Saint Paul Library's limited edition "laser loon" library cards fly off shelves
The laser loon didn't make the cut as the new Minnesota state flag but it did end up becoming a popular library card.
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The laser loon didn't make the cut as the new Minnesota state flag but it did end up becoming a popular library card.
It was only a few select words about school safety that led to dozens of police departments pulling their school officers. Officials worried a rule banning the use of certain holds and restraints unless there's an imminent threat to bodily harm or death was too ambiguous.
"Originally, I thought it would be awesome to get all 50 states. Then it just exploded. We were getting tons a day. One day we got about a hundred cards. They were just so excited."
St. Cloud State University is expanding its cannabis curriculum. All courses are listed as lasting for 24 weeks, at a tuition rate of $500 per month.
Sayles-Adams says she's committing the next 100 days to meet with students, families and district stakeholders. After that, she says she'll begin to implement a plan moving forward.
The Universities of Wisconsin have launched a new website listing all online courses available across the system's 13 campuses.
In just one morning, the team got in a few reps on the demo wall with a plumbing lesson, then inspected a bathroom on the med surge floor, and then the pair fixed a broken door handle in a sleep study room.
The St. Paul Federation of Educators (SPFE) says its members, who have been working without a contract since the start of July, will vote on Feb. 15 to authorize a strike.
SCEA says educators, who have been working without a contract since the end of June, will see wage gains, with pay increases of up to 4.5% annually depending on where employees are on the salary schedule.
A move to make FAFSA better has lead to a major error that could have cost students more. Correcting that error is now resulting in a major delay.
Education union members say Minneapolis Public Schools can and needs to pay more if it wants to keep them.
Teachers and education support professionals in Minneapolis Public Schools and Robbinsdale Area Public Schools want to bring attention to their respective contract woes.
Schools and educators are championing the importance of social and emotional learning.
Falling school-age vaccination rates are alarming scientists and doctors across the country, many of whom are concerned more people could be at risk of being infected with measles. Check out measles vaccination rates at local schools.
The leader of Minnesota's second-largest school district is in the running to lead Wisconsin's second-largest district.
