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  • 2 weeks ago | startribune.com | Anthony Lonetree

    Look around the lunchroom at Lake Harriet Lower Elementary School in Minneapolis and you'll notice more than just kids enjoying their grilled cheese and tomato soup. It is noisy, to be sure, these are kindergartners through second-graders, after all, and between classes they will chat up a storm.

  • 3 weeks ago | startribune.com | Anthony Lonetree

    Minneapolis celebrated its first "High School Dance Day" last week at Hennepin Center for the Arts, and between the tap and hip-hop and Haitian folk fare, there was something for everyone. The audience? Dancers only, sharing with one another this year's work, and in turn, offering a glimpse of new moves to come to Minneapolis Public Schools.

  • 1 month ago | winonadailynews.com | Anthony Lonetree

    Minnesota posted a record high graduation rate of 84.2% in 2024, according to data being released Wednesday by the state Department of Education. Achievement gaps between white students and students of color also narrowed nearly across the board, an impressive feat given that 2024 graduates entered high school at the height of the pandemic. “The students of the Class of 2024 worked hard and overcame challenges to achieve this milestone,” Education Commissioner Willie Jett said in a statement.

  • 1 month ago | startribune.com | Anthony Lonetree

    Minnesota posted a record high graduation rate of 84.2% in 2024, according to data being released Wednesday by the state Department of Education (MDE). Achievement gaps between white students and students of color also narrowed nearly across the board, an impressive feat given that 2024 graduates entered high school at the height of the pandemic.

  • 1 month ago | startribune.com | Anthony Lonetree

    Demographers like Hazel Reinhardt spend lots of time thinking about how many kids there are in Minnesota. Those potential students, and the choices their families make, ripple across the state's K-12 school systems, where enrollment numbers are a big deal. Some districts grow, sometimes to the brim, some shrink. All get state aid based on how many students attend.

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St. Paul citizens to have voice in school district’s spending decisions; applications being accepted for new advisory panel. https://t.co/a8OxINaZe1