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  • Meet the 2016 Bush Prize for Community Innovation Grant Winners

    Nov 16, 2016

    The Bush Foundation awarded the 2016 Bush Prize for Community Innovation to six organizations that respond to complex social challenges by making great ideas happen. Awarded since 2013, the Bush Prize honors and supports organizations with a track record of effective, and equitable breakthroughs to community challenges. Winners demonstrate a pattern of inclusive, collaborative and resourceful problem-solving processes that lead to innovative solutions. "Each year we lift up and invest in some...

  • DIRECTOR - Urban Embassy Duluth

    Nov 16, 2016

    JOB ANNOUNCEMENT DIRECTOR Urban Embassy: Duluth Open: November 14, 2016 Closing: November 28, 2016 @ 3:00 p.m. PRIMARY FUNCTION: Conduct/supervise the daily operations of the Urban Embassy to provide a wide variety of community based needs to the enrolled members of the Red Lake Nation living in the area(s). Individual is required to work successfully with the Duluth community, Red Lake Tribal Members, and descendants. Reports to Executive Administrator, full-time position with benefits,...

  • Thousands of students carry protests against Trump into second week

    Nov 16, 2016

    Demonstrations protesting the U.S. presidential election victory of Republican Donald Trump entered their second week on Monday, with thousands of students chanting phrases like "Not My President" after walking out of classes across the country. The latest protests came as critics slammed Trump's selection of right-wing firebrand Stephen Bannon as his chief strategist, with many fearing the move could lift the white nationalist movement into the top levels of the White House. The Los Angeles Unified School District estimated that 4,000...

  • Los Angeles students stage walkouts to protest President-elect Trump

    Nov 16, 2016

    Thousands of Los Angeles-area high school students walked out of their classrooms Monday morning, streaming into the streets for several hours to protest President-elect Donald Trump. Many were too young to vote but said their futures were at stake and so their voices needed to be heard. They identified themselves proudly on handmade signs and flags as Latinos, transgender and supporters of women’s rights. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-student-protests-los-angeles-20161114-story.html...

  • High school students in Montgomery County protest Trump's election

    Nov 16, 2016

    Hundreds of students at a Maryland high school walked out of class and into the streets Monday morning to protest Donald Trump’s election as president, a march that gained strength as their peers from nearby schools joined them. The demonstration involving Montgomery County students was among numerous protests in the Washington area and around the country since Trump’s surprise victory in the Nov. 8 election. Students at Woodrow Wilson High School in the District say they will leave their Northwest school at midday Tuesday, with plans to...

  • Trump victory promises more autonomy for public schools, officials say

    Nov 16, 2016

    President-elect Donald Trump's surprise win means Louisiana public schools will enjoy new flexibility and more freedom in ongoing plans to revamp classroom operations for the next school year, officials said. Education leaders also said they expect less federal involvement on issues like transgender students' access to school bathrooms, which sparked nationwide controversy, and how Louisiana allocates vouchers, which was challenged by President Barack Obama's administration. "He is supportive of giving states more say versus the federal...

  • Will Donald Trump destroy U.S. public education?

    Nov 16, 2016

    There’s a reason that people who care about public education in the United States are mightily worried about President-elect Donald Trump. There are, actually, a number of reasons — all of which lead to this question: Will Trump’s administration destroy U.S. public education? The short answer is that he can’t all by himself destroy America’s most important civic institution, at least not without help from Congress as well as state and local legislatures and governors. State and local governmental entities provide most of K-12 public...

  • School suspensions solve nothing

    Nov 16, 2016

    We have a great deal of sympathy for teachers and administrators who must cope with disruptive students in class. The job of providing a high quality education to all the children in their care is hard enough, and behavioral problems among a few students can make it nearly impossible. But suspending troubled students is rarely the answer. Keeping a child out of school does little, if anything, to address the real problem, and it may make matters worse by allowing the troublesome student to fall farther behind in his or her work. That's why the...

  • Committee hopes for more equitable courts, report to be available in December

    Nov 16, 2016

    BEMIDJI—Concerned citizens, judges, public defenders and court officials gathered to discuss racial inequality in the justice system and suggest solutions Tuesday evening during a community dialogue session hosted by the Ninth Judicial District's Equal Justice Committee. While American Indians make up five percent of the Ninth Judicial District's adult population, 26 percent of the district's major criminal filings are against the group, according to data provided by the committee. Ninth District Judge Korey Wahwassuck said the disparity is...

