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Duluth assistant superintendent leading applicant for Sartell job

Duluth assistant superintendent leading applicant for Sartell job Duluth assistant superintendent Joe Hill emerged this week as the leading candidate for superintendent in the Sartell-St. Stephen school district after interviews of three candidates by School Board, community and staff members.

By Forum Communications , March 20, 2010

Duluth assistant superintendent finalist for Sartell, Minn., job

Duluth assistant superintendent finalist for Sartell, Minn., job Duluth assistant superintendent Joe Hill emerged this week as the leading candidate for superintendent in the Sartell-St. Stephen school district after interviews of three candidates by School Board, community and staff members.

By Forum Communications Co. report , March 19, 2010

Wisconsin teen sent to jail for making school threat

A 17-year-old who says he was constantly bullied has been sentenced to 90 days for making threats against Crivitz High School and a female student.

By Associated Press , March 19, 2010

MnSCU might toughen campus smoking restrictions

Further smoking restrictions might be coming to many of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities’

By News Tribune , March 19, 2010

Duluth student mom program runs dry

A Duluth school district program designed to help students balance motherhood and classwork needs outside funding in order to continue next year.

March 19, 2010

Duluth School Board tackles all-day kindergarten, Central, school names

Duluth School Board tackles all-day kindergarten, Central, school names Free all-day kindergarten is coming to the Duluth school district next year. Also announced at the Duluth School Board meeting is the decision to allow all current Central High School students to remain at the school next year. It had been uncertain whether underclassmen could stay or would have to move to East High School.

March 17, 2010

Duluth School Board approves all-day kindergarten

The School Board also voted to end the district’s elementary magnet programs to funnel their funding to closing the achievement gap.

March 16, 2010

5Q :: Why curbing relational aggression is so important

5Q :: Why curbing relational aggression is so important While relational aggression may appear harmless at first, left unchecked, “RA” has resulted in physical harm and suicide.

March 16, 2010

St. Cloud State closes 23 programs

ST. CLOUD, Minn. — St. Cloud State University says state budget cuts are forcing the school to close more than 10 percent of its programs.

March 16, 2010

UW Board of Regents close to having first American Indian member

MADISON — The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents is on the cusp of having its first American Indian board member. Gov. Jim Doyle has appointed Eau Claire attorney Ed Manydeeds as its newest regent, pending confirmation by the state Senate.

By Mike Simonson , March 16, 2010

Two Harbors woman sentenced for school district theft

Two Harbors woman sentenced for school district theft Walking out of a Lake County courtroom Monday after a sentencing hearing, a tearful Sherry Rae Udenberg was consoled by a group of supporters. She was sentenced to 90 days in jail for embezzling money from the Lake Superior school district’s lunch program. She also was sentenced to 60 days of electronic monitoring, 10 years of probation and restitution of $67,403.

By Matt Suoja , March 16, 2010

Column: Can a four-day school week really save money?

No way! With debates over four-day school weeks in Duluth and elsewhere the reality is states don’t need to cut a day of school to save money.

By Gretchen Hamel , March 15, 2010

Northwestern High School student counts on hedge(hog) fund to help pay for college PressPass

Northwestern High School student counts on hedge(hog) fund to help pay for college With the cost of a college education increasing every year, some high school students are getting creative when looking for how to pay for it. Northwestern High School junior Robby Blair is hoping a collection of spiny little creatures will help him pay his way.

By Emily Kram , March 14, 2010

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OUR VOICES Western middle school gets icy reception

At a meeting of the Duluth Planning Commission Tuesday night, plans for a proposed new middle school between Wheeler Field and Skyline Drive received an icy public reception. Granted, the turnout was small, but those who cared enough to show up and offer public comment on the prospective new school

Posted by: Peter Passi on Feb 17, 2010 at 11:15 AM | BUZZ.duluth

OUR VOICES Local students on a mission

Jonathon Fuchs, a senior at Lakeview Christian Academy, spends time with his two pen-pals in Reynoso Mexico After Lakeview Christian Academy’s basketball team fini

Posted by: Sarah Horner on Feb 11, 2010 at 1:28 PM | eduSpeak

OUR VOICES What didn't make it in the paper

Should Central and Denfeld students be forced to attend the same graduation ceremony when their student populations are blended next year? Who will serve on the school's student government? How many dances should be held? All of those questions and more were addressed in the district-wide Student T

Posted by: Sarah Horner on Feb 10, 2010 at 10:47 AM | eduSpeak

OUR VOICES Haiti benefit concert tonight

  Students from Grant and Nettleton Elementary s

Posted by: Sarah on Feb 3, 2010 at 3:36 PM | eduSpeak

OUR VOICES Meet Clare Chopp

Several Northland teachers have been nominated for this year’s Minnesota Teacher of the Year award and I’m going to try and introduce you to a few of them before the list gets whittled down next month. First, allow me to introduce you to Clare Chopp, the orchestra teacher at Denfeld High

Posted by: Sarah Horner on Jan 28, 2010 at 11:46 AM | eduSpeak

OUR VOICES Students to sing, dance and drum their way to multi-cultural awareness

The Central auditorium will reverberate with multi-cultural sounds Thursday. Singing, dancing and drumming will echo around the room at the Duluth school district’s annual Multi-Cultural Fair tomorrow at Central High School. The event is aimed at exposing students to different cultural

Posted by: Sarah Horner on Jan 27, 2010 at 3:37 PM | eduSpeak

OUR VOICES Another school district, another merger

The Proctor school district is looking to consolidate its two elementary schools next year. After years of considering the move, Proctor Superintendent John Engelking said Monday that the district is moving ahead with plans to merge Caribou Lake and Pike Lake elementary schools. “The decisio

Posted by: Sarah Horner on Jan 18, 2010 at 12:34 PM | eduSpeak

OUR VOICES Vote on Plan B can't happen til spring

With all the attention focused on Red Plan Plus these days, people may have forgotten about Plan B, the first alternative facilities plan developed by Let Duluth Vote that emerged well over a year ago.  The plan, which calls for keeping three high schools open and eventually adding middle scho

Posted by: Sarah Horner on Jan 14, 2010 at 2:01 PM | eduSpeak
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DNTV: Tuesday, March 16
Some Duluthians are concerned about alleged dognappings (video: Fox 21 News); friends of a Duluth Heights couple to provide a "modest home makeover"; a Two Harbors woman is sentencing for embezzling money from the Lake Superior school district