New regent Tadd Johnson makes Minnesota, university history
The University of Minnesota, founded on tribal land with a history of injustices against Native Americans, is now finding ways to reckon with that past.
Education
If more students become pregnant post-Roe, are we prepared to support them?
Schools often discriminate against parenting students, and services for them have dwindled. New abortion restrictions could force more young people to drop out.
Surprise gift sets Minneapolis North High seniors on the path to success
The Pillsbury United Communities money is the lifeline for a senior class that persevered through a string of tragedies, including COVID-19 and the George Floyd murder and aftermath.
Counseling positions to be cut at Minneapolis’ Southwest High; student ratio could jump by 100 students
While other schools are experiencing cuts as well, Kurth thinks Southwest was hit harder because of the decreasing enrollment numbers following redistricting in 2020.
Minneapolis Public Schools adds violence interrupters to provide after-school safety
In the first in-person, semi-normal school year since Minneapolis Public Schools stopped using armed police as school resource officers, the district is testing a program where community members act as violence interrupters.
How do strikers envision improving the mental health of Minneapolis students?
Educators emphasized that they want to have a complete mental health team at each school, not a rotation between a counselor, psychologist and nurse throughout the week.
Scenes from the frontlines of the Minneapolis teachers strike: From parents who picket to teachers who won’t
Emergency daycare, complex talks about labor, and concern for how long the strike will last were just about universal for MPS families. Some parents brought children to picket with teachers, while others questioned the strike.
Why a new push for the ‘Page Amendment’ could end up being one of the 2022 Legislature’s biggest fights
The amendment — which would make it the “paramount duty” of the state to provide all children in Minnesota with a quality public education — will require a majority vote of the state House and Senate to get on the ballot this fall.
Year in Review: Five 2021 education stories that will continue to matter in 2022
From social studies standards to the spread of COVID-19, expect these stories from the last year to continue to play a big role in education discussions in the year ahead.
Why a northern Minnesota tribal college is expanding — in Minneapolis
Red Lake Nation College’s Minneapolis campus is aimed at serving the Twin Cities’ Native population, which is one of the largest in the nation.
Amid staffing shortages, Minnesota schools call on retired teachers to fill vacancies
Schools have always looked to retirees to fill long-term sub roles, but needs have increased in the last year.
The MPCA is betting on electric school buses to improve student health and cut greenhouse gas emissions
A new pilot program helps districts replace diesel buses with electric ones — vehicles that cost about $300,000.
Four takeaways from the 2021 school election results in Minnesota
For one thing, schools’ reliance on property-tax payers increased. And for the most part, anti-critical-race-theory school board candidates were unsuccessful.
After being destroyed last summer, Minnesota Transitions Charter School is back open in a new building — and with a new sense of purpose
It took the combination of a pandemic and days of civil unrest following the murder of George Floyd for officials to realize what changes needed to be made at their school.
Parents say a Duluth charter school ignored a racially hostile environment for years
A suit brought by three parents against Duluth Edison Charter Schools details a long history of mistreatment of Black students.
Why two Minnesota colleges are starting meat cutting programs
Central Lakes College and Ridgewater College are launching programs aimed at training the next generation of animal slaughter, butchery and processing workers.
The number of schools in Minnesota with confirmed COVID-19 cases has tripled twice in the last two weeks. What’s going on?
For one thing, students are back in classrooms. For another, the delta variant is far more contagious than the original strain of coronavirus Minnesota saw last fall.
What Minneapolis Public Schools learned from six months of monitoring student communications — inside and outside school hours
At the start of the pandemic, the district signed a contract with Gaggle to monitor students’ school accounts. Within six months, the company had flagged over 1,300 student actions for review by district officials.
Education losses from the pandemic: The science of catching up
Daily tutoring for those who are most behind rises to the top in research evaluations.
What back-to-school COVID precautions look like in Minnesota’s largest school districts
Tuesday night, board members of St. Paul Public Schools unanimously passed a mask mandate. Here’s a look at what Minneapolis, Anoka-Hennepin and Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan districts are doing as well.
