School canceled again Friday in St. Paul; some sites open to childcare amid...
Ten St. Paul district schools welcomed hundreds of students Thursday for a day of dancing, board games and art activities — but no direct instruction. Classes were canceled again Friday as the teachers...
View ArticleSt. Paul teachers and school district reach contract settlement; classes to...
St. Paul Public Schools and the St. Paul Federation of Educators announced early Friday that they have reached a tentative agreement , ending a strike that began Tuesday. “We are glad to reach an...
View ArticleRobbinsdale school district cancels classes over virus threat
One Minnesota school district canceled classes Friday over concerns about the coronavirus and the Minnesota House canceled all meetings through the weekend. The Robbinsdale Area School District in...
View ArticleGov. Evers orders closure of public schools across Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers on Friday ordered all of Wisconsin’s K-12 schools to close by next week in the hopes of slowing the spread of the coronavirus, a move that will affect nearly a million...
View ArticleSt. Paul, Minneapolis, other MN districts closing earlier after Walz orders...
The teacher strike is over, but St. Paul Public Schools will remain closed to students Monday as the district makes plans to educate students from a distance due to concerns over the novel coronavirus....
View ArticleContract details: Striking St. Paul teachers get $4.7M for mental health...
The contract agreement that ended the St. Paul teacher strike features $4.7 million for new mental health staff on top of the full $9.6 million the school district planned to spend on wages. The St....
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Coronavirus separates St. Paul teens, so they launch #coronasixpack challenge
Frances Myers, 16, a junior at Central High School in St. Paul and daughter of Pioneer Press reporter Mary Divine, participates in a plank workout in the living room of her house in St. Paul on Monday,...
View ArticleMeals on bus wheels: schools plan to-go meals for kids during COVID-19 closure
Schools might not be in session right now because of the coronavirus, but in some districts, the buses are still running. Instead of delivering children, they’re delivering meals. “The children in our...
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Interim president Berndt keeps job at Inver Hills, DCTC
The head of both Inver Hills Community College and Dakota County Technical College will drop the interim label and become the schools’ permanent president. Trustees for the Minnesota State Colleges and...
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Preventing coronavirus? UMN prof seeks 1,500 volunteers who have been exposed...
More than a week ago, David Boulware had a eureka moment. The professor of medicine at the University of Minnesota thought to himself — what if a common, inexpensive, “old school” anti-malaria pill...
View ArticlePhotos: Around the world, classrooms are eerily empty
Schools have shut their doors to students as tens of millions of people around the world are hunkered down in government-ordered isolation in hopes of stopping or at least slowing the advance of the...
View ArticleMinnesota State System schools cancel graduation
Minnesota State has canceled in-person graduation ceremonies at all 30 of its colleges and seven universities in hopes of slowing the spread of the novel coronavirus. Many schools “are preparing for...
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UMN students adjust to online classes during coronavirus shutdown
One student described it as “a little quiet.” Another used the word “deserted.” Another, “barren.” The emptiness of the University of Minnesota campus provides a stark contrast from just weeks ago when...
View ArticleMN students to skip standardized tests due to coronavirus
Minnesota students likely will not be taking standardized tests this school year as concerns about spreading the novel coronavirus have forced a move to distance learning. Deputy education commissioner...
View ArticleSt. Thomas law school student tests positive for the coronavirus, is recovering
A University of St. Thomas Law School student has tested positive for COVID-19, the school announced Friday. “We have been assured, after an investigation by MDH (the Minnesota Department of Health)...
View ArticleMN schools are closed. Can teachers still teach? And will it count?
At Central High School last week, while public schools across the state were closed due to the novel coronavirus, a Spanish teacher emailed students to suggest they check their Schoology accounts for a...
View ArticleWith audio-only meeting Tuesday, the St. Paul school board is working from home
Bad connections. A robotic voice reading phone numbers. Intermittent heavy breathing. The St. Paul school board’s first attempt at doing business by conference call went off with many hitches last...
View ArticleHere are some ways you can help those in need during the coronavirus pandemic
As the novel coronavirus has spread throughout the country, it has forced people indoors and ground daily life as we know it to a near halt. Healthcare workers on the front lines face a shortage of...
View ArticleMN schools are closed through April. Here’s what ‘Stay at Home’ means for...
Minnesota public school students face at least five more weeks away from school under new orders Wednesday from Gov. Tim Walz. In an effort to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, teachers across...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Gov. Walz issues 2-week ‘Stay at Home’ order for Minnesota, asks...
Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday asked Minnesotans to make the most profound sacrifices yet in the struggle against the coronavirus pandemic: Stay at home for two weeks, starting Friday night. And unless...
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