State: BlueSky Online Charter School can stay openFebruary 17, 2012 1:16 PMBy Tim PostBlueSky Online Charter School, based in West St. Paul, has been under investigation by the Minnesota Department of Education for more than two years.
Play2min 53secTask force recommends greater oversight, guidance for school integration effortsFebruary 17, 2012 4:00 AMBy Tim PostA task force reports that schools lack guidance on how best to use money intended to reduce the achievement gap between white students and racial minority students. The state spends $108 million annually on the program.
House GOP lawmakers push plan to update ed lawFebruary 16, 2012 8:37 PMHouse Republicans on Thursday pushed ahead with a plan to update the federal No Child Left Behind education law by shifting more control to states and school districts.
House passes bill allowing performance consideration in teacher layoffsFebruary 16, 2012 6:58 PMBy Tim PugmireA bill that changes the way school districts handle teacher layoffs passed the Minnesota House Thursday.
School district's consolidation legal wrangling may have statewide impactFebruary 15, 2012 2:30 PMBy Elizabeth DunbarTwo legal disputes involving a rural northern Minnesota school district could impact how other Minnesota school districts communicate with their constituents about tax hikes and provide financial data to the public on construction projects.
Play3min 54secJohnson Controls deal to preserve St. Louis County schools leaves voters confused, angryFebruary 15, 2012 2:30 PMBy Elizabeth DunbarToday, thanks to a voter-approved bond referendum, construction of two new schools and upgrades to three others are nearly complete in St. Louis County. The $78 million reconstruction project was directed by the very same company that pitched the consolidation — Johnson Controls. And fallout from the deal is leaving a bitter aftertaste.
Turkish group takes U of M back to courtFebruary 15, 2012 7:45 AMBy Bill WarehamIt’s been the better part of a year since Alex wrote about the court fight between a Turkish group and the University of Minnesota over the reliability of the group’s site, specifically its information (or lack thereof) on Armenian genocide. Last April a judge dismissed the suit, but the Turkish Coalition of America is appealing…
Educator: More partnerships to build learning opportunitiesFebruary 14, 2012 5:02 PMBy Tim PostThe Minnesota Department of Education is asking more businesses across the state to adopt schools.
Off for a week's vacationFebruary 14, 2012 10:41 AMBy Alex FriedrichJust letting you know I’ll be gone for several days, but will be back on Tuesday, Feb. 22. My editor, Bill Wareham, might post a few things in my absence, but it would be light.
ND higher ed board to sue to drop Fighting SiouxFebruary 14, 2012 8:53 AMNorth Dakota's Board of Higher Education voted Monday to sue to attempt to block a public vote on a state law that requires the University of North Dakota's athletics teams to be called the Fighting Sioux.