News Briefs
In response to years of falling enrollment and multimillion-dollar budget deficits, the Minneapolis school board has approved a downsizing plan that will close four schools and reduce busing.
September 29, 2009
March 2, 2009
A Minnesota charter school that caters to Muslim students is using taxpayer money to illegally promote religion in violation of the First Amendment, the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota alleged in a lawsuit filed last week.
January 27, 2009
Victims’ family members and survivors of the Red Lake High School shooting in Minnesota will split $1.5 million under a settlement reached with MacNeil Environmental Inc., a company hired to come up with a crisis plan for the school.
October 20, 2008
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, a Republican in his second term, is the new leader of the Education Commission of the States. The president of ECS serves two years. He succeeds Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, a Democrat.
July 15, 2008
Gov. Pawlenty used his annual speech to focus on teaching and technology in the schools.
February 19, 2008
State officials credit the setting and refinement of academic standards, as well as efforts to translate them for teachers, as prime factors behind the progress.
January 21, 2009
American 4th and 8th graders exceed the international average on math and science tests, but they lag behind several Asian and European nations, a study shows.
Updated: December 15, 2008
The Minnesota Leadership Academy for Charter and Alternative Public Schools pairs practicing and aspiring principals and other school administrators with business leaders.
December 2, 2008
Education will be on the ballot Nov. 4, even if the subject hasn’t been on voters’ minds much during the 2008 campaign season.
October 21, 2008
Gov. Tim Pawlenty's school improvement plan would require that all districts to tie annual teacher pay increases to student performance, and mandate for tighter admission standards for teacher education programs.
October 7, 2008
The Minneapolis school board and the local African-American community have signed a “covenant” that places responsibility for improving schooling for black children on the shoulders of parents and district leaders.
September 23, 2008
Besides being the birthplace of the charter school movement, Minnesota has long been known for supporting its schools, although some worry that commitment may be eroding.
August 29, 2008
Just as Minnesota lawmakers add a performance-pay measure for teachers, other officials in the state are studying ways to establish a licensure system for teachers of nontraditional, multiple-subject classes.
March 28, 2008
Web program allows mentors, King students to stay in close touch for things like homework help, advice.
March 20, 2008
Updated: November 19, 2008
