Play7min 51secAt a Minnesota evangelical school, Black students sought racial reckoning, then felt the pushbackMay 26, 2022 4:00 AMBy Elizabeth ShockmanSome students of color at the University of Northwestern say there's a pattern of casual racism on campus, rooted in its history. The current president says the suburban Twin Cities school is working on change but concedes not everyone agrees change is needed, and “we’re never going to reach utopia.”
‘It was surreal’: Hundreds of low-income Twin Cities students win $16,000 scholarshipsMay 24, 2022 4:00 AMBy Sam StroozasSt. Paul non-profit Wallin Education Scholars provided the scholarships to hundreds of college-bound students in the Twin Cities including Erin Tetter, who hopes to become a teacher.
Play47min 32secThe college decision and why fewer Minnesota students are enrollingMay 23, 2022 11:00 AMBy Angela Davis and Lindsay Guentzel May is traditionally the month when many high school seniors make their final decisions about where they’ll go to college. But fewer of them are enrolling. Angela Davis asks a school counselor and college admissions director why.
Child care, meals, activities: Parent resources during Minneapolis educators strike March 8, 2022 12:50 PMBy Sara PorterWhile Minneapolis educators are on strike, many families are looking for alternatives for child care, daily meals and educational activities. Here are a few resources that can help.
Play4min 01secA clean energy leader, University of Minnesota Morris now wants to be an innovator in storing itMay 19, 2022 2:28 PMBy Paul HuttnerThe University of Minnesota Morris and West Central Research and Outreach Center have launched a new center for battery technology.
Principal accused of soliciting undercover cop posing as 15-year-old girlMay 19, 2022 12:11 PMBy Matt SepicHennepin County prosecutors say 38-year-old Mohamed Ali Selim, who is principal of Eagle Ridge Middle School in the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District, responded Tuesday afternoon to an online ad.
Play4min 23secIn Duluth, preschool moves from the classroom to the forestMay 17, 2022 4:00 AMBy Dan KrakerDuluth is at the forefront of a national trend to move preschool from the classroom to the outdoors. A dozen nature based play schools have opened in the Duluth area in the past decade. There's even a new major at the University of Minnesota Duluth in Childhood Nature Studies, the first program of its kind nationwide.
Play3min 00secPaula Goldberg, Minnesota advocate for kids with disabilities, dies at 79May 16, 2022 2:11 PMBy Michelle Wiley Goldberg co-founded PACER in 1977 as an organization to help connect parents of children with disabilities. Friends and fellow advocates on Monday praised her legacy as they mourned her death.
She left the U of M to be a single mom in 1980. Now, at 78, she's graduatingMay 14, 2022 4:00 AMBy Sam StroozasKay Lacher went back to finish her degree at the University of Minnesota after being only five credits short in 1980.
Play7min 32secLas Vegas struggles with rising violence in schoolsMay 12, 2022 6:22 AMBy Kirk Siegler The nation's fifth largest school district has seen a jump in violent incidents since returning from 15 months of virtual-only classes.
