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Reporter | Washington Bureau

Phone: Washington: 202-383-6121 Minneapolis: 612-673-4491

Email: corey.mitchell@startribune.com

Corey Mitchell covers Minnesota-related issues in Congress.
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'Already full,' 3 Minneapolis schools poised to expand

Minneapolis superintendent wants construction to begin as early as next summer. The cost: $27 million.

Updated: September 24, 2011, - 10:44 AM

Obituary: For 'Meredee' Lagaard, life was an adventure

The former Minneapolis schools special education teacher made life "shiny," friends and family said.

Updated: September 21, 2011, - 08:28 PM

Minneapolis school board tables debate on raise policy

Minneapolis superintendent's supporters say the rule risks micromanagement and threatens her authority.

Updated: September 20, 2011, - 10:49 PM

School board meeting gets called off late

Confusion lingered after the cancellation, forced by state law over the special primary in south Minneapolis to replace Sen. Linda Berglin.

Updated: September 15, 2011, - 10:15 AM

Who'd get your vote for a Minneapolis high schools hall of fame?

A Nobel Prize winner? Former governors? An astronaut? Actors? Journalists? Prince? Inspired by Anoka High's recent induction, send in your ideas.

Updated: September 13, 2011, - 02:43 PM

Teen mom stayed in school, for good

Pregnant and frightened at age 15, Bayza Weeks was told that her school, DeLaSalle High, believed in her. She did the rest.

Updated: September 09, 2011, - 03:12 PM

Students paying for budget cuts

As schools open across Minnesota on Tuesday, the tough economic times will be more noticeable to students, teachers -- and soon, taxpayers.

Updated: September 06, 2011, - 08:42 AM

New 4-year formula slashes high school grad rates

Current standard suggests a much higher rate of success.

Updated: September 02, 2011, - 10:44 PM

Dateline Minneapolis: 'E' is for enrollment

A baby boomlet and the bad economy are boosting enrollment in Minneapolis' kindergarten classrooms and promising to bring higher enrollment for years to come.

Updated: August 30, 2011, - 07:04 PM

'No Child’ leaving plenty of students behind

Nearly a decade after Congress enacted the No Child Left Behind Act, a sweeping mandate to ramp up standards and accountability in the nation's public schools, more than a third of black, Latino and Native American students in Minneapolis public schools don't graduate, records show.

Updated: August 28, 2011, - 08:22 PM