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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked Congress to work with him on extending school choice programs nationwide to benefit millions of students, including low-income African-American and Hispanic children. While Trump gave no specifics on what legislation he is proposing, the statement was the clearest indication yet that he intends to follow through on his campaign promise to fund a $20 billion school choice program. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TRUMP_SCHOOL_CHOICE?SITE=AP&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT...
Watered-down graduation requirements, mistaken calculations, and push-outs of unsuccessful students may have falsely boosted high school graduation rates in a few states, but are not widespread enough to have inflated the national graduation rate, which is at an all-time high of 83.2 percent, according to a study released Wednesday. The eighth edition of the annual "Building A Grad Nation" report took on the skepticism that surrounded President Barack Obama's October announcement of the national graduation-rate milestone. ht...
The Maryland principal who created a “smash space” at her elementary school so that teachers could swing bats at broken furniture as a way to relieve stress is stepping down from her job. Principal Barbara Liess, who came under fire for the idea, told families at Kensington Parkwood Elementary School this week she would be leaving her position in June and would seek another job in the Montgomery County school system. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/principal-at-md-school-who-created-smash-space-decides-to-step...
BEMIDJI—The Beltrami County Board of Commissioners are studying two new ordinances that deal with parks and recreational facilities, as well as property issues. The first ordinance, presented in its draft format, is actually more than a year in the making. In late 2015, a meeting was held between various groups and Beltrami County officials in which a consensus was reached that an ordinance was needed to govern usage of parks and recreational facilities. http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/local/4261037-beltrami-commissioners...
WASHINGTON — In a startling turnabout, Republicans say they are ready to push their prized health care bill through the House and claim a victory for President Donald Trump, six weeks after nearly leaving it for dead and days after support from GOP moderates seemed to crumble anew. House leaders planned a vote Thursday on the legislation, revamped since collapsing in March to attract most hard line conservatives and some GOP centrists. In a final tweak, leaders were adding a modest pool of money to help people with pre-existing medical c...
A tense six-hour manhunt for a homicide suspect in Bloomington ended early Thursday when he was arrested by police. The suspect who was involved in an officer-involved shooting was found just after 3 a.m. in the 8200 block of Stevens Avenue S., the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office said. http://www.startribune.com/homicide-suspect-captured-in-bloomington/421274633/#1...
Adrian Peterson on Wednesday sat down with the official New Orleans Saints team website for an "exclusive one-on-one" 11-minute interview to discuss his free agency path down the Mississippi River. While there's nothing terribly revealing in the chat, Peterson took the chance to explain why he chose New Orleans ("It just felt right for me. Pretty much what it came down to was the love that I felt from everyone.") and talk about his new team, while taking some subtle jabs at his old one. http://www.startribune.com/adrian-pete...
Thomas Rademacher’s audience is not impressed. That he was named Minnesota Teacher of the Year in 2014, that he just wrote a book on the lessons he has learned from his profession, mean little to the seventh-graders who face him like a firing squad. http://www.startribune.com/a-minnesota-teacher-of-the-year-shares-wisdom-in-teaching-tell-all/421174633/...
Internet users in Minnesota, across the country and possibly internationally were warned Wednesday about a Google Docs scam that was flourishing thanks to a simple click of a computer mouse or touch pad. The scam came in the form of an e-mail message with the subject line saying someone — known or unknown — “has shared a document on Google Docs with you.” It invited the user to log onto their Google accounts to join the shared document. http://www.startribune.com/google-docs-virus-swarming-e-mail-accounts-in-minnesota-and-fa...
NEW YORK — Facebook is stepping up its efforts to keep inappropriate and often violent material — including recent high-profile videos of murders and suicides, hate speech and extremist propaganda — off of its site. On Wednesday, the world's biggest social network said it plans to hire 3,000 more people to review videos and other posts after getting criticized for not responding quickly enough to murders shown on its service. http://www.startribune.com/facebook-to-hire-3-000-to-review-videos-of-crime-and-suicide/421160993/...
One student was airlifted and five were taken to a hospital by ambulance after a car struck the rear side of a school bus at an intersection north of Bemidji on Wednesday morning. School bus No. 25 landed on its side in a ditch on Irvine Avenue and South Movil Lake Road, according to a statement from Bemidji Public School Superintendent Jim Hess. http://www.startribune.com/school-bus-of-students-crashed-north-of-bemidji-then-rolled-to-its-side-in-ditch/421164873/...
BEMIDJI, Minn. — School officials say 30 students were sent to a hospital to be checked out after a school bus crash near Bemidji. The crash happened Wednesday morning. Five students were taken by ambulance to Sanford Medical Center in Bemidji and another was airlifted. Bemidji Area Schools Superintendent Jim Hess says one student may have suffered a broken arm, another had a facial laceration and a third had possible internal injuries. Hess says other students aboard had "bumps and bruises." Minnesota Public Radio News reports the bus d...
