St. Paul district’s three largest schools to get new principals after flood...
St. Paul Public Schools is working to fill 10 vacancies at principal and soon will have two openings at assistant superintendent. Nine of the departing administrators, including three at the high...
View ArticleSt. Mark’s Catholic School closing after a century of classes
After a century of educating young Catholics, St. Mark’s Catholic Church will shutter its parochial school beginning this fall, citing decreasing enrollment and increasing costs, church officials said...
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Gillette program helps students with disabilities go from school to work
Deep in the center core of the surgery department at Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare in St. Paul, Chris Tucker walks through rows of shelves filled with surgical supplies. He’s holding a “pick...
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Stillwater Area High School to honor four of its ‘distinguished alumni’
Four people have been named 2019 Distinguished Alumni at Stillwater Area High School. David Fritts, Marcella Lantz, Robert MacDonald III and David Magnuson will be honored at a dinner May 31 at Lake...
View ArticleHmong American Partnership plans two training centers, high school and...
The largest Hmong-American nonprofit in the United States is bringing a new workforce training center to St. Paul’s Plato Boulevard. And a high school. And a Montessori pre-kindergarten program, which...
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Minnesota state teacher of the year boycotts White House ceremony, citing Trump
The Minnesota and Kentucky state teachers of the year skipped a White House ceremony this week to protest the Trump administration’s education policies. News outlets reported that award-winning...
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Troubled by a friend’s death, Shoreview teens plan 5k walk for suicide...
A year ago this month, Nate Moller, 18, of Shoreview, was shocked to learn that a longtime friend had killed himself. “The whole school talked about it the next day,” he said. “It didn’t really seem...
View ArticleBoston picks former state education commissioner Cassellius for superintendent
Former Minnesota Education Commissioner Brenda Cassellius will become the next superintendent of Boston Public Schools. Boston’s school committee voted 5-2 Wednesday to hire Cassellius over two other...
View ArticleSt. Paul schools paid $16,000 after complaints about facilities director’s...
The head of the St. Paul school district’s facilities department has repeatedly mistreated female employees since he was promoted to the position in 2014, according to four former managers in the...
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Widow of school principal who died by suicide is featured speaker at YSB gala
Darcy Hager-Slavin, founder of the Slavin Memorial Fund, will be the featured speaker at this month’s Youth Service Bureau gala in Lake Elmo. Darcy Hager-Slavin The gala will be from 5:30 to 9 p.m. May...
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Increasingly, private partnerships help stabilize struggling St. Paul rec...
The Conway Community Center on St. Paul’s East Side is in line for a removable outdoor sports dome and at least $8 million to $10 million in field and building improvements over the next 15 years. It’s...
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The Farmington robotics team will present another boy a wheelchair — at the...
Farmington High School’s Rogue Robotics team is on a roll. The media buzz from the team’s Project Cillian, where they built a modified wheelchair for a disabled Farmington boy, grew so loud, it reached...
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Hastings history teacher retiring from classroom, but not from teaching
Spencer Johnson points out where Christopher Columbus may have landed in the Bahamas during a seventh-grade geography class at Hastings Middle School on April 30, 2019. Johnson, who has been teaching...
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Al Franken’s call to action fills library of northern Minnesota tribal school
LEECH LAKE, Minn. — A call to action by former Sen. Al Franken has inundated a northern Minnesota tribal school with books. Al Franken, the former comedian-turned-U.S. senator, asked the internet last...
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South St. Paul teacher nabs MN Teacher of the Year award, a first for the...
Jessica Davis, center, a math teacher at South St. Paul Secondary School, is congratulated after being named the 2019 Minnesota Teacher of the Year at RiverCentre in St. Paul on May 5, 2019. Davis is...
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Ex-teacher Aaron Benner can take St. Paul school retaliation case to trial,...
A judge’s ruling Monday will allow an ex-teacher to make his case before a jury that St. Paul Public Schools leaders retaliated against him for publicly criticizing the district’s racial equity policy....
View ArticleMelania Trump honors Farmington robotics team at the White House
The Farmington High School robotics team was recognized Tuesday by the first lady for building a customized wheelchair for a Burnsville boy. The team and the boy’s family were invited to be part of the...
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Budget talks between Gov. Tim Walz and legislative leaders hit a brick wall....
Hopeful talk about bipartisan cooperation at the Minnesota Legislature hit the brick wall of reality when Democratic-Farmer-Labor Gov. Tim Walz and leaders for House Democrats and Senate Republicans...
View ArticleAfter delay, Minnesota lawmakers will vote on UMN regents
State lawmakers will come together to appoint new members to the University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents after all. Legislative leaders have agreed to call a joint convention at noon Thursday....
View ArticleJudge makes room for class-action lawsuit accusing Capella University of...
A lawsuit accusing Minneapolis-based Capella University of lying about the time and cost of obtaining a degree is moving forward after a judge carved a narrow path for aggrieved students to sue. U.S....
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