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Five years after neighborhood uproar, Hamline University to raze vacant house
Five years after its planned demolition sent neighbors into an uproar, a vacant house near Hamline University is finally coming down. The university on Thursday announced that demolition will begin...
View ArticleYou can now buy alcohol at Gopher basketball, men’s hockey games
The University of Minnesota will start selling alcohol at basketball and men’s hockey games after a unanimous Board of Regents authorized the move Friday. The U expects to generate $250,000 in new...
View ArticleAs James J. Hill library winds down next door, Central Library reminds...
The nonprofit board that runs the James J. Hill Center in downtown St. Paul recently announced that the historic reference library, business center and wedding venue will close July 3. But make no...
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Why are hundreds of Minnesota students starting kindergarten at age 4?
At 4, Hamdi Mohamoud’s son, Imran, was potty-trained and obedient and knew the alphabet, shape names and simple math. “I felt like he was excelling,” his mother said. A teacher’s assessment at Higher...
View ArticleMinnesota ranks 4th best for children — but big racial gaps persist
For a lot of kids, Minnesota is a great place to grow up — fourth best in the nation according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation. But not every child benefits from the state’s exceptionalism. “We live...
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Mounds View students pitch their company, EcoSlurp, for top Junior...
“Give green a slurp!” That’s the motto of a Mounds View High School team named EcoSlurp that is headed to Washington, D.C., this week to pitch their biodegradable bubble tea straws to judges at the...
View ArticleTwin Cities public TV to air ‘When Whales Walked,’ co-produced with the...
Twin Cities Public Television and the Smithsonian Channel have partnered to produce the documentary “When Whales Walked: Journeys in Deep Time,” which follows the evolution of elephants, crocodiles,...
View ArticleSt. Paul board drops slave-owning president Monroe’s name from two school...
Over objections from a vocal group of alums, the St. Paul school board voted Tuesday evening to drop James Monroe’s name from two school buildings. Troubled by the fifth U.S. president’s slave...
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Farmington assistant principal hopes to raise $25,000 for service dogs during...
Farmington High School’s assistant principal hopes to raise $25,000 for a service dog program while running Grandma’s Marathon this weekend. Laura Pierce hopes to spark awareness for the non-profit Can...
View ArticleInterim president named for St. Paul College
An interim president for St. Paul College was named Wednesday following Rassoul Dastmozd’s sudden retirement. Deidra Peaslee had been vice president of academic and student affairs at Anoka Ramsey...
View ArticleUMN regents settle on 2 percent tuition bump for President Kaler’s final budget
The University of Minnesota will raise tuition by 2 percent for resident undergraduates on the Twin Cities campus. The Board of Regents weighed multiple tuition proposals Wednesday, from no increase to...
View ArticleMinnesota State raises tuition 3 percent, breaking flat trend
Minnesota State is raising tuition on students at its two-year colleges after holding costs flat over the last seven years. The public higher education system’s Board of Trustees on Wednesday...
View ArticleHeadmaster of St. Thomas Academy resigns, effective immediately
The headmaster of St. Thomas Academy in Mendota Heights resigned Tuesday. Matthew Mohs had been headmaster of the Catholic boys military prep school for five years, according to a letter to parents...
View ArticleWest Side Summit school closes due to low test scores
West Side Summit, a public charter school established six years ago to help bridge the achievement gap for students living in St. Paul’s West Side, announced Friday that it is closing at the end of the...
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When Argosy U closed, students felt they lost everything. How other schools...
Meri DuRand, left, a Certified Vet Tech instructor, talks about blood draws to vet tech students at Dakota County Technical College in Lakeville on Thursday, June 20, 2019. They are all former Argosy...
View ArticleSt. Paul DFL and teachers union agree on school board endorsements, except one
Voters will have several candidates and diverging endorsements to contend with as they choose four members for the St. Paul school board in November. The DFL Party on Sunday endorsed the same three...
View ArticleIt’s a good week to visit a Minnesota college. Dozens are waiving application...
Prospective Minnesota college students can apply free to 37 public schools this week. The Minnesota State system is hosting tours through Friday at all seven of its state universities and 30 two-year...
View ArticleMN officials fear money Argosy U owed students will go to lawyers instead
The money Argosy University had in the bank when it closed won’t all be used to repay students and taxpayers for financial aid the school used inappropriately. Instead, much of the $4.4 million the...
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Project planning on hold while experts examine St. Paul school facilities work
St. Paul Public Schools has halted planning on future construction projects while it awaits recommendations from an external review team. That group, with expertise in school construction planning and...
View ArticleUMN study finds climate change is helping some crops, but hurting more
It’s likely that climate change already is affecting world crop production — hurting it in some areas, helping it in others, but on balance pushing it lower, according to a new University of...
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