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Kim McGuire

Reporter | West metro education

Phone: 612-673-4469

Email: kim.mcguire@startribune.com

Kim McGuire covers education in the west metro for the Star Tribune.

Officer injures ankle while responding to fight at Eden Prairie High School

The reason for the altercation among six to eight teens wasn’t known. The injury drew more officers to the school.

Updated: March 27, 2013, - 08:24 PM

March 3: Rising special ed cases huge cost to schools

A sharp rise in students diagnosed with major disabilities is forcing many schools to take difficult and at times divisive new steps to tailor classrooms to the disabled students’ needs, no matter how expensive that gets.

Updated: March 03, 2013, - 06:13 AM

Statewide task force wants to improve school financing

A statewide task force again will try to figure out a better way to pay for educating students.

Updated: October 03, 2012, - 09:42 PM

Troubled schools submit fix-it plans

Minnesota schools now have more local control over turnaround plans after being freed from unpopular federal mandates.

Updated: September 19, 2012, - 10:01 PM

Students get schooled in Russian

The first school in the Midwest focused on Russian language and culture opens in Minnetonka.

Updated: September 11, 2012, - 11:23 PM

BREAKING IN A NEW YEAR

Some kids braved their first day of school ever. The rest faced new teachers, classes, lockers and menus.

Updated: September 04, 2012, - 09:05 PM

Steel talks yield one contract

Steelworkers union reached a tentative deal with U.S. Steel; talks remained unfinished with two other Iron Range employers.

Updated: September 03, 2012, - 07:26 AM

Minnesota imposes new labels on schools

The accountability system finds 213 schools missing the mark, compared with more than 1,000 under federal No Child Left Behind.

Updated: August 30, 2012, - 08:59 AM

West metro schools put technology at the forefront

From computer-assisted teaching methods to widespread use of iPads, students will find things changing.

Updated: August 28, 2012, - 05:19 PM

Eden Prairie's new superintendent is ready for school

New Superintendent Curt Tryggestad spent the first two months of his tenure with Eden Prairie public schools surveying the landscape and getting to know the people around him. So far, he likes what he hears.

Updated: August 28, 2012, - 05:11 PM