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The Annual Cops and Bobbers Fishing Event was held at Fuller's Lake on Thursday, August 18, 2016, starting at 10 AM. Over 111 kids between the ages of 6-12 participated in this event, where they received T-shirts, fishing rods and had the opportunity to go on the lake in boats. Lunch was also provided for the participants. The event was sponsored by the Red Lake Department of Public Safety and Conservation Department....
EDINA, Minn. (Sept. 9, 2016) - The 10th Junior Ryder Cup will be conducted at Interlachen Country Club, in Edina, Minnesota, with Opening Ceremonies on Sun., Sept. 25 at 5 p.m. CT, and the competition between the United States and Europe, on Mon.-Tues., Sept. 26-27. Closing Ceremonies will follow the conclusion of the Singles Matches on Tuesday. There will be no public parking onsite at Interlachen. Rather, spectators are able to park at the nearby Braemar Ice Arena at 7501 Ikola Way in Edina. The location is just off the Valley View Road Exit...
"Soup with the Supe" You are cordially invited to join Anne Lundquist, Superintendent, for a Parent and Community Advisory meeting. This meeting is open to anyone who would like to learn more about District programs and share their thoughts on school operations. Wednesday, September 14, from 5:00-6:30 at the Casino. Soup and sandwiches will be provided....
The 21st Annual First Nations L.E.A.D. Institute Conference is September 27-29, 2016, at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa in Catoosa, Oklahoma. This is THE conference for Native American nonprofit professionals, tribal leaders and those who work in tribal organizations, tribal economic development pros, and anyone interested in Native American philanthropy or food sovereignty. The registration list is filling up fast, and this conference sells out every year due to capacity restrictions. Don't miss your chance to attend by registering NOW at...
Donald Trump unveiled a school choice plan on Thursday that would create a $20 billion block grant to expand charter and private school options for low-income children — an idea championed by conservatives, but which has previously fizzled in Congress. "As your president, I will be the nation’s biggest cheerleader for school choice," he said, vowing to use the presidential bully pulpit and campaign in all 50 states for the proposal. Trump said expanding school choice would help minority students who are currently trapped in "failing gov...
Donald J. Trump will visit a charter school in Cleveland on Thursday, where he is expected to deliver remarks about the state of education in the United States. Education is an issue that the Republican presidential nominee has not focused on much in the course of his campaign, but one in which his approach is in stark contrast to that of Hillary Clinton, his Democratic opponent, particularly with regard to the role of the federal government. Here’s a look at where they stand on some of the central questions on education today. Common Core M...
When a Connecticut judge threw out the state’s school financing system as unconstitutional this week, his unsparing 90-page ruling read and resonated like a cry from the heart on the failings of American public education. Judge Thomas G. Moukawsher of State Superior Court in Hartford was scathing: He criticized “uselessly perfect teacher evaluations” that found “virtually every teacher in the state” proficient or exemplary, while a third of students in many of the poorest communities cannot read even at basic levels. He attacked a task forc...
For some time now, Diane Ravitch has been hoping to get a chance to speak with Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton about public education policy. Finally, she did. The meeting was not long, and Ravitch did not mince any words, telling her that President Obama’s education corporate-reform policies have been “a disaster.” Ravitch, describing the recent conversation, said in an email: I am supporting her vigorously in this election but have no idea what she will do about K12 education. My first statement when I met her last Sunda...
State education leaders will vote Thursday on a new system that uses multiple ways to judge school performance, replacing the single score that families and educators relied upon in previous years. The State Board of Education proposal would replace the Academic Performance Index, a three-digit score that was suspended in 2013 when the state adopted new standardized tests that adhere to Common Core State Standards. While the score gave communities and education officials an easy way to compare schools, critics said it was too grounded in test...
OWASSO, Okla. (AP) - Oklahoma’s state superintendent said a ballot measure to increase taxes to fund teacher pay increases isn’t ideal, but she’ll support it to address the state’s shrinking pool of educators. Speaking Wednesday in Owasso, State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister said the Legislature should have increased teacher salaries last session, rather than leaving it to voters. The proposal, which is on the November ballot, calls for a 1 percent sales tax increase to fund higher education and $5,000 pay increases for teachers. “We’ve...
Dressed in all black, former Detroit principal Gerlma Johnson sobbed in a federal courtroom this morning, struggling to accept her punishment for taking bribes from a vendor as a reward for approving his fake invoices: a 12-month prison sentence. Johnson, like many other principals accused of the same crime, had argued she spent most of her kickbacks on the kids. But U.S. District Judge Victoria Roberts didn't buy it, noting there were more than $10,000 in travel receipts for expenses she incurred while traveling to teacher conferences without...
Mayor de Blasio defended his decision to ban suspensions of kids in kindergarten through second grade — a policy that has come under fire from educators and unions. "There's a mental health challenge, a lot of times when we talk about youth. We want to deal with it. We don't think that in those early grades — kindergarten, first grade, second grade — that suspension is a productive way to deal with it," de Blasio said Thursday. “I'm very clear as a parent, the goal is to solve the problem, not to sweep it under the rug. ... We have to get to...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Testing for lead in drinking water at some Minnesota schools hasn't been done since the late 1990s despite a state health recommendation that it be done every five years. Among water testing records of more than 600 Minnesota schools, at least one out of every four of those schools are not testing based on the Minnesota Department of Health's recommendation, KSTP-TV (http://bit.ly/2cJ3gzH ) reported. Records show Minneapolis Public Schools hasn't tested at least 31 of its schools since 1998, though district officials say t...
