South St. Paul voters easily approved a tax levy that will raise $26.7 million over the next two decades for building maintenance and improvements.

After five years leading the River Falls school district through tragedy, political turmoil and moments of inspiration, Superintendent Tom Westerhaus is stepping down.

Lawmakers' failure to resolve the future of two east metro integration magnet schools has left hundreds of students in limbo and taxpayers on the hook for the upkeep of empty facilities.

Efforts to keep open two east-metro magnet schools with a focus on voluntary integration will come down to the wire.

A bill that would beef up efforts to combat bullying in schools will not get a final vote in the Minnesota Senate.

More room for early-childhood education, improved school security, classrooms ready for the 21st century -- those are among the selling points supporters of a proposed South St. Paul school levy are using to rally voters.

Medard Prosper, along with two older brothers, survived a civil war in his native Democratic Republic of Congo that claimed the lives of his parents and nine siblings.

A poster in the technology lab at St. Croix Catholic School in Stillwater features a computer rendering of the new St. Croix River bridge that will be built south of Stillwater.

A bill that freezes tuition at both of Minnesota's public higher-education systems for the next two years is on its way to the governor after passing the state Senate and House on Friday, May 17, by comfortable margins.

About 50 children from the Farmington school district became ill with a suspected norovirus while at a Wisconsin camp this week.

Cory McIntyre is resigning from his position as the Hudson school district's director of student services to take a job in the east metro.

A new charter school focused on environmental education is coming to a set of historic buildings overlooking Fort Snelling State Park.

Supporters of the Crosswinds East Metro Arts & Science School, a magnet school that has a mission of voluntary integration, are running out of options to keep it open.

Facing another multimillion-dollar budget deficit, Lakeville school board members are moving forward with a fall tax request, though they just aren't sure how big it will be.