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Signing ceremony message: ‘It’s OK to be a teacher’

Signing ceremony message: ‘It’s OK to be a teacher’

That idea about treating future teachers the way we treat future sports stars is catching on. ISD 191 -- Burnsville, Eagan, Savage -- is following the footsteps of Maple Lake (which followed in the footsteps of a school in Iowa), holding a Teacher Signing Day to honor seniors who are going to go to college to become teachers.
by Bob Collins

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1,000 Words: Flag day for dead soldiers

1,000 Words: Flag day for dead soldiers

One characteristic about the original colonies: They have a lot of dead soldiers to remember on Memorial Day. Massachusetts, where the first shot was fired in a war that would create the United States has had 37,268 in war, stretching back to the Revolution.
by Bob Collins

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A teacher retires. A choir sings. Everyone cries

A teacher retires. A choir sings. Everyone cries

So many former students showed up at Brian Johnson's last concert in Austin, Minn., that there was hardly anyone left in the audience by the time they took the stage.
by Bob Collins

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Trump escalates NFL anthem protest crackdown

Trump escalates NFL anthem protest crackdown

Let's fully understand what yesterday's decision by NFL owners to crack down on employee protest is. The owners, under pressure from the government in the form of the President of the United States, agreed to modify its speech to please that government.
by Bob Collins

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What’s on MPR News? 5/24/18

What’s on MPR News? 5/24/18

Here are the stories, topics, and guests you'll hear today on MPR News.
by Bob Collins

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What exactly is Elon Musk’s problem?

Consumer Reports isn't exactly the embodiment of the liberal media, but Elon Musk, the brain behind Tesla, is adopting the Donald Trump method of responding to journalists doing their job.
by Bob Collins

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What’s changed in quest for newsroom diversity? Not much, report says

What’s changed in quest for newsroom diversity? Not much, report says

Mainstream news media outlets aren't very good at covering communities of color and issues of race and class and there's a pretty obvious reason why not: they're mostly white.
by Bob Collins

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Excelsior says ‘no’ to school shooting protest event

Excelsior says ‘no’ to school shooting protest event

The ACLU in Minnesota is pushing the city council in Excelsior, Minn., to reconsider its decision to deny a permit for a group that wanted to hold the Lake Minnetonka March for Our Lives, to show support for students who have marched for gun legislation in the wake of school shootings.
by Bob Collins

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