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• Injury led Stephen Schultz to a life of music
  He wanted to be a football coach, but wound up showing generations of students how to teach music.
  Oct 26, 2009
• 25,000 apples for Minneapolis teacher
  Teacher Martha Spriggs, winner of a $25,000 Milken Educator Award, said she's still "reeling" from the honor.
  Oct 20, 2009
• Minnesota math scores: good but not best
  Minnesota's math scores rank high nationally, but "we're amongst the best of a mediocre country," one official said. And scores still show an achievement gap.
  Oct 14, 2009
• Students at Blake School revisit Laramie Project
  Blake is willing to take on the subject of gay student Matthew Shepard's murder and its fallout because people know "where the school stands."
  Oct 12, 2009
• School board candidate paid to leave teaching job
  John Krenik, a Republican-endorsed candidate for the St. Paul school board, quit his teaching job last year and was paid $12,000. He agreed to "not seek or accept work as a teacher with [the] district at any time in the future."
  Oct 11, 2009
• New life for a long-struggling Minneapolis Washburn
  The school has new staff, new curriculum and new energy: 'The soul has changed in the building. The spirit has returned.'
  Oct 5, 2009
• Doors close on 4 Minneapolis schools
  Pratt is saved, but four schools will close, four magnet programs will become neighborhood schools and parents will have fewer school choices, unless they want to drive their children to school.
  Sep 23, 2009
• Final bell at Pratt Community School?
  Pratt is just one of the schools that may close if Minneapolis OKs its downsizing plan tonight, and the story is echoed throughout the district by anxious communities and families.
  Sep 22, 2009
• Charity distributes free uniforms to students in north Minneapolis
  A charity is handing out more than 2,000 uniforms to students at five north Minneapolis elementary schools.
  Sep 16, 2009
• Teacher: 'I was railroaded' by harassment charge
  Diane Cleveland said "there's no joy left in my life," while Jodi Merritt, the student's mother, rejected accusations that the story had been made up.
  Sep 16, 2009

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