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    The former McNally Smith College of Music sign at Wabasha and Exchange Street in St. Paul on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. John Autey / St. Paul Pioneer Press
    For employees, students to get paid, McNally Smith college building must sell before 2019
    ST. PAUL—If a bankruptcy trustee can't sell the McNally Smith College of Music building before the end of the year, there may be no money...
    news/education1 hour 44 min ago
    SD improves teacher pay ranking, but still near worst in country
    ST. PAUL — Despite a nation-leading 11.8 percent statewide pay increase, South Dakota’s teachers continue to be among the least compensated...
    news/education8 hours 18 min ago
    April 23, 2018
    Class-action lawsuit alleges Capella University lied about time, cost of advanced degrees
    MINNEAPOLIS—Two former students say Minneapolis-based Capella University lied about how much time and money it would take to complete an...
    news/educationApril 23, 2018 - 9:53pm
    April 19, 2018
    Alcohol use among Minnesota students dropped since 2001, according to analysis
    ST. PAUL—The perception that most high school kids drink alcoholic beverages isn't true, the Minnesota Department of Health reports. And...
    news/educationApril 19, 2018 - 6:30pm
    April 18, 2018
    SD college executive Craig Johnson named new Ridgewater president
    WILLMAR — Craig Johnson of Sioux Falls has been named the new president of Ridgewater College. The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities...
    news/educationApril 18, 2018 - 10:22pm
    Craig Johnson
    Craig Johnson named new Ridgewater president
    WILLMAR – Craig Johnson has been chosen as the new president of Ridgewater College. The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of...
    news/educationApril 18, 2018 - 12:00pm
    April 17, 2018
    t4.10.18 Bob King -- 041818.N.DNT.JUULc2 -- Ross Nasca, general manager of the Smoke Shop and Ecigs in Duluth, displays a Juul. The package includes the battery charger (left) and the unit that holds the battery (right). Users have to purchase a separate Juul pod that holds the e-juice. Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com
    Are Juuls in your school? Popular e-cigarettes alarming health officials
    An e-cigarette that looks like a pocket-sized computer device is alarming health officials because of its potency and popularity among teenagers....
    news/educationApril 17, 2018 - 9:14pm
    Minnesota State University-Moorhead President Anne Blackhurst
    Minnesota State university presidents say tuition freezes aren't working
    ST. PAUL—Minnesota State university leaders want the freedom to raise tuition in order to pay for initiatives they say will improve student...
    news/educationApril 17, 2018 - 7:43pm
    April 14, 2018
    Three in mix for BOLD superintendent
    OLIVIA — BOLD School Board members are interviewing two more candidates for a half-time, interim superintendent position on Monday after...
    news/educationApril 14, 2018 - 6:26am
    Briana Sanchez / Tribune file photo In the next school year, Willmar Public Schools expects its high school programs to be labeled as needing academic support. The Minnesota Department of Education will designate high schools with a four-year graduation rate less than 67 percent for all students or for any student group, and Willmar has groups under that mark.
    New education law will judge schools on graduation rates
    WILLMAR — Willmar Public Schools' high school programs are likely to be labeled as needing academic support in the next school year. The...
    news/educationApril 14, 2018 - 5:16am
    April 13, 2018
    Dayton proposes $19 million additional special education funds
    ST. PAUL -- Gov. Mark Dayton has proposed an additional $19 million in special education funding for next year, as such expenses rise throughout...
    news/educationApril 13, 2018 - 9:02am
    April 11, 2018
    Craig Johnson
    Craig Johnson named new Ridgewater president
    WILLMAR – Craig Johnson has been chosen as the new president of Ridgewater College. The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of...
    news/educationApril 11, 2018 - 11:00am
    Demonstrators protest cuts in pay, benefits and school funding at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City, April 2, 2018. Thousands of teachers in Oklahoma and Kentucky walked off the job Monday morning, shutting down school districts as they protested cuts in pay, benefits and school funding in a movement that has grown in force since igniting in West Virginia earlier this year. (Alex Flynn/The New York Times/Copyright 2018)
    Behind Oklahoma's teacher strike: years of tax cuts and an energy slump
    Thousands of Oklahoma teachers this week poured into the state capitol in a second week of a strike for more school funding and higher pay. The...
    news/educationApril 11, 2018 - 10:53am
    Erica Dischino / Tribune Bryan Weidman does a pull-up Tuesday at the Marine Corps station at the third annual Job Fair and Career Expo at Willmar Senior High School.
    Job fair at Willmar Senior High School
    news/educationApril 11, 2018 - 7:03am
    April 10, 2018
    Conversations on community and culture set Wednesday in Willmar
    WILLMAR — A series of community conversations on culture will be led Wednesday in Willmar by writer and activist Paul Kivel. The public...
    news/educationApril 10, 2018 - 7:50am
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