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Minneapolis

Teacher proposal could change how schools run

From showing really bad teachers the door quicker to creating a new subset of schools with an emphasis on results, not how they’re achieved, the contract proposal in the...

St. Paul

St. Paul wants to hold St. Patrick’s Day celebrations only on Saturdays

St. Patrick died on March 17 in the year 461, which is why the charismatic Irish missionary and bishop has been remembered and celebrated on that date by groups large and small...

Woodbury

Research links later school start times to benefits for teens

More high schools across Minnesota and the nation are starting later each morning — a move that could help teens not just in the classroom, but also on the road.Findings of...