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Former educator confronts Hopkins school board over declining test scores

A former educator at Hopkins Public Schools confronted the school board last week over the district's apparent failure to act on a serious decline...

Group plans to sue if controversial teacher licensure changes are adopted

The Upper Midwest Law Center said it plans to sue the state of Minnesota if it moves forward with a plan to require teachers...

Explosion of mental health, academic problems among Minnesota students

Results of the 2022 Minnesota Student Survey have revealed that increasing numbers of middle and high school students are struggling with depression, anxiety, and...

Roseville high school scraps race-based entry for ‘police encounters’ training

Following a civil rights complaint, Roseville Area High School scrapped "priority" entry for non-white students and members of its Black Student Union (BSU) to...

Video raises concerns of unchecked violence at White Bear Lake High...

Some parents are concerned that officials in White Bear Lake Area Schools are not taking student violence seriously after a disturbing video of a...

Ex-teacher describes chaos in Minneapolis schools

Simon Whitehead was a teacher in Minneapolis Public Schools for 25 years until he resigned in 2017. He joined Kendall Qualls, president of TakeCharge, on...

Minnesota teacher claims ‘capitalist indoctrination’ underlies cell biology instruction

Middle-school students learning about the biology of the cell are unknowingly assimilating "capitalist indoctrination," according to a Minnesota science teacher. Fox News reports that Mandi...

Anoka-Hennepin approves $270,000 salary for new superintendent 

The new superintendent of Anoka-Hennepin Schools, the largest district in the state, will make $270,000 a year, plus bonuses and benefits, under a contract...

Burnsville district apologizes for ‘confusion’ surrounding new policy but concerns remain 

The Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District said it plans to clarify language in a new district policy on transgender students and apologized for any “confusion” the...

Isanti student made ‘murder list’ of classmates, suspended for 1 day,...

A fifth-grade girl who allegedly wrote the names of several of her classmates on a whiteboard and called it her “murder list” was suspended...