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Metro teachers left waiting for vaccines after invites far exceed shots and...
Many metro teachers who were supposed to be prioritized for vaccines were placed on wait lists after schools sent out far more invites than a mass vaccination event will be able to fill and some...
View ArticleSt. Paul barber offers free back-to-school kids’ cuts, pandemic-style
In light of the St. Paul Public Schools reopening for in-person classes, Milan Dennie will host a free back-to-school event at his University Avenue barbershop on Monday. Patrons who sign their K-5...
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At Conway Rec Center, Sanneh Foundation swerved from youth soccer to distance...
The Sanneh Foundation no longer runs drills across the Conway Recreation Center’s gymnasium floor, though it may not be long before the soccer balls return to the East Side community hub. Instead, with...
View ArticleLong wait to reopen St. Paul schools ends Monday
Elementary schools throughout St. Paul will open their doors to students Monday for the first time in 47 weeks. The state’s second-largest district is among the last to reopen during the coronavirus...
View ArticlePush to reopen schools could leave out millions of students
By GEOFF MULVIHILL, ADRIAN SAINZ and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN President Joe Biden says he wants most schools serving kindergarten through eighth grade to reopen by late April, but even if that happens, it is...
View ArticleUMN to pay Google $2.36M for new online learning platform
The University of Minnesota will pay Google $2.36 million to create a new online learning platform for the health sciences bachelor’s degree program at the Rochester campus. Starting in summer 2022,...
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St. Paul offers ‘in-person support’ to middle, high school students one day a...
St. Paul Public Schools is inviting middle and high school students back to school for 2.5 hours a week starting Feb. 22. Superintendent Joe Gothard (Courtesy of St. Paul Public Schools) Superintendent...
View ArticleUMN to allow alcohol sponsors for Gopher sports
The University of Minnesota’s Block M logo may be coming soon to a beer bottle near you. The Board of Regents voted 7-5 Friday to end its prohibition on licensing the U’s trademarks and logos to...
View ArticleCDC: Strong evidence in-person schooling can be done safely
The nation’s top public health agency said Friday that in-person schooling can resume safely with masks, social distancing and other strategies, and vaccination of teachers, while important, is not a...
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TV: She’s fighting cancer while teaching kindergarten by Zoom; MN teacher to...
Kelly Klein, a kindergarten teacher from Falcon Heights Elementary School, will be a featured guest on Ellen DeGeneres’ TV show on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. Klein, of Stacy, is being treated for ovarian...
View ArticleUMN makes tuition free for students from families making under $50,000
Tuition at any University of Minnesota campus will be free starting this fall for students from families making less than $50,000 a year. The Board of Regents last week established the benchmark as...
View ArticleMN Legislature: Reintroduced Page amendment seeks to guarantee children an...
A constitutional amendment that would guarantee children an equal right to a quality public education was reintroduced in the Minnesota House of Representatives Monday. Named the “Page amendment” after...
View ArticleSt. John’s student punished for sexual misconduct in France sues school over...
A St. John’s University student who was suspended for sexual misconduct is suing the school over its disciplinary process. The male student, who filed the U.S. District Court case as John Doe, claims...
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TV: Ellen gives Falcon Heights kindergarten teacher $20,000
Kelly Klein has loved Ellen DeGeneres ever since the TV star started her own talk show. Now, Klein has 20,000 reasons to love her even more. Kelly Klein, a kindergarten teacher from Falcon Heights...
View ArticleWalz to announce change in guidance for middle, high schools on Wednesday
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will announce new guidance Wednesday for when middle and high schools can hold in-person classes during the coronavirus pandemic. When the pandemic first hit the state, Walz...
View ArticleAll MN middle, high schools can open Monday under new COVID guidance
Middle and high schools in Minnesota will be allowed to fully reopen as early as Monday under new guidance from Gov. Tim Walz, even if their county coronavirus case rates are high. “It’s time to get...
View ArticleMuddled promises on schools pose political problem for Biden
By ALEXANDRA JAFFE WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is in a political firestorm over how and when to get more schools open amid the coronavirus pandemic, with Republicans seizing on confusion...
View ArticleGOP-led MN Senate votes to block Walz from closing schools
A debate over Gov. Tim Walz’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic again boiled over at the Capitol as lawmakers weighed whether to pull the governor’s option to open and close Minnesota schools. The...
View ArticleEnrollment reports detail enrollment decline in MN public schools during...
Minnesota saw a big increase in home-schooling and modest growth in private school enrollment this year as uncertain schedules and mask mandates had families looking for alternatives to public schools...
View ArticleStillwater: Secondary students to return to in-person learning in March
Stillwater Area School District secondary students are expected to return to in-person learning in March, school officials said Friday. Plans call for students in grades 6-8 and GATE to return to...
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