State education commissioner a finalist for Minneapolis superintendency
Minnesota Education Commissioner Brenda Cassellius has been named one of two finalists for the superintendency of Minneapolis Public Schools. A selection committee, which made the announcement Friday,...
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UMN Law School, facing waning interest, cuts admissions
David Wippman, dean of the University of Minnesota Law School, which is shrinking enrollment in a bid to preserve its national standing as a top law school, in Minneapolis, May 6, 2016. The number of...
View ArticleMinneapolis charter school teacher named 2016 Minnesota Teacher of the Year
Abdul Wright, a teacher at The Best Academy in North Minneapolis and graduate of Concordia University in St. Paul, has been named 2016 Minnesota Teacher of the Year, marking the first time a charter...
View Article6 St. Paul schools chosen to pilot ‘restorative’ approach to discipline
Six St. Paul schools have been selected to pilot an emerging approach to student discipline this fall. St. Paul Public Schools plans to spend $4.5 million over the next three years on the restorative...
View ArticleMinnesota ruling ties preschool teacher licensing to union eligibility
Preschool teachers are not required to be licensed and may not be eligible to be union members, according to a court ruling made Monday. The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled that instructors in two...
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Globe University closing 4 Twin Cities-area campuses
Globe University’s Woodbury campus. (globeuniversity.edu) Globe University and the Minnesota School of Business are closing campuses and laying off employees in the wake of a fraud lawsuit brought by...
View ArticleSt. Paul school board open to change as parents protest budget
About 100 parents and students Tuesday pressed the St. Paul school board to reverse course on planned cuts to middle school electives and elementary science and arts classes. During an hour-long...
View ArticleValeria Silva: Galtier Elementary should close in 2017
Galtier Elementary, which never caught on as a neighborhood school, should close after the 2016-17 school year, St. Paul Public Schools superintendent Valeria Silva said Tuesday. After writing to...
View ArticleSt. Paul College president a finalist for Oregon job
The well respected president of St. Paul College is a finalist to become the next leader of Portland Community College. Rassoul Dastmozd is one of three candidates invited to take part in community...
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UMN human research reforms progressing, after 2004 suicide, watchdog says
Legislative Auditor James Nobles at a 2014 hearing. (Pioneer Press file: Ben Garvin) A state watchdog gave the University of Minnesota a favorable progress report Thursday as it works to strengthen...
View ArticleMinnesota has a shortage of teachers – and of staff licensing them
A budget gap at the Minnesota Board of Teaching is slowing efforts to improve the state’s educator licensing system, seen as key to help remedy a statewide teacher shortage. Erin Doan, the board’s...
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St. Paul schools’ $10M athletics facilities plan isn’t enough, critics say
Members of the junior high school track team, from left: Lao Thao, ninth grade, Daviana Warlich, eighth grade, Mar Hto, eighth grade and Teng Thao, ninth grade, run on the grass in order to avoid the...
View ArticleTech helps commencement announcers nail grads’ names
The last thing graduating collegians want to hear, after four years of hard work, and with bursting-with-pride relatives present at commencement ceremonies, is announcers butchering their names....
View ArticleSt. Paul students to school board: Listen to us
A Hmong student, excited for a high school history lesson on the Vietnam War, felt invisible when her people’s alliance with the American forces went unmentioned. An American Indian girl found her...
View ArticleAfter Facebook complaints, St. Paul school employee quits
A St. Paul Public Schools employee quit his job this month after the school district investigated complaints about his posts and interaction with parents on Facebook. Brian White Jr. was making $58,174...
View ArticleIn Minneapolis superintendent search, school board picks Alaska man over...
The Minneapolis school board on Tuesday passed on state Education Commissioner Brenda Cassellius in favor of an Alaska candidate for superintendent. On a 6-3 vote, board members said they preferred Ed...
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‘MacGyver’ for preschoolers brings expertise to the (water) table
St. Paul ECFE teacher Tom Bedard is known globally for his sand and water tables. The preschoolers gather around the water table Monday morning. It’s a wondrous contraption, two tables fashioned into...
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Inver Hills instructor returns to work after investigation
Banned from campus since Feb. 12, an Inver Hills Community College instructor is heading back to work in time for summer classes next week. Sociology instructor Dave Berger said he was informed Tuesday...
View ArticleStillwater mountain biking team has a new home
The Stillwater Area High School mountain bike team, the largest high school mountain biking team in Minnesota, has a new home: Valley View Park in Oak Park Heights. The Oak Park Heights City Council...
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After rough student arrest, will St. Paul schools kick police out?
A former St. Paul Central High School student is taken into custody for trespassing at the school Wednesday, May 25, 2016. (Video courtesy of Nelson Moroukian) Video of a teenager’s arrest Wednesday at...
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