  • Amid strains, Trump says only he knows finalists for Cabinet

    Nov 16, 2016

    NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump hadn't been seen in public for days when he walked into New York's 21 Club to applause from fellow diners. The unannounced evening out with family was a contrast to the behind-the scenes machinations that suggested a struggling transition as names surfaced and sank for top administration positions. Not to worry, Trump suggested in a Tuesday night tweet: "Very organized process taking place as I decide on Cabinet and many other positions. I am the only one who knows who the finalists are!" Before dinner...

  • Ramsey County Attorney Choi to announce update in Castile shooting

    Nov 16, 2016

    Ramsey County Attorney John Choi is expected to hold a Wednesday morning news conference to provide an update on the officer-involved shooting death of Philando Castile. Castile, 32, was fatally shot July 6 by St. Anthony police officer Jeronimo Yanez during a traffic stop in Falcon Heights. A video recorded by his girlfriend, showing him bleeding in the car while the officer stood nearby, touched off widespread outrage. Choi’s office has been reviewing evidence collected by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Choi has not said...

  • Howard Lake hunter's luck changes big time in bagging 36-point buck near Waverly

    Nov 16, 2016

    Sitting in a lawn chair just before dusk Friday with his 20-gauge Winchester shotgun, Jim Wackler heard the buck coming “like a freight train” before he saw tips from its massive 36-point rack peeking above the field. “All that dry corn, it was just a’ rattling,” Wackler said Tuesday. “He stuck his head out, looked around a bit and started trotting.” Wackler, a lifelong hunter who eats what he catches — from squirrel and rabbit to pheasant, goose, duck and bear — hadn’t had much luck this year until he headed out late...

  • Ramsey County deputy who beat dog first made unwanted advances on bar patrons

    Nov 16, 2016

    Ramsey County sheriff's deputy Brett A. Berry forcibly kissed and groped patrons at the Black Bear Casino before beating his K-9 partner in frustration several minutes later, according to documents released Tuesday. An internal affairs investigation into Berry's actions on June 15, 2015, said that he acted in an "aggressive manner" toward three people while drinking at the casino's Cobalt lounge in Carlton, Minn. "His conduct in the Cobalt Lounge toward [redacted] patrons was disrespectful," said the investigation report. "He agreed that his...

  • Long fall ends gracefully, with snow expected this week

    Nov 16, 2016

    We can’t avoid it any longer; winter is finally knocking at our backdoor. After a beautifully long fall, rain will give way to freezing conditions and snow this week, officially sending Minnesota into the throes of wintry weather. Forecasters predict that Thursday evening’s rainstorms will turn into the state’s first big snow on Friday, sweeping along a band from southwest Minnesota to the Arrowhead region. Duluth could see as much as a foot, St. Cloud between 6 and 8 inches and Monticello around 4 inches, officials said....

  • Minnesota farmers tightening belts, with ripple effects on the rural economy

    Nov 16, 2016

    Ed McNamara sat in the driver’s seat of his John Deere combine recently, musing about crop prices as he mowed through six rows of corn at a time. Thousands of Minnesota farmers have withstood stubbornly low crop prices during the past 27 months, and farmers’ average net income has been dropping steadily for the past three years. McNamara, who has been farming just south of the Twin Cities near Goodhue since 1978, has seen the farm economy cycle up and down several times and knows the drill when profit margins are slim to none. “Tighten...

  • Big banks should sharply boost capital to protect U.S. economy, Minneapolis Fed says

    Nov 16, 2016

    The nation’s largest banks will need more money to use as a safeguard against a future collapse of the financial system, under a plan to protect the U.S. economy unveiled today by the Minneapolis Fed and its new leader, Neel Kashkari. The proposal, developed over the past 10 months, also calls for a tax on debt for hedge funds and simpler regulations for community banks. It would only affect the very largest banks, those with assets exceeding $250 billion — including Minnesota’s banking giants U.S. Bancorp and Wells Fargo & Co. — whose...

  • Bulgaria's government resigns, clearing way for new election

    Nov 16, 2016

    SOFIA, Bulgaria — Bulgaria's parliament on Wednesday approved the resignation of the center-right prime minister, who stepped down after the candidate of the opposition Socialist Party capitalized on popular discontent with the government to score a landslide victory in last weekend's presidential election. Although the presidential vote isn't directly linked to the executive, Boiko Borisov announced that he was stepping down because there wasn't enough popular support for his GERB party. Parliament on Wednesday voted 218-0 to approve the...

