Education

Changing Rural Narratives: a Ground Level Conversation in Grand Rapids

The mummified monkey that was discovered in the air ducts of the old Dayton's department store in Minneapolis earlier this year has found a new home.

St. John's University in Collegeville, Minn., is being sued by one of its own graduates who wants his donation back. Roger Lindmark, a 1974 grad, gave $300,000 to St. John's with settlement money he won from lawsuits against big corporations.

With teen pregnancy rates in some communities stubbornly high, one school district is trying something different: staff the schools with a midwife.

Teachers had a chance to practice starts, stops, turn signals and other skills.

Melody Herzfeld sheltered dozens of students during the February shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. On Sunday, she'll receive a Tony Award for excellence in education.

Ahmed Burhan Mohamed beat contestants from more than 100 countries at the competition in the United Arab Emirates.

Undergraduate resident tuition would rise 1 percent in Morris and 2 percent in the Twin Cities. Tuition at the main campus would be about $13,000 a year.

Research will tell you that teenagers want to sleep later. Teenagers will tell you the same.

The latest figures also show achievement gaps among the worst in the nation.

The girl performs as an A student, when her anxiety doesn't keep her from getting to school. Her special ed services cost thousands.

As a surprise speaker at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School graduation, The Tonight Show host offered the Class of 2018 a hopeful message, months after a shooter killed 17 classmates and teachers.

Inspired by the kidnapping of Nigerian schoolgirls, Lola Omolola started a Facebook group that soared in size and quickly became a support network for women around the globe.

The Santa Fe High School seniors gathered on the artificial-turf field to become the school's first to graduate since two substitute teachers and eight fellow students died in a mass shooting May 18.

School district officials didn't provide details of the threat. But spokesperson Dirk Tedmon says classes were canceled Friday because there was no time to complete an investigation.

Karthik Nemmani, 14, won with the word "koinonia," referring to Christian fellowship or communion. All three finalists hail from Texas.

The north Minneapolis nonprofit is embarking on a major expansion of its offerings, which it hopes will allow its students to move from designing products to building them, too.

There is nothing quite so simultaneously sweet, inspiring and heartbreaking as the Scripps National Spelling Bee. This year seven Minnesota students made it to the competition. None of them made it to the final round.

A woman whose son was coached by Jason Seaman in football said the teacher is a hero "and everyone here feels it."

Two Minnesota colleges plan to offer scholarships that let international students know they are welcome on U.S. campuses.