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AG Ellison: Agreement will help districts afford school milk
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison says his office has reached an agreement to help more than 40 school districts afford to buy milk for students through 2030.
Macalester president wants founder’s name removed from building
The president of the private liberal arts college in Minnesota is asking his board of trustees to remove the school founder’s name from a campus building over concerns about his racist and sexist views in the 1800s.
Forest Lake teachers rewrite old song with new words to produce anti-vape video
Instead of just hanging up posters with anti-vaping messages around a Forest Lake middle school, one teacher enlisted her husband and her colleagues to craft a video to get their message out: Vaping is “poison.”
Richfield school officials apologize for tossing lunches
As many as 40 students in the lunch line Monday had their hot lunches taken off their trays, thrown in the trash and replaced with a cold lunch when a lunchroom staff member at the register saw that they had outstanding lunch debts of more than $15.
Middle school introduces students to climate and energy science with hands-on project
When you teach kids about climate change, experts say, you're supposed to tell them the truth, but you're also supposed to talk to them about possible solutions. One middle school in St. Louis Park is doing that in a very hands-on way.
Experts worry active shooter drills in schools could be traumatic for students
With lockdown drills now commonplace in public schools, experts question if they're doing more harm than good. "We don't light a fire in the hallway to practice fire drills," one professor tells NPR.
A lot of 'yes' in Minnesota school referendums
There were quite a few happy superintendents across the state Wednesday morning, especially in rural Minnesota where voters backed many school spending requests.
Worthington voters approves $34M expansion of crowded schools
Citizens in the southwestern Minnesota town of Worthington have approved nearly $34 million in new borrowing to expand schools filled to overflowing in recent years by an influx of immigrants.
Moorhead Schools pass bond referendum 3 to 1 in favor
Moorhead will also see former city council member Larry Seljevold and Steve Lindaas join the city council.