  • Amid signs of transition trouble, Trump huddles with Pence

    Nov 16, 2016

    NEW YORK — Hidden from the public in his Manhattan high-rise, Donald Trump huddled Tuesday with Vice President-elect Mike Pence as he tried to fill out key posts in his Cabinet. But the transition team appeared to be straining under the enormous challenge of setting up a new administration. Former Rep. Mike Rogers, a respected Republican voice on national security issues, announced he was quitting the transition effort. An apparent clerical oversight effectively halted the Trump team's ability to coordinate with President Barack Obama's...

  • As Trump education secretary speculation heats up, Indiana names top the list

    Nov 16, 2016

    Gov. Mike Pence might not be the only Hoosier with a top position in the Trump administration. Among names bubbling up as possibilities for President-elect Donald Trump as he chooses the country’s next education secretary are two Indiana political veterans. National education policy watchers, including Education Week’s Alyson Klein, have highlighted former-Indiana State Superintendent Tony Bennett and Republican Congressman Luke Messer, of Shelbyville, as potential candidates. With Pence leading the transition team, a Hoosier could be a...

  • Analysis: Trumpism Goes to School - What Our New President Means for Local Choice and Control

    Nov 16, 2016

    In the week since he was elected president, Donald Trump has indicated that the contours of his policies — to the extent that he articulated them during his largely detail-free campaign — remain an open question. The president-elect now suggests he will keep some provisions of the Affordable Care Act despite vowing early in November that he would “immediately repeal and replace Obamacare.” He has backtracked as well from perhaps his most famous promise: The border wall he would build to keep immigrants out of the U.S. now, in places,...

  • Fast-food fan Trump could remake healthy school lunches

    Nov 16, 2016

    WASHINGTON — Will Donald Trump remake school lunches into his fast-food favorites of burgers and fried chicken when he's president? Children grumbling about healthier school meal rules championed by first lady Michelle Obama may have reason to cheer Trump's election as the billionaire businessman is a proud patron of Kentucky Fried Chicken and McDonald's while promising to curb federal regulations. The Obama administration has made healthier, safer and better labeled food a priority in the last eight years, significantly raising the profile...

  • Lawmakers weigh new data on teacher salaries

    Nov 16, 2016

    OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Washington lawmakers have received additional data as they work to come up with recommendations for a school funding plan ahead of the next legislative session that begins in January. The latest update received Tuesday by the Education Funding Task Force was a report that showed that Washington school districts on average use local property taxes to pay each teacher nearly $14,000 over and above what the state provides for salaries, The Seattle Times reports (http://bit.ly/2eDaeGX). Lawmakers are working to comply with a...

  • Wyoming schools face $1.8 billion projected shortfall, report shows

    Nov 16, 2016

    Wyoming’s education system is projected to face a roughly $1.8 billion shortfall by the end of the 2022 fiscal year, according to a recent report to the Joint Education Interim Committee. The staggering number, which comes amid an energy industry downturn, has prompted some lawmakers to discuss further spending cuts and the need to raise additional revenues. The school operations shortfall for 2019 and 2020 was projected to be about $720 million. The deficit was anticipated to increase another $800 million for the two years after that....

  • 5 Utah students stabbed in boy's locker room; teen detained

    Nov 16, 2016

    OREM, Utah — As a group of boys at a Utah high school changed Tuesday morning into gym clothes for physical education class, a straight-A student pulled out a knife in the locker room and stabbed five of his classmates, sending the injured running for their lives and covered in blood, police said. The 16-year-old suspect with no record of disciplinary trouble also stabbed himself in the neck and was cornered by school workers until a police officer assigned to Mountain View High School got to the locker room and subdued him with a Taser...

  • Film Director Francis Coppola Opens Native American-Inspired Restaurant

    Nov 16, 2016

    American film director Francis Coppola unveiled his new restaurant, Werowocomoco, located in the Virginia Dare Winery in Geyserville, California. Inspiration for the restaurant came from the winery itself, which was one of the first in the U.S., according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Through Coppola’s research, he discovered that the winery’s named traced back to the first English child born in the New World in a Virginia Colony. Coppola chose the seventeenth century Algonquin settlement in Virginia — Werowocomoco — as the name for...

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