Five MN colleges to merge as enrollment keeps falling statewide
Five Iron Range colleges will become one under a proposal driven by persistent enrollment declines being felt throughout the Minnesota State higher education system. System trustees on Wednesday...
View ArticleUMN calls off study abroad in China due to coronavirus outbreak
The University of Minnesota has canceled its study abroad programs in China for the spring semester amid concerns about the coronavirus outbreak. Students set to study in China will head to other...
View Article4 years into St. Paul district’s restorative practices, its effectiveness is...
The St. Paul school district’s custom of kicking black students out of school made it an appealing landing spot for Kevin Brezler. Hired in November 2018 as the restorative practices coordinator for...
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Macalester’s 17th president will be first female and Latina to hold the office
Macalester College’s next president will be its first female and Latina leader. Suzanne Rivera is vice president for research and technology management at the private Case Western Reserve University in...
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St. Paul offers $300 rent subsidies for families at select elementary schools
St. Paul has opened applications for a new city-funded rent subsidy for low-income families with children in one of seven public elementary schools. Mayor Melvin Carter said the $300 monthly checks...
View ArticleInterim president among finalists for Dakota County, Inver Hills colleges job
Three finalists have been named for president of both Dakota County Technical College and Inver Hills Community College. Michael Berndt has been the schools’ interim president since 2018 after working...
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‘Language Warrior’ Anton Treuer writes of his journey to becoming a leader in...
Anton Treuer’s new book “The Language Warrior’s Manifesto,” is a look into ways the Ojibwe language is intertwined with the culture and how both are being saved by dedicated men and women working...
View ArticleWhere should Minnesota’s $1.3 billion surplus go — tax cuts or preschool?
Minnesota tax collections are projected to be $1.3 billion more than what state leaders expected. That gives lawmakers a pot of money to work with this year, but much of it is considered to be a...
View ArticleSt. Paul teachers set date for strike vote; district could shut down in early...
St. Paul teachers will vote next week whether to strike as contract talks drag on. The executive board for the St. Paul Federation of Educators on Monday set the vote for Feb. 20. “We did not make this...
View ArticleSt. Paul school board hears pitch for sales tax-funded preschool expansion
As the St. Paul City Council considers raising its sales tax and how it might spend the revenue, early-childhood advocates are solidifying plans for a dramatic expansion in publicly funded preschool....
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Minnesota day care costs among nation’s highest. DFL pushes $500 million...
Democrats in control of the Minnesota House want to spend a big chunk of the state’s $1.3 billion budget surplus to help families afford preschool and child care. Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party leaders...
View ArticleAfter building name change debacle, some UMN regents seek to control the process
The University of Minnesota Board of Regents is mulling revisions to its policy on building names after a contentious 21 months ended last year with hurt feelings but no name changes. At issue is...
View Article$15M gift to help low-income students at all UMN campuses
The University of Minnesota has announced a $15 million donation that will help low-income students at all five campuses. The Bentson Foundation, started by the late broadcasting executive Larry...
View ArticleMayo Clinic’s medical school accidentally sends acceptance emails to hundreds...
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Thursday was a confusing roller coaster for students applying to Rochester’s Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine. Students who had been interviewed by Mayo Clinic all received emails...
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Update: St. Paul robotics team’s stolen trailer recovered; contents gone
Members of the Highland Park High School robotics team are shown with their robot in a recent photo. The theft of the team’s trailer on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020, put at risk the group’s participation in a...
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Mitchell Hamline taps dean from California as new president
Mitchell Hamline School of Law, a pioneer in online legal education, has hired a new president and dean who has done similar work in San Francisco. Anthony Niedwiecki has been dean of Golden Gate...
View ArticleMinneapolis Fed president: Minnesota’s education system ‘failing Native...
The push to make quality public education a civil right in Minnesota appears to have the support of state tribal leaders. Members of the state Indian Affairs Council openly voiced their approval of the...
View ArticleSt. Paul district to consider closing, repurposing schools as enrollment falls
The St. Paul school district could close some schools as early as fall 2021 as enrollment continues to fall. The school board on Tuesday night approved the start of a two-year planning process that...
View ArticleAIMS, other St. Paul school renovations move ahead despite cost increases
American Indian Magnet School’s renovation is moving forward despite a $30 million price increase. The school was among a slate of construction projects approved by the St. Paul school board on Tuesday...
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Longtime MN school bus driver to be buried in custom school bus casket
GRAND MEADOW, Minn. — Glen Davis so enjoyed driving school bus for Grand Meadow School District over the decades that he wanted to memorialize it. Instead of photographs and mementos, Davis stipulated...
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