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    July 28, 2016
    Math, reading scores stall in latest round of Minnesota testing
    After another round of disappointing standardized test results, Education Commissioner Brenda Cassellius said the state may never boost the academic...
    News/educationJuly 28, 2016 - 3:06pm
    July 19, 2016
    Minnesota college to offer live streamed courses
    This fall, Central Lakes College will be debuting Live Online, which allows students to live stream class from any location, while interacting...
    News/educationJuly 19, 2016 - 7:56am
    July 13, 2016
    Board, teachers to try again for contract settlement in Willmar
    WILLMAR -- The Willmar School Board and its teachers union may be nearing a resolution of their ongoing contract dispute. The two sides plan...
    News/educationJuly 13, 2016 - 12:15am
    July 11, 2016
    School Board approves floor plan for Willmar Senior High addition
    WILLMAR -- The preliminary floor plan for a physical education addition at Willmar Senior High School has been approved. The Willmar School Board...
    News/educationJuly 11, 2016 - 11:30pm
    June 23, 2016
    Margaret Biggerstaff, coordinator for the West Central Achievement and Integration Collaboration, demonstrates ways to help students learn math differently during a summer program involving seven area school district. The first session was held in the New London-Spicer School District. The second session begins in August in Willmar. (CAROLYN LANGE | TRIBUNE)
    Area summer program makes sense of math
    NEW LONDON — When 32 middle school students and five teachers go to Valleyfair amusement park today, they won’t just be riding roller coasters....
    News/educationJune 23, 2016 - 11:30pm
    June 16, 2016
    MACCRAY School Board members are pursuing a single-campus plan for the school district. The East Elementary in Raymond is shown above. (FILE | TRIBUNE)
    MACCRAY to pursue single campus
    CLARA CITY — MACCRAY School Board members decided on a 4-2 vote Monday to once again pursue a one-campus district. With the vote, board members...
    News/educationJune 16, 2016 - 11:57pm
    Contractors are making good progress on science classroom additions at Willmar Middle School. The additions are expected to be complete in December. (RAND MIDDLETON | TRIBUNE)
    Work progresses on Willmar’s school projects
    WILLMAR — Work on Willmar’s new elementary school may start later than usual, due to delays in receiving construction drawings from the architect....
    News/educationJune 16, 2016 - 11:47pm
    June 15, 2016
    Willmar School Board balances budget for the first time in years
    WILLMAR — For the first time in several years, the Willmar School Board has adopted a budget that projects no deficit spending. The board adopted...
    News/educationJune 15, 2016 - 11:52pm
    Unfunded school mandates questioned
    NEW LONDON — Unfunded mandates for all districts and special grants for select school districts that were approved this legislative session...
    News/educationJune 15, 2016 - 11:46pm
    June 14, 2016
    New London-Spicer teachers, school board approve Q Comp plan
    NEW LONDON — A plan to link teacher pay with student performance was overwhelmingly approved by the the New London-Spicer teachers’ union...
    News/educationJune 14, 2016 - 11:56pm
    June 13, 2016
    The first earth movers for the new elementary school on Lakeland Drive Southeast in Willmar flip dirt skyward during a groundbreaking ceremony Monday afternoon. Quam Construction of Willmar will start site preparation and utilities work next week. (RAND MIDDLETON | TRIBUNE)play button
    Kids help with Willmar elementary school groundbreaking
    WILLMAR — For an elementary school groundbreaking, it made sense to have a group of children be the first to wear hard hats and grab the gold...
    News/educationJune 13, 2016 - 11:23pm
    June 9, 2016
    MACCRAY School Board members are keeping options for a single-campus and a three-campus system on the table. The three-campus option would call for pre-kindergarten to third-grade elementary schools in Maynard and Raymond and grades 5-12 on the junior and senior high school campus in Clara City. The East Elementary in Raymond is shown above. (FILE | TRIBUNE)
    MACCRAY to survey residents on school district building plans
    CLARA CITY — MACCRAY School Board members intend to survey district residents to learn where common ground can be found on the district’s...
    News/educationJune 9, 2016 - 11:12pm
    June 5, 2016
    U.S. Sen. Al Franken, DFL-Minn. speaks Sunday during Willmar Senior High School graduation ceremony. He came to introduce graduate Muna Abdulahi, who was a page for the Senate last summer in Washington, D.C. "I was very impressed with her poise and her intelligence," he told the crowd. (RAND MIDDLETON | TRIBUNE)play button
    U.S. Sen. Al Franken appears at Willmar Senior High School graduation
    WILLMAR — They said not to clap until all 236 Willmar High School graduates had crossed the stage Sunday— but some audience members just...
    News/educationJune 5, 2016 - 11:53pm
    YMCA staffer Courtney Baeyen sits Tuesday with Tawon George in a kindergarten class at L.C. Elementary School, where she works with children from a low-income apartment complex in Maplewood. The YMCA gives special attention to the kids, walking with them half a mile to school, helping in the classrooms, playground and cafeteria, and then running a program back home after school until 6 pm. (SCOTT TAKUSHI | PIONEER PRESS)
    White Bear YMCA partners with school to support students
    MAPLEWOOD — An effort to boost the achievement of low-income students at Webster Elementary School in Maplewood begins long before the first...
    News/educationJune 5, 2016 - 11:11pm
    June 2, 2016
    Muna Abdulahi, a U.S. Senate Page last summer in Washington, D.C., will be introduced by Sen. Al Franken at Sunday’s Willmar High School commencement. (RAND MIDDLETON | TRIBUNE)play button
    Sen. Franken to introduce graduate at Willmar High School commencement
    Muna Abdulahi, a U.S. Senate Page last summer in Washington, D.C., will be introduced by Sen. Al Franken at Sunday’s Willmar High School commencement....
    News/educationJune 2, 2016 - 11:26pm
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