Professor Taviare Hawkins helps pave the way for Black women in STEM
Census data shows women are nearly half of the U.S. workforce but only 27% of STEM workers.
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Census data shows women are nearly half of the U.S. workforce but only 27% of STEM workers.
Minneapolis Public Schools is not the first district under cyber attack, and it won't be the last -- but that doesn't make it any less urgent.
Some of the ideas from elementary school kids included mirrors for the tapirs as they like seeing themselves, grip material around the pool to keep the animals from slipping and textured rocks the tapirs can rub against for massage.
Republicans are preparing to again block a new policy that requires students to get vaccinated twice against meningitis and tightening student chickenpox vaccination mandates.
A Twin Cities teacher is on leave after writing a racial slur on the board.
A dean of students at a Twin Cities high school is getting credit for stepping in front of a student armed with a gun to stop an argument.
Rothman estimated that the tuition increase would raise about $38 million annually. Most of it would go to cover 4% system pay increases in each of the next two fiscal years, he said.
The whole concept of school safety is changing instead of, or maybe in addition to protecting against an external threat, like a mass shooter, the day-to-day experience at St. Paul Public Schools is showing real dangers are already inside the halls.
St. Paul families say the danger inside their schools is real, and it's impacting their daily lives.
"It's here, mental health exists. It's impacting our kids to a degree that we need this embedded in schools," Masters said. "The stressors these kids are facing, many of them are things adults have not faced in their entire lifetime."
Schools were targeted in Albert Lea, Alexandria, Austin, Bemidji and other communities.
Asoka and Adaolisa Mba know how to play, but most of their days, they work on their grades. Asoka is a busy junior at Edina High School, and Adaolisa is a busy senior.
61% of children in low-income households are growing up in homes without books. The R.A.W. Library and the programming around it are working to change that.
The district will make the call Tuesday as to whether after-school activities will resume, and its investigation into the disruptions is ongoing.
Colleges are still sending out acceptance letters and emails to high school seniors. The next assignment for students – and their parents -- is how to pay for it.
