity of Minnesota sees decline in graduate debt: Students are smarter...
More University of Minnesota students are graduating without student debt, and those who do go into debt aren’t borrowing as much as they used to. Twin Cities student borrowing has steadily declined...
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The state of St. Paul schools? ‘Good’ but better with career classes,...
Superintendent Joe Gothard is looking to make student internships and career-focused classes a hallmark of his tenure with St. Paul Public Schools. In his first state of the district speech since...
View ArticleDamage verdict increases to $4.21 million for former UMD coach
DULUTH — A judge has increased the damages to be received by former University of Minnesota Duluth women’s hockey coach Shannon Miller in her discrimination suit against the school. U.S. District Judge...
View ArticleTeachers union says Minnesota schools need $4 billion more and the rich...
Minnesota needs to spend about $4 billion more every two years to “fully fund” public schools and the state teachers union wants businesses and the wealthy to pick up the tab. “We believe the public is...
View ArticleMitchell Hamline names interim law school dean
Mitchell Hamline School of Law has named Peter Knapp its interim president and dean. Knapp, the associate dean for academic affairs, will step in July 1. Mark Gordon is leaving the job after four years...
View ArticleSt. Paul school district asked to make ethnic studies class mandatory
Student leaders want St. Paul Public Schools to create classes that better reflect its diverse students. The Student Engagement and Advancement Board, which advises the school board, said in...
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Rename four UMN buildings over honorees’ racist, anti-Semitic histories,...
The names of four former University of Minnesota leaders should be scrubbed from Twin Cities campus buildings, according to a U task force appointed by President Eric Kaler. A 125-page report made...
View ArticleSt. Thomas student suspended for alleged sexual assault loses lawsuit
The University of St. Thomas has prevailed in a lawsuit challenging its suspension of a former student for an alleged sexual assault. U.S. District Judge John Tunheim on Thursday granted the school’s...
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