education

MORRIS, Minnesota --Jay Parini, Axinn professor of English and creative writing at Middlebury College, will be the featured speaker at this year's Barber Lecture, which will take place on Wednesday,...

CROOKSTON, Minn. – The University of Minnesota Crookston has a record number of enrolled students this fall. A preliminary count released Tuesday puts the enrollment at 1,773 undergraduates, well above...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — State safety officials are urging drivers to watch for students heading back to school this week in Minnesota where school buses make at least 10,000...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota's Department of Education on Thursday labeled 213 Minnesota schools as underperforming in a new statewide labeling system, compared to more than 1,000 that got...

The Daily Beast article brought back several painful memories of my experience as the only boy at an all girls school. According to the article, a public middle school in...

What drives MPCA violations? In an announcement last week, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency levied penalties against the Minnesota Department of Transportation and Northstar Materials Inc., a Bemidji-based contractor, for...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Fewer Minnesota school districts will ask local voters for more money this year than asked last year. The Minnesota School Boards Association said about 30 districts indicated...

MORRIS - First graders at Morris Area Elementary will have Spanish as part of their curriculum this year. The Morris Area School Board voted Monday to expand their bilingual program...

-- Heidi L. Freye and Michael W. Smith of Bemidji were named to the Dean’s List at North Dakota State University in Fargo, N.D., for the Summer 2012 semester. --...