Summer fishing seasons come and go, each one dawning with a new set of regulations. The year-over-year changes are shaped by issues tackled by DNR fisheries personnel over a range of time. What follows is a summary of five of those issues, starting with the good fortune of an abundant walleye scene on Upper Red Lake. http://www.startribune.com/several-issues-await-minnesota-anglers-this-summer/421092873/...
The 2017 legislative session didn’t produce many winners. There wasn’t enough money for that. There were losers, however. Among them: Native Americans http://www.minotdailynews.com/news/local-news/2017/05/few-winners-many-losers-at-the-legislature/...
In the few days since President Trump issued his Executive Order on National Monuments, many legal scholars have questioned the legality of his actions under the Antiquities Act. Indeed, if the president attempts to revoke or downsize a monument designation, such actions would be on shaky, if any, legal ground. The Conversation But beyond President Trump’s dubious reading of the Antiquities Act, his threats also implicate a suite of other cultural and ecological laws implemented within our national monuments. http://www.huff...
WASHINGTON, DC | May 3, 2017 — Today, the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), the oldest, largest, and most representative American Indian and Alaska Native organization in the country, condemned President Donald Trump’s derogatory use of the name “Pocahontas” in attacking a political opponent during a speech to the National Rifle Association (NRA) last Thursday. “In the next election, you are going to be swamped with candidates, but you’re not going to be wasting your time…It may be Pocahontas, remember that,” said President Trump...
The Navajo president has called for the removal of the Navajo Housing Authority leadership. He said in a letter to the NHA board they’ve mismanaged funds and failed to provide sufficient homes for a tribe living in mostly overcrowded and impoverished conditions. Aneva Yazzie, the Navajo Housing Authority CEO, says the president isn’t looking at the whole picture. Over the last five years, the agency has built 500 homes and maintained 9,000 units. Federal rules require the tribe to bring homes up to code. And Yazzie said that accounts for hal...
THE Pine Ridge Indian reservation in South Dakota, the site of the battle of Wounded Knee, contains one of the poorest counties in America; and every one of its residents is affected, in some way, by alcoholism. So says Robert Brave Heart senior, one of the leaders of Red Cloud, a private Catholic school founded in 1888 by Jesuits at the request of Red Cloud, a chief of the Oglala Lakota, the tribe of Crazy Horse. Most of his people, says Mr Brave Heart, cannot drink alcohol in moderation. He thinks he is one of them. After bad experiences...
Diane Gorney grew up in Minneapolis, graduated from Central High School, attended college, became an art teacher, and in a later career, did human relations work for the State of Minnesota. While on a trip in the 1990’s, seeing American Indian wild rice in a grocery store in France prompted her to ask the vendor the origin of the rice. The answer being “from Indonesia” and a similarly shocking answer to a question about American Indian jewelry “from Sri Lanka” caused Diane to wonder why they couldn’t be buying authentic American Indian prod...
IGNACIO – Southern Ute tribal members head to the polls Thursday to “approve” or “disapprove” the distribution of millions of dollars from a lawsuit settlement to tribal members. If voters approve the referendum, they would receive thousands of dollars each from the remaining balance of the settlement. If fewer than 50 percent of eligible voters cast ballots, or if they “disapprove” the referendum, Tribal Council will keep the money to spend as it sees fit. https://durangoherald.com/articles/155601...
I read with much appreciation the police reports generated by law enforcement officers during the investigation of the homicide of Jason Stoltz. Jason was murdered on March 2, 2015. (See story in this edition beginning on page 1.) The incident occurred in the Bugg Hill neighborhood of the Mille Lacs Band Reservation. Naturally, Tribal police were the first on the scene after the 911 call came in. You see, that was back when Tribal cops were allowed access to the county emergency notification system. Tribal police were the closest to the scene....
Leaders from Maskwacis have asked the Alberta government to help the community establish its own First Nations police force to work alongside the RCMP. Representatives from the Samson Cree band council met Tuesday with Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley at the Alberta legislature. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/rash-of-violence-prompts-maskwacis-to-push-for-its-own-first-nations-police-force-1.4096252...
GREAT FALLS - Program organizers say the Intertribal Immersion School was created in late November in response to drop out rates in the Great Falls Public School District. "A group of us noticed that we were losing Native American students at a faster rate, any rate's too fast but this seemed to be accelerated for some reason this year," said Paris Gibson Education Center principal Drew Uecker. http://www.krtv.com/story/35336336/program-aims-to-address-native-american-dropout-rates...
The Northwest Territory Métis Nation is asking the federal government for $120 million in compensation and the inclusion of the history of how Métis hunters and trappers lost their traditional hunting rights soon after the Wood Buffalo National Park was established in 1922. The Wood Buffalo National Park is the country's largest national park. It was established, in part, to help protect the wood bison and other at-risk species in the area. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nwt-metis-nation-wood-buffalo-compensation-1.4096...
