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Reporter | Minneapolis schools

Phone: 612-673-4438

Steve Brandt covers Minneapolis schools and city issues.
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Minneapolis short $385,000 for 2013 elections

A new ranked-voting method used by Minneapolis costs five times more per voter than traditional voting. The city is $385,000...

Updated: February 28, 2013, - 02:17 PM

Minneapolis school board urged to split Northrop site

Staff backed a popular charter school over millions in new tax base, but developer and neighbors urged senior housing be...

Updated: February 26, 2013, - 09:36 PM

Empty for 8 years, old Northrop school in Minneapolis has two competing offers

Frustrated by district’s delay, neighborhood group presses for a decision on the Northrop building. It’s been vacant almost eight years.

Updated: February 25, 2013, - 08:26 PM

Mpls. Henry students complain of attacks at city bus stops

Parents and students say the Minneapolis school district is not protecting students who use Metro Transit bus passes, but the district says it has just 12 reported incidents.

Updated: February 22, 2013, - 05:40 AM

Somalis vent about Minneapolis South High altercation

Police open review amid Somali community complaints.

Updated: February 19, 2013, - 11:08 PM

Sanford Middle School turns itself around

Sanford was once slated to close, but the staff and parents rallied behind it.

Updated: February 19, 2013, - 09:54 AM

South High regroups after brawl

One day after ethnic tensions helped fuel a melee at the Minneapolis school, Somali and black activists met with staff and students amid a partial lockdown.

Updated: February 16, 2013, - 07:18 AM

Do bus passes aid attendance in Minneapolis?

Numbers from October find a mixed pattern for Minneapolis high schools, with attendance down at three schools and up at two.

Updated: February 08, 2013, - 10:14 PM

Integration school district acts on personnel issues

District to investigate complaint against superintendent.

Updated: January 30, 2013, - 09:26 PM

Obituary: Neighbors loved Muriel Simmons, dealers didn't

Bob Miller recalls sitting one evening on the wide veranda that encircled the spacious Victorian house that Muriel Simmons owned on Portland Avenue when the homeowner spotted a gaggle of young drug dealers nearby.

Updated: January 24, 2013, - 11:05 PM