UW-Madison issues warning amid spike in COVID-19 cases
By SCOTT BAUER MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin-Madison warned of a recent spike in COVID-19 cases Friday, a day after a more contagious variant of the virus was detected in the county...
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Entire California school board resigns over embarrassing hot mic moment...
OAKLEY, California — It started with profanity, jokes about parents just wanting a babysitter or to smoke pot in their homes, and then came the horrible realization by the elected officials making...
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Lakeville district settles lawsuit over asthma attack that left 8th grader in...
Lakeville Area Schools has reached a settlement agreement in a lawsuit that blamed a school nurse for a student’s life-altering brain injury. Aaliyah Bowen was an eighth grader at McGuire Middle School...
View ArticleMore MN middle, high schools reopen as new state guidance takes effect
Middle and high schools were open in most of Minnesota’s largest school districts on Monday, the day new state guidance went into effect urging a return to the classroom. Of the state’s 30 largest...
View ArticleCoronavirus: School outbreak study ties spread to teachers
Amid debate over reopening public schools closed for almost a year by the coronavirus pandemic, a new federal study Monday indicated that when there were outbreaks on campus, they were chiefly driven...
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U.S. Capitol ‘moment of silence’ held for COVID deaths
U.S. House and Senate leaders on Tuesday led a moment of silence on the steps of the U.S. Capitol to remember the 500,000 U.S. lives lost to the coronavirus pandemic. Electric candles await a...
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No date yet, but St. Paul planning full return to school in spring
St. Paul Public Schools intends to invite all students back for full-time, in-person instruction at some point this school year, officials said Tuesday evening. Superintendent Joe Gothard (Courtesy of...
View ArticleApplications due March 9 to fill vacancy on St. Paul school board
Applications are due March 9 for a short-term appointment to the St. Paul school board. Steve Marchese attended his last board meeting Tuesday before resigning to take a job in Seattle. He announced...
View ArticleMN health officials want families with kids in school tested every two weeks
Minnesota health officials want families with kids in school to get tested for the coronavirus every two weeks until the end of the academic year. Health officials say the increased testing will help...
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University of Minnesota to establish center for anti-racism health research
The University of Minnesota said Wednesday that it will establish a center for anti-racism health research with a $5 million donation from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota. Rachel Hardeman, who...
View ArticleSt. Paul targets April 14 return for middle, high school students
St. Paul Public Schools plans to resume in-person instruction for middle and high school students on April 14, according to a letter to families Thursday. The district plans to call off school April 12...
View ArticleStillwater schools: Judge rules against district’s motion to dismiss claims...
A Washington County judge has ruled against the Stillwater Area School District’s motion to dismiss allegations that the district violated the state’s open-meeting law, the whistleblower statute, the...
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‘Exciting times’: UMN and NASA alum, 81, watches historic Mars mission
ALEXANDRIA, Minn. — On Feb. 18, NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover made its final descent, landing on the fourth planet from the sun, which is known as the red planet. On that day, Andy Vano sent a quick...
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New Roseville superintendent to prioritize racial equity, tax referendum
The Roseville Area school board has chosen one of its own administrators to be the next superintendent. Following an internal search, the board last week publicly interviewed both of the district’s...
View ArticleSenate confirms Cardona as Biden’s education secretary
By COLLIN BINKLEY The Senate voted Monday to confirm Miguel Cardona as education secretary, clearing his way to lead President Joe Biden’s effort to reopen the nation’s schools amid the coronavirus...
View ArticleSt. Paul students may have woken up to their last snow day
With some regret, the St. Paul school board on Monday night authorized the use of e-learning on days when the weather forces students and teachers to stay home. The snow day, in other words, may be a...
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Dr. Seuss Enterprises to stop publishing 6 books because of racist images
A copy of the book “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street,” by Dr. Seuss, rests in a chair, Monday, March 1, 2021, in Walpole, Mass. Dr. Seuss Enterprises, the business that preserves and...
View ArticleUM-Morris chancellor to retire after four years on job
After four years on the job, Chancellor Michelle Behr will retire at the end of this school year, the University of Minnesota-Morris announced Tuesday. Behr was provost at Birmingham-Southern College...
View ArticleMN grant program ‘largely unsuccessful’ at producing teachers of color,...
A 24-year-old grant program aimed at increasing the racial diversity of Minnesota’s teaching force isn’t making much of a difference, according to the program’s first in-depth study. The Collaborative...
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Fie on fickle March weather! We can still get out … by going inside a museum
March is downright mean. Spring? Fake Spring? Where’s my shovel? Where’s the bike tire pump? If there’s snow, it’s either slushy and melty or encased in a crispy top layer. If there’s grass, it’s...
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