As coronavirus moves MN schools to distance learning, how will they teach...
Nancy Bitenc’s 7-year-old son spends most of a typical school day in an autism room at Benjamin E. Mays Elementary. Diagnosed with severe autism, cognitive disabilities and ADHD, his individualized...
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Updated list of restaurants offering free kids’ meals during school closings
The Jarvis family from left: Gordy, Kathy, Dan and David. The family and their staff at Current Restaurant are feeding kids in need who are home from school in March 2020 because of state mandates...
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All ‘making this up as we go along.’ MN’s top teachers prepare for distance...
He’s among the best in the state, but Osseo second-grade teacher Jan Radder has felt like a novice while preparing to move his lessons online. Starting Monday and lasting through at least the end of...
View ArticleMinnesota begins distance learning, with some tech issues popping up
Minnesota students began learning from home Monday, a new normal that may last the rest of the school year as the state tries to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Some 870,000 Minnesota public school...
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UMN professor gets gift from former student in China: face masks to battle...
Frank Bates was surprised to hear last week from an old student of his at the University of Minnesota. Bates, a Regents professor of chemical engineering, hadn’t heard from the former doctoral fellow...
View ArticleUniversity of Minnesota students say they were shortchanged on room and board
Students, regents and some state lawmakers are criticizing the University of Minnesota for shortchanging students with a refund of only $1,200 for room and board after having to move off campus because...
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Two weeks into online school, Cretin-Derham Hall students miss the real thing
With two dozen freshmen watching from home on Google Meet, teacher Chris Kaus spent 20 minutes Tuesday morning introducing their next assignment before taking questions. “You think we’ll go back to...
View ArticleAfter complaints, UMN planning larger housing and dining refunds
The Board of Regents will discuss additional compensation Friday for University of Minnesota students who were urged to leave the dorms last month to slow the spread of the coronavirus. On March 23,...
View ArticleFree Meals for Kids app helps families across Minnesota find food near them...
Families will be able to get free food for children with help from a new mobile app during school closures due to the coronavirus crisis. The app, called Free Meals for Kids, locates the nearest school...
View ArticleGov. Walz: ‘Relatively slim’ chance MN students return before school year’s...
The chance of students going back to classrooms before the school year ends in Minnesota “is relatively slim,” Gov. Tim Walz said Thursday. About 870,000 public school students transitioned Monday to...
View ArticleUMN doubles housing, dining refunds to $28M after complaints
The University of Minnesota will return an estimated $27.8 million in fees and housing payments to students who left campus in March because of the coronavirus, roughly doubling its initial offer...
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Stillwater schools official picked to be superintendent in Hastings
Robert McDowell, assistant superintendent for Stillwater Area Public Schools, has been picked to be the new superintendent in Hastings. At a special board meeting Thursday, the Hastings School Board...
View ArticleSt. Paul’s plan to keep teaching through the coronavirus pandemic
Coming off a teacher strike, spring break and in the midst of a global pandemic, some 34,000 St. Paul Public Schools students head back to class — from home — Monday after a four-week layoff. The...
View ArticleVirus is mostly mild and rarely fatal for US kids, data show
The first national data on COVID-19 in U.S. children suggest that while the illness usually isn’t severe in kids, some do get sick enough to require hospital treatment. The Centers for Disease Control...
View Article10 finalists named for MN teacher of the year
Education Minnesota has named 10 finalists for its 2020 teacher of the year award. The winner was scheduled to be announced at a May 3 banquet, but that’s been postponed indefinitely because of the...
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Pat Harvey, former St. Paul schools superintendent, dies at 72
Pat Harvey, who as St. Paul Public Schools superintendent demanded better of low-performing schools at the start of the No Child Left Behind-era of test-based accountability, died Feb. 24 in...
View ArticleNew process, no major changes to St. Paul schools budget
A new budgeting model based on priorities, rather than the previous year’s spending, has produced no major changes for St. Paul Public Schools. District leaders on Tuesday night outlined $4 million in...
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A journey through Asia and return to U.S. during coronavirus outbreak shows...
Nick Kor set off last September to spend 10 months traveling Asia exploring grassroots leadership and community organizing in China, Japan, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Korea and elsewhere. His trip —...
View ArticleMedical student accused of stalking sues UMN over slow disciplinary process
A medical student is suing the University of Minnesota for failing to provide a speedy hearing five months after suspending him for alleged sexual misconduct. Mehdijaffer Mulla is asking to be...
View ArticleCoronavirus: UMN seeks $20 million to help reach 20,000 tests per day
The University of Minnesota has unrolled a proposal for wide-scale COVID-19 testing — up to 20,000 tests per day — that could, in theory, help reopen the state’s economy and get people safely back to...
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