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For-profit Argosy University in Eagan announces closure, owes students $1.38M
Argosy University in Eagan (Pioneer Press) The for-profit Argosy University in Eagan is closing at the end of the week, the Minnesota Office of Higher Education said Thursday. Argosy had been the...
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MN Senate advances ‘Snow Day Relief Act’ that would let schools skip makeup days
Minnesota schools are a step closer to being able to avoid making up instruction days they missed this winter because of frigid temperatures and snow. The state Senate passed with a 61-2 vote Thursday...
View ArticleNot so fast: UMN regents criticize report calling for buildings to be renamed
Several members of the University of Minnesota Board of Regents on Friday challenged the academic underpinnings of a recommendation to rename four buildings on the Twin Cities campus. Regents say...
View ArticleSt. John’s University alum can’t get his $300,000 donation back, judges say
A St. John’s University alum has lost his bid to claw back a $300,000 endowment he says was being distributed to undeserving students. California lawyer Roger Lindmark established the endowment with...
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Students compete in state Math competition during ‘Minnesota Math Week’
Highland Park High School math team members work on algebra questions and compete for door prizes at the annual Minnesota State High School Mathematics League Tournament held in South St. Paul, March...
View ArticleStudents’ chatter about weapon leads to brief lockdown of St. Paul school
The upper campus of Linwood Monroe Arts Plus school in St. Paul was placed on a brief lockdown Tuesday afternoon after a staff member overheard students talking about a weapon, according to a message...
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Wild open practice to kids with autism. They thrill to skates scraping, pucks...
"It's pretty cool. You get to watch the players practice," said Nolan Johnston, 14, from Roseville, at a Minnesota Wild hosted event for autistic students at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul Thursday,...
View ArticleCentral High to name auditorium for retiring principal Mary Mackbee
Central High School’s auditorium will be named for its longtime principal, pending approval of the St. Paul school board. Mary Mackbee is retiring this summer after 25 years as Central’s principal and...
View ArticleLawmakers find common ground on opioid fees, hands-free calls and missed...
Minnesota lawmakers took a big step Monday toward proving politically divided government can get things done. With three bipartisan votes, House lawmakers advanced bills that would require drivers to...
View ArticleRacial disparities in discipline still a problem for St. Paul schools
St. Paul Public Schools has continued to suspend African-American students far more often than their peers since reaching a monitoring agreement last summer with the Minnesota Department of Human...
View ArticleMinnesota’s public colleges see fewer students, better budgets
Enrollment fell for a seventh consecutive year in 2018, yet Minnesota State colleges and universities made progress on several markers of financial health. Just four of the public higher education...
View ArticleStillwater board delays expansion of newest elementary school
Stillwater school board members won’t expand their newest elementary school until after all the district’s long-term space needs are decided. Board members voted 4-3 Thursday to delay a decision on a...
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Chopper class revs up Lakeville North manufacturing and engineering program
Kevin Baas’ “aha” moment as an educator came in 2003 when he began riding a 1958 Harley-Davidson Sportster to Kennedy High School, where he taught a metals class. Students could not help but notice —...
View ArticleMinnesota joins transgender student’s lawsuit against Anoka-Hennepin district
The Minnesota Department of Human Rights has asked to join a lawsuit accusing the Anoka-Hennepin School District of discriminating against a transgender student. N.H., as the former student and swimmer...
View ArticleLegislature to consider relaxing makeup snow days rule for schools
Minnesota schools can avoid adding days at the end of the calendar to make up for snow and severe weather days this winter under a proposal set for a Senate vote on Thursday. Negotiators from the...
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Not going to ‘waste away,’ Minnesota inmates work toward four-year degrees
Since he was sentenced for assault three years ago, Christian Burch has edited the prison newspaper, tutored fellow inmates and sold graphite portraits he drew while earning an art certificate. His...
View ArticleMN snow day pardon bill heads to the governor after passing House, Senate
The Minnesota Legislature on Thursday advanced a bill that would pardon school districts if they fall short of legally required instructional days due to extreme winter conditions this past year. The...
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A metro mom’s computer game aims to help children with learning disabilities,...
Wyatt Vogland, 9, of Bloomington, stared intently at a computer screen in Minnetonka last week, balancing an imaginary red ball in his right hand. The exercise was part of a brain training program...
View ArticleGov. Tim Walz signs bill giving schools a pass on snow day makeups
Minnesota school districts don’t have to make up the days they missed because of extreme cold and snow thanks to a bipartisan bill signed Monday by Gov. Tim Walz. The “Snow Day Relief Bill” allows...
View ArticleEthnic charter schools seek judge’s protection in desegregation lawsuit
Two charter schools that cater to African-Americans have asked a judge to protect them from a lawsuit that seeks to desegregate schools across the Twin Cities metro area. Attorneys in the 2015...
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