There will be no authorized anti-abortion clubs in the Fargo school district.
Two students — Brigid O’Keefe of Fargo North High School and Katie McPherson of Davies High School — tried to start the clubs, but they were stopped by administrators. Read more →
Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill waded into dangerous territory for politicians overnight: college sports and the kids who don’t bother going to class. Read more →
When the Minnesota high school dance team season starts next year, perhaps the priority will be restoring a little class to the image of the sport.
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In Wichita, Michael Kelley, who has Down Syndrome and autism, plays on a school’s special needs basketball team.
His mom bought the young man a varsity letter jacket like other kids wear.
The principal made him remove it. Read more →
Writer Jay Gabler, who I’m happy to say is a public radio colleague, pretty well sums up the student loan situation, which generally gets very little sympathy from the older crowd for some reason. Read more →
A Woodbury school, operated by several school districts, will reinstate its band and orchestra program after initially disbanding in the wake of the layoff of the only teacher licensed to teach it. Read more →
Buried deep — far too deep — in a Woodbury Bullein story about Woodbury’s Valley Crossing Community School, a school operated by three area school districts — is a different twist on the issue of how a teacher is laid off. Read more →
The university is the first institution to act to comply with Gov. Scott Walker’s cut in higher education funding. It’s not pretty. Read more →
Here’s a question for teachers: Why do you bother?
It’s hard to imagine a more morale-busting business, considering the way the workforce is managed from year to year, not to mention the near daily letter to the editor in the local paper criticizing what you do.
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A second-year Girl Scout in Rochester, N.Y., has forced the national organization to respond to her complaints that workers in a Louisville plant where Girl Scout cookies are made are treated ‘terribly.’
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The University of Minnesota said Wednesday it will no longer provide general descriptions of those responsible for crime on campus.
In so doing, the U of M adopts a standard used by many news organizations which, at least by policy, don’t provide the race of suspects unless it actually provides some distinctive information. Read more →
Let’s follow up on last month’s post asking when music in schools is going to get a little respect.
The answer in South Washington County, which sparked the post because it intended to cut music programs in elementary schools, is: tonite. Read more →
Snubbed by other competitors and their enabling coaches and parents, the Faribault High School dance team got a little love from their own community yesterday.
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But most of us never had to face what many high school rivalries in greater Minnesota have to face — becoming one with the hated rival.
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There’s really nothing that music can’t do, as today’s inspiring video from the New York Times proves. Again.
Why can’t it get a little respect from a civilized society?
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Bob Collins