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Minnesota lawmakers work to replace the No Child Left Behind law with a system of accountability, in the face of an Education Policy Innovation Center paper released in late August.
Education...
Junior Aaron Councilman didn’t study for the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test when he took it last year. He doesn’t plan on studying this year either, instead choosing to see what happens on test...
Every year, staff look over school policies to make necessary changes. This year, the staff decided the school needs better regulation to keep food inside the lunchroom, according to assistant principal...
The ACT made changes to the written portion of the test with a goal of expanding the breadth of the subject matter covered in the assessment. According to the ACT, the need to further enhance high school students’ writing skills prior to their entry into secondary education drives many of the changes. The changes took effect beginning with the test Sept. 12. Edward Colby, the senior director of media and and public relations at the ACT, said he sees the changes as aimed at better testing students on skills that are pertinent to their futures.
Junior Danielle Krejci identifies as transgender. For her, choosing between the girls’ or boys’ bathrooms at school poses a challenge every day. “If I go to the men’s bathroom, I’m uncomfortable and feel unnatural,” Krejci said. “And if I go to the women’s bathroom, I will get yelled at, bullied and in trouble.” Now, according to Principal Scott Meyers, the school will have three unisex bathrooms: one in the B1 hallway, one in the B3 hallway and one in the At-Large Lab.
Residents gathered in front of St. Louis Park’s City Council Sept. 2 at City Hall, ready to speak their minds about a potential policy to ban single-use plastic bags.
The public listening session...
A significant election approaches as five candidates compete for four open school board seats, according to board chair Julie Sweitzer.
Three of the five candidates are current members of the board,...
Students have liked the new, modern look of the A wing hallway near the district doors, according to Tom Bravo. He said it’s necessary to change the materials used.
“If you look at the floor, we...
Following a summer without a Hebrew teacher and an administrative scramble, Hadassa Slager said she was hired for the job during teacher workshop week, just a few days before the start of the school year.
Slager...
When Laura King, 10th grade counselor, noticed the success of freshmen in their classes due to the blocking system, the high school and the administration worked together to bring it to sophomore year.
King...
When Julie Rappaport started talking about educational, edible, community gardens to the city and the district back in 2012, she didn’t realize it would spark so much interest in students at the...
After living in Park for most of his life, it made sense to Ray Crump, owner of Dome Souvenirs Plus, to move the store to Park when its old location by the Metrodome began to fall apart.
“I live...
