‘3M Young Scientist Challenge’ finalists announced
3M and Discovery Education recently announced ten finalists for the “3M Young Scientist Challenge.” The competition “recognizes scientific thinking, communication and curiosity in students grades 5-8...
View ArticleWith skilled workers hard to find, MN program helps companies train the...
In a highly competitive job market with a shortage of skilled workers, sometimes it is easier for companies to train existing employees for more sophisticated positions. That’s what 60 Minnesota firms...
View ArticleLawsuit over St. Paul teacher’s ‘achievement gap’ remarks can move forward,...
A judge has allowed a discrimination lawsuit against St. Paul Public Schools to move forward, finding that a teacher’s comments linking two African-American students’ behavior to the educational...
View ArticleHundreds of $2,500 scholarships available for Minnesota State students
Minnesota State college students have the opportunity to get $2,500 or more through workforce-development scholarships this fall. The Minnesota Legislature set aside the money for the scholarships,...
View ArticleCostly academic turnaround takes St. Paul charter school from ‘buckets of...
Three years ago, Dugsi Academy was flush with cash but failing academically. Now, two years into a costly school improvement effort, the St. Paul charter school faces a long list of unpaid bills that...
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New UMN President Gabel lays out priorities in first regents meeting
New University of Minnesota President Joan Gabel listens during her first Board of Regents meeting at the McNamara Alumni Center in Minneapolis on Thursday, July 11, 2019. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)...
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Stillwater schools to seek separation deal with superintendent. She’s not...
Stillwater Area Public Schools will begin talks with its Superintendent Denise Pontrelli about leaving the job. She says she is not interested. School board members voted 5-2 at a meeting Thursday to...
View ArticleSt. Paul teacher suspended after student records pornographic website...
A St. Paul teacher and coach served a 10-day suspension this year after his personal computer was seen displaying a pornographic website in his classroom. Michael Shaw, who teaches human geography and...
View ArticleSt. Paul College placed on probation, two months after president quits
St. Paul College’s accrediting agency has placed the school on probation, citing high turnover, underqualified instructors and faculty complaints about “a climate of fear and intimidation.” The move...
View ArticleNeed to raise $27,000 quick? Put on a show
A group of about 30 student actors and technicians from the Stillwater Area High School have been invited to perform this summer at the prestigious Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland, the world’s...
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Judge: Twin Cities German Immersion School demolition on hold but opponents...
A bicyclist rides on Como Avenue West across the street from a lawn sign supporting saving the former St. Andrew’s Church in St. Paul on Wednesday, June 20, 2018. A Como neighborhood group is...
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Instructor, union rep, settles retaliation lawsuit against Inver Hills CC for...
A faculty leader who claimed Inver Hills Community College retaliated against him for criticizing the school’s president has settled his lawsuit against the school for $82,500. Dave Berger, a sociology...
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Farmington superintendent — Minnesota 2019 Superintendent of the Year —...
Jay Haugen, the Farmington schools superintendent and 2019 Minnesota superintendent of the year, has announced his retirement. Haugen has served as a superintendent for three school districts for a...
View ArticleTheater reunion celebrates teacher who left ‘indelible mark’ on students
Going to college wasn’t on Rita Maas Nutt’s radar screen when she was attending Harding High School in St. Paul in the late 1970s. Her parents hadn’t gone to college; neither had her older siblings....
View ArticleAfter endorsement snub, Vanderwert leaves St. Paul school board race
A second St. Paul school board member has announced she’s not running for re-election in November. Mary Vanderwert said in a message to supporters Friday that her campaign is “officially over.” “I will...
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St. Paul district on hook for $4M after teacher union votes to leave health plan
St. Paul Public Schools is bracing for a $4 million bill from its health insurer because the teachers union voted to leave for a different health plan before the contract was up. The decision by the...
View ArticleSt. Andrew’s demolition approved for German Immersion School expansion
On Wednesday, following months of debate and legal challenges, the Twin Cities German Immersion School received a demolition permit from the city of St. Paul to remove the former church building that...
View Article‘Before I knew it, a car had landed in the lobby,’ teacher says after car...
A driver crashed into a St. Paul school on Thursday, narrowly missing staff members inside the lobby, a witness said. No one was injured, but the Hubbs Center for Lifelong Learning is expected to be...
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Embattled Stillwater superintendent gets public support at meeting
The Stillwater Area School Board got an earful Thursday evening from deeply divided constituents about Superintendent Denise Pontrelli. Speakers and spectators packed the public forum before the...
View ArticleDeadline nearing for speech competition for girls at the MN State Capitol
August 1 is the deadline for high school-aged girls to apply to participate in a local speech competition that offers cash prizes to the top three finishers. The event, sponsored by Metro Republican...
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