In Alexandria, a place for lifelong learningOctober 16, 2019 3:00 a.m.By Peter CoxA popular Senior College offers engaging lectures to retirees in west-central Minnesota.
Report ranks Minnesota among worst achievement-gap statesOctober 14, 2019 2:19 p.m.By Elizabeth ShockmanIt’s not just race. A new Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis report finds statewide education disparities affect low-income white students as well as students of color.
4min 20secThese middle schoolers turned Trump rally into a civics classOctober 11, 2019 4:57 p.m.By Elizabeth ShockmanStudents at St. Paul’s Capitol Hill Magnet School got a lesson in American politics Thursday night they’d never find in a textbook as they reported inside and outside President Trump’s rally.
4min 16secIn one Twin Cities classroom, learning in Hmong and about being HmongOctober 9, 2019 3:00 p.m.By Elizabeth Shockman"Hmong for Native Speakers" has helped bridge Hmong family culture and classroom academics at Park Center High School in Brooklyn Park. Observers say the experiment offers a possible path to boosting achievement for students of color.
3min 32secThe things parents don't talk about with their kids ... but should October 8, 2019 3:58 a.m.By Cory Turner A new survey from Sesame Workshop suggests, when it comes to talking with kids about things like race, class, and gender, parents have some work to do.
‘Anticlimactic’: A Minnesota grad’s feeling upon becoming debt-freeOctober 8, 2019 3:00 a.m.By Cody NelsonA University of St. Thomas graduate has worked for over a decade to pay off nearly $90,000 in student debt.
State releases $30 million for school safety upgradesOctober 3, 2019 3:03 p.m.By Brian BakstThe latest round of school safety allowances depended on enough money being left over after the state’s budget year ended. Minnesota’s finance agency gave the go-ahead on Thursday.
3min 37secTight labor market drives a school bus driver shortage in MinnesotaOctober 3, 2019 2:56 p.m.By Elizabeth DunbarA month into the new school year, some Minnesota schools are still struggling to find enough bus drivers to transport kids. In Crookston, Minn., the superintendent is doing double duty, running the district and driving a route.
A Minneapolis woman’s ‘bizarre and surreal’ decades-long loan disputeOctober 1, 2019 7:22 a.m.By Cody NelsonKaja Robinson has dealt with the federal government and collection agencies for years, all stemming from student loans she took out in the 1980s that, per her records, are mostly paid off. She says authorities have lost record of her payments.
100K fitness space in St. Paul school aims to lift achievement, esteemSeptember 30, 2019 1:04 p.m.By Brian BakstA $100,000 fitness center was installed in a St. Paul School District middle school through a national program aimed at getting youth more active. Gov. Tim Walz and the program’s leaders dedicated the workout room Monday.