James revealed a three-point campaign, including a vow to introduce legislation that would require the Department of Education to release better stats on bullying and sexual harassment. She called for a litany of information from the department, including the precise nature of each safety incident and what action the school pursued. Her office also plans to conduct an outreach campaign to parents. “For too many children, the first day of school is not full of excitement and nerves, but with a fear and anxiety over bullying and sexual h...
It’s easy to assume that now must be a better time than ever to be a lesbian, gay or bisexual teenager. We recently celebrated the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of same-sex marriage. Our culture has grown more accepting, too; one of the most anticipated albums of the year, Frank Ocean’s, embraces his desire for men. These factors work together to create the illusion that as a society we are barreling toward a world of complete liberation, where everyone is truly free to be whoever they are. A major study by the C...
Five confirmed cases of Legionnaires’ disease have been reported among people who live or work in the Hopkins area, the Minnesota Department of Health said Friday. The agency said it is investigating to find the source of the outbreak along with Hennepin County health officials. The five people became ill between Aug. 4 and Sept. 1, the agency said. Three are currently hospitalized, and two others were hospitalized and have recovered. The patients are all over age 50. http://www.startribune.com/legionnaires-disease-hits-5-in...
The anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks weighs heavily on the minds of Minnesota Muslims as they prepare to celebrate one of the most important holy days of the year. For weeks they had worried that Monday’s Eid al-Adha, which marks the end of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, might fall on the 9/11 anniversary. Though the sighting of the moon placed this year’s Eid on Sept. 12, the proximity of a major holiday and a painful anniversary has fueled anxiety and led community leaders and local law enforcement to tighten security mea...
State Republican Party Chairman Keith Downey said Friday that a DFL lawsuit to block Donald Trump from Minnesota’s presidential ballot is “a blatant and frivolous attempt to disenfranchise” voters, while the secretary of state warned the state Supreme Court it must move very quickly to settle the matter. DFL Party Chair Ken Martin filed a petition with the state’s high court a day earlier seeking to remove Trump and his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, on a legal technicality. The petition takes issue with the method by which Republi...
GENEVA — The United States and Russia early Saturday announced a breakthrough agreement on Syria that foresees a nationwide cease-fire starting on Monday, followed a week later by an unexpected new military partnership targeting the Islamic State and al-Qaida as well as the establishment of new limits on President Bashar Assad's forces. After a daylong final negotiating session in Geneva, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said shortly after midnight Saturday that the plan could reduce violence in Syria and lead to a long-sought political t...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Facebook on Friday reversed its decision to remove postings of an iconic 1972 image of a naked, screaming girl running from a napalm attack in Vietnam, after a Norwegian revolt against the tech giant. Protests in Norway started last month after Facebook deleted the Pulitzer Prize-winning image by Associated Press photographer Nick Ut from a Norwegian author's page, saying it violated its rules on nudity. The revolt escalated on Friday when Norwegian Prime Minister Erna...
OAKLAND, Calif. — Seven current and former San Francisco Bay Area police officers will be charged in a sexual misconduct scandal involving a teenager who was later arrested in Florida in an unrelated assault case, a prosecutor said Friday. The wide-ranging scandal surfaced in June when the teenager, who described herself as a prostitute, said she had sex with about 30 law enforcement officials in Oakland and elsewhere in the region. Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley said Friday she was waiting until she's certain the teen can b...
BEMIDJI—A Little Falls man was killed in a head-on crash Friday morning near Leader, Minn. The Cass County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a two-vehicle crash at 6:53 a.m. on County Road 103 in rural Leader, the sheriff's office said in a release. When deputies and first responders arrived on scene, they found two vehicles involved in the crash. The driver of a 2011 Honda IEX, Erik Mathison, 42, of Little Falls, Minn., was found dead at the scene. A juvenile male from Mathison's car was airlifted to North Memorial Hospital with u...
In northwest Pennsylvania, along the edge of Lake Erie, you'll find the city of Erie. There, the superintendent of the more than 12,000-student district has forwarded a plan that's causing a stir — calling for leaders to consider shutting down all of the district's high schools and sending students to the wealthier, whiter, suburban districts. Why? http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/09/11/491831552/this-district-may-close-all-of-its-high-schools-but-its-about-much-more-than-mon...
Spring break could be on the chopping block in some Maryland school systems. So might teacher work days or certain holidays. School officials around the state say they are facing tough choices as they aim to comply with Gov. Larry Hogan’s recent mandate that classes must begin after Labor Day and end by June 15, a summer-extending measure that he says will be good for the economy, schools and families. While some have cheered the idea of a longer summer recess, school districts are starting to consider what many say are difficult options. A...
City schools have confiscated far more weapons from students than previously believed, The Post has found. School officials recorded 2,485 separate instances when staff took guns, knives and other potentially deadly objects from kids in the 2014-15 school year, and 2,373 times in 2013-14, according to records The Post obtained under the Freedom of Information Law. But the NYPD reports seizing only 1,678 weapons in the 2014-15 school year — 32 percent fewer than the Department of Education’s tally in the same period. In the previous school yea...
