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Hennepin 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.
In Duluth, preschool moves from the classroom to the forest
Duluth 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. 
Paula Goldberg, Minnesota advocate for kids with disabilities, dies at 79
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.
Me and Mr. Bridgeman: How a teacher transformed a student's life
Mr. Bridgeman’s paternal spirit immediately filled me with a sense of wonder and a brand-new feeling of security. Without him saying a word, I felt a higher standard of expectation and sensed a loving, but no-nonsense accountability that my father inspired at home.
Students honor St. Paul school's namesake, trailblazing Black artist Gordon Parks
St. Paul’s Gordon Parks High School is named after the man who attended high school in the city before becoming an acclaimed photographer and the first Black director of a major Hollywood movie.
He's 13 and graduating from the U. His next quest is a physics Ph.D.
On Tuesday, 13-year-old Elliott Tanner will graduate from the University of Minnesota with a bachelor’s degree in physics. He’s already been accepted into the U’s Ph.D. physics program. It’s an extraordinary journey, but one that finances might put on hold.