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Coaches and parents in college scheme find jobs in danger
At least nine athletic coaches and 33 parents were among those charged. Some parents spent hundreds of thousands of dollars, as much as $6.5 million, to guarantee their children's admission, officials said.
Students stunned as Argosy University's Eagan campus faces closure
Argosy officials planned to meet with students through Friday to help them sort out what happens next. Around 1,000 students were enrolled at the Eagan campus.
Minnesota Senate backs snow-day relief for schools
Minnesota school districts are halfway to winning flexibility from the Legislature to write off the winter's snow days.
MN school sees gains when kids' art, social needs take center stage
In Rochester, an arts-focused elementary school has brought health care, social services and other family needs under its roof. Leaders say the whole effort is helping at-risk children. Challenges remain, but the school's caught the attention of the Walz administration.
School lessons targeted by climate change doubters
As climate change becomes a hotter topic in American classrooms, politicians around the country are pushing back against the near-universal scientific consensus that global warming is real, dire and man-made.