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Brighton Central School District

In Brighton Central School District, 74% of elementary students tested at or above the proficient level for reading, and 62% tested at or above that level for math. Also, 71% of middle school ... read more

Minnesota Lawmakers May Curtail Student Cellphone Use

Separating kids from smartphones is a challenge, with polling showing more than 95 percent of teens have access to the devices and 54 percent say it'd be at least somewhat hard to give up social media ... read more

Non-alcoholic nostalgia: Craft soda taproom opens in the Twin Cities

At the taproom, which adjoins the company's new manufacturing facility in New Brighton, customers can ... to swirl around the halls of Heritage Middle School. "We're not your traditional start ... read more

Ramstad: Twin Cities' charter Global Academy is still run by teachers

When school started last fall, University of Minnesota student-teachers working at Global Academy, a K-8 charter school in New Brighton ... in charge of the middle school at Global, said teachers ... read more

Seven run for three seats on SLCSD school board

SARANAC LAKE — Saranac Lake will have the only contested school board race in the Tri-Lakes, with seven people running for three seats in May. Tupper Lake, Lake Placid and Keene all have uncontested ... read more

Brighton Waldorf School improves after being found inadequate

A STEINER school criticised for ... Steiner schools like the Brighton Waldorf are controversial. They are popular among the liberal and bohemian middle classes, and adhere to a curriculum ... read more

Minnesota's proposed child care subsidy program, school districts will not receive major funding

A proposed child care subsidy program that would help Minnesota’s middle class is unlikely to ... Mary Kunesh, DFL-New Brighton, said after the committee hearing that the program is important ... read more

St. Columbkille financial aid fund honors BC alumnus

Founded in 1901, Saint Columbkille has partnered with BC, Saint Columbkille Parish, and the Boston Archdiocese since 2006 to provide additional resources for a new national model of excellence in ... read more

4 Case Studies: Schools Use Connections to Give Every Student a Reason to Attend

If a student is struggling, the adviser fills out a referral form and sends it to one of the school’s five student-success teams, each of which includes an academic counselor. That team starts working ... read more

What's on the ballot? Midland Public Schools operating millage, Freeland Schools bond, West Branch-Rose City operating millage

MPS and West Branch-Rose City schools will have operating millage renewals during the special election on May 7. Freeland Schools will have a bond proposal. read more

Minnesota lawmakers look to curtail student cellphone use in school

Anthony Middle School went cellphone-free this year ... access to cellphones in schools," state Rep. Sandra Feist, DFL-New Brighton, said of the bill's strategy. The challenge of separating ... read more