education

WILLMAR -- For more than a decade the West Central Integration Collaborative has worked to keep kids in school and to increase understanding between cultures. When the Willmar School Board...

ST. PAUL -- School officials could lay off teachers based on their effectiveness rather than just how long they have taught under a bill Minnesota representatives approved 68-61 Thursday. "We...

WILLMAR -- The Willmar School Board approved a contract with its special education paraprofessionals bargaining unit Monday. Negotiations are continuing other bargaining units, including teachers. Human Resources Director Liz Fischer...

WILLMAR -- The Willmar School Board will meet at 4:30 p.m. today in the board room on the first floor of the Willmar Education and Arts Center, 611 Fifth St...

WILLMAR -- Members of Sen. Al Franken's staff will meet Wednesday afternoon with local education officials and teachers to discuss education reform. The listening session will begin at 4 p.m...

WILLMAR -- The Willmar School Board will meet at 4:30 p.m. Monday in the board room on the first floor of the Willmar Education and Arts Center, 611 Fifth St...

WILLMAR -- A waiver from some of the requirements of federal education law was welcome news to public school superintendents in west central Minnesota, as well as across the state...

WILLMAR -- The U.S. Senate has a bipartisan federal education reform proposal ready for consideration, but the next steps in the process will depend on what is developed in the...