St. Paul, St. Kate’s, Cretin-Derham Hall, others fight COVID with new...
What’s the best way to filter a room free of COVID-19 particles? A little electric charge helps. Global Plasma Solutions of Charlotte, N.C., has been sweeping up — so to speak — when it comes to...
View ArticleMitchell Hamline School of Law classes to remain online in spring
Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul will stay fully online through the end of the 2020-21 school year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Dean Anthony Niedwiecki said in an email Monday that...
View ArticleApplications sought for four seats on UMN Board of Regents
Applications are open for four seats on the University of Minnesota Board of Regents. The deadline to apply to the Regent Candidate Advisory Council is Dec. 4. The council will interview candidates in...
View ArticleSt. Paul won’t reopen schools for grades 3 and up till at least Jan. 19
St. Paul Public Schools students in grades 3 and up are at least three months away from a possible return to school. The district has set Jan. 19 as the earliest possible transition point for students...
View Article6 percent enrollment drop expected at Minnesota State colleges, universities
Colleges and universities in the Minnesota State system now project a 6.2 percent plunge in enrollment this school year, largely because of the coronavirus pandemic. That’s somewhat better than the...
View ArticleUMN study finds hydroxychloroquine fails to protect first responders from...
Already rejected as treatment for COVID-19, hydroxychloroquine doesn’t work as preventive medicine either, according to new findings from the University of Minnesota Medical School. The randomized,...
View ArticleRising coronavirus cases mean 19 MN counties may have to close all schools
Nineteen Minnesota counties may have to close their K-12 schools for the foreseeable future because of rising coronavirus cases. That’s the number of counties where new cases over a recent two-week...
View ArticleUW study: High school sports have not spread the coronavirus
MADISON, Wis. — A new study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison suggests that the state’s high school sports have not caused an increase in COVID-19 infections among athletes. The UW School of...
View ArticleMounds View NHS hosts school supplies drive
The Mounds View National Honors Society will be hosting a drive next week to collect school supplies for families struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic. “This year, we noticed that it must’ve been...
View ArticleLack of air filters will keep St. Paul’s pre-K-2nd grade students out of...
A dearth of filters capable of removing coronavirus-sized particles from the air will keep thousands of St. Paul Public Schools students from returning to school next month. The district said Friday...
View ArticleAnoka-Hennepin shifts middle- and high-schoolers to distance learning due to...
Middle- and high-schoolers in the Anoka-Hennepin school district will move to distance learning Nov. 4 due to an increase in COVID-19 cases, according to an update Friday. Elementary schools in the...
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At 18, St. Paul charter school grad among youngest honored by foundation’s...
Alex Miles said in his four years at a charter school on St. Paul’s East Side, he witnessed and experienced implicit bias more times than he can count. Alex Miles (Courtesy of the Saint Paul &...
View ArticleCOVID wallops Twin Cities schools with surprising costs
The costs of COVID-19 are hammering the budgets of schools. A spot-check of four east-metro school districts shows they will spend at least $23 million on COVID-related costs through the end of this...
View ArticleWith five seats open, Stillwater school board election could signal sea change
Four years ago, voters upset about plans to close three elementary schools in the Stillwater Area School District turned out in droves for the school board race. Now, with an unprecedented five seats...
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Six candidates, one winner, one year. Who’s running in St. Paul’s special...
St. Paul school board elections usually take place during odd years, with the three or four top vote-getters earning four-year terms. This presidential election year, six candidates are quietly...
View ArticleDepartment of Education backs Anoka-Hennepin decision to close schools, keep...
Minnesota’s largest school district is closing its middle and high schools because of the growing pandemic, but school sports still are on for now. The Anoka-Hennepin school board on Monday voted 5-1...
View ArticleWith coronavirus cases rising, Stillwater schools consider return to distance...
With the recent spike in the number of coronavirus cases in Washington County, Stillwater school officials are considering a return to distance learning for middle and high school students. The...
View ArticleStillwater schools postpone meeting on return to distance learning
Stillwater school officials will wait another week before deciding on a possible move to distance learning amid rising coronavirus cases. Interim Superintendent Malinda Lansfeldt told parents in a...
View ArticleLots of coronavirus cases in your county? Here’s why schools might still be open
Amid the rapid rise in coronavirus cases across Minnesota, state education officials are urging school leaders to look at how the virus is spreading inside their schools — not just at the county level...
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Former UMN president Eric Kaler named president of Case Western Reserve
Former University of Minnesota president Eric Kaler was named Thursday as the next president of Case Western Reserve University. Kaler led the U from 2011 to 2019 before stepping down to join the...
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