It happened to the Pleasant Run Panther Bots, who had just won the competition near Indianapolis, the Indianapolis Star reports. Two on the team are African American, three are Latino. After they won, students and parents reportedly told them to ‘Go back to Mexico.’ Read more →
The lawsuit asserted that children of color have not received a quality education and that ‘[s]chool children in public schools throughout the State of Minnesota, including the City of Minneapolis, the City of Saint Paul, and their adjacent suburban communities, are largely segregated by race and socioeconomic status.’ Read more →
The Florida teen, who walked seven miles both ways t work every day, was befriended by a cop who bought him a bike. He’s pedaling on a bigger scale now, the Washington Post reports. Read more →
There is an enormous disconnect in this country on the subject of teachers and educators. They are attacked as a group. But individually, they are beloved. Tim Christensen’s obituary shows it. Read more →
People of a certain age have some reckoning to do soon: They have to figure out when it’s time to go.
It’s important to get it right. Staying too long in a profession and a job threatens a person’s legacy. Leaving too soon can be personally heartbreaking. Read more →
The police in Northampton, Mass., found out the hard way that even the best of intentions can be a problem. Read more →
In Pelham, N.H., a young man with autism was denied entry to the school’s a semi-formal dance because he wore a sweatshirt and sweatpants.
There’s a good reason he did. Read more →
Osakis school officials now say they’re simply suggesting girls submit a photo of their prom dresses in advance, and that it’s not a requirement. Read more →
Stephen Jones, the school superintendent in Little Falls, Minn., pushed back and pushed back hard this week against criticism that his school system is making accommodations for Muslim students. Read more →
Wearing brown shoes with a blue suit — or even wearing a blue suit — can cost you a job, at least if you’re a Rutgers University student, which was under fire this week for turning people away from a job fair for their fashion choices. Read more →
For all of the Minnesota Supreme Court cases that I see in which justices try to figure out what the Minnesota Legislature intended when it passed a law, I rarely see the Legislature subsequently take up the law again.
Today, sort of, was an exception when a committee at the Minnesota Capitol considered whether to tighten the law that the court ruled on when it overturned the expulsion of a student for bringing a knife to school.
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Perhaps it’s only coincidence that the Minnesota coaches association announcement came days after the owner of the Mr. Basketball award in the state found himself in hot water for anti-Muslim tweets, but the association has made the right decision in announcing a statewide award in honor of a man who would do no such thing.
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What would happen at your workplace if you wanted to take some time off? Five years worth of time off? Read more →
If there’s a person who allegedly sexually assaults little kids on a school bus, is there a way to tell people without violating privacy? Read more →
The faculty of the R.F. Pettigrew school participated in the Spread the Love project this week. People face away from the white board while colleagues write positive messages about them. Then they’re invited to turn around and look .
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Bob Collins