Nancy Cooley has spent 20 years helping struggling young readers build a foundation for academic success.

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Principal Troy Vincent lent St. Paul's Farnsworth Aerospace Magnet a maverick streak.

St. Paul Public Schools is marking National African-American Parent Involvement Day on Monday (Feb. 13.) In the belief that parent involvement is key to raising student engagement and closing the achievement gap, the district has planned a series of special events to bring parents of all races into its schools.

High school sports officials in Minnesota are on the lookout for the "Piggyback Bandit."

University of Minnesota Regents Chair Linda Cohen said the U's counsel and an outside attorney will weigh whether Regent Steve Sviggum's board service and his job with the state Senate GOP pose a conflict of interest.

This fall may bring shorter weeks but longer school days for about 600 students from in and around Sleepy Eye.

The House voted largely along party lines Thursday to prevent union dues from being deducted from state child care subsidy payments.

Minnesota will be among 10 states freed from the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind law, allowing the state to move ahead with a new accountability system for schools that focuses not just on test scores but also on other measures of student growth.

A student's Facebook comments about her laboratory cadaver may have been funny, scary or offensive, but were they free speech?

The University of Minnesota Board of Regents is about to chart a course for reaching a position on Regent Steve Sviggum's new Senate job.

The St. Paul district and its teachers' union will make a joint push for smaller classes - if they can line up the dollars to hire 66 extra teachers.

The teachers union in the Anoka-Hennpin school district has endorsed a proposed replacement for a policy that requires teachers to stay neutral when issues of sexual orientation come up in class.