MPS’ Comprehensive District Design plan continues to draw skepticism.
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MPS admits to disastrous outcomes for Black students
MPS’ yet-to-be-unveiled Comprehensive Plan aims to correct the dismal outcomes for Black students.
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Harrison Neighborhood Assn. alleges ‘hostile treatment’ from MPS
To increase accommodations for student mental health, the school intends to expand their classroom space to include the offices of the Harrison Neighborhood Association.
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Mpls Schools postpones action on Harrison Assn. eviction
Minneapolis Public Schools’ redesign plans are stirring up plenty of controversy drawing impassioned responses from community members.
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Paisley Park partners with Minneapolis Public Schools for new arts education program
Through a structured program, MPS students will be offered admission-free tours and music education experiences, helping to equalize opportunity and access for students who may not otherwise have the ability to experience the late legend’s creative grounds.
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Voters increase taxes, raise school funding across Minnesota
Among the schools up for vote were Minneapolis and St. Paul public schools as well as Robbinsdale, Forest Lake and Mahtomedi.
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Twin Cities’ public schools ask voters to make up for state cuts
The district reports that while it has the second largest school district in Minnesota, it has one of the lowest voter-approved operating levies as compared to the state’s 10 largest districts.
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MPS Street Eats take school lunches year-round
The food trucks (and a food bus) are stationed at approximately 10 school sites — including Anwatin Middle School, Heritage Academy and Washburn High School — throughout the city each week. The food trucks offer a rotating menu of fresh-cooked lunch options, including Philly cheesesteaks, Korean rice bowls and Angus burgers. The bus, which has actually been around for five years, serves cold, picnic-style meals.
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Teachers under siege – Student assaults ‘common’ in MPS special ed schools
The May 22 beating of Mohammed Dukuly by a White high school student, Corey Burfield, left him critically injured and on life support – and left staffers in fear of their own lives.
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Controversy alive and well in Mpls Public Schools
There are problems in River City, and again, the source as always is education. The Minneapolis Public Schools District in recent years has seen an explosion of success, growth and positivity. Ninety-eight percent of student-athletes in Minneapolis public schools have been graduating. This has been led by the remarkable comeback of success at North High […]
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MPS launches school improvement projects
Some feel these decisions need more community involvement Several Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) capital projects totaling over $13 million could begin as early as next winter, officials say. Their announcement raised questions among some on the part parental involvement plays in making such decisions. The MPS School Board on May 9 received the district’s “1+1+5-Year […]
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School board forum draws small numbers of attendees
Eight candidates are running for four seats on the Minneapolis Public Schools Board of Education, an “overshadowed” race, says Animate the Race, a local group that is sponsoring four community events prior to the November 8 election. In this election year, the presidential contest gets most of the attention. Only approximately a dozen community members […]
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It’s ‘good vibrations’ so far for new Mpls schools super
Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) opened its 2016-17 school year Monday, August 29 under its “MPS Strong” theme. This theme was oft-repeated in first-year Superintendent Ed Graff’s “State of the Schools” address last week at Orchestra Hall. Graff told attendees in the packed auditorium that every MPS student, regardless of ethnicity, grade level, or socio-economic situation, […]
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New Mpls schools super gets ‘official’ welcome
New Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) Superintendent Ed Graff promises to get as much information as possible from community members, students, families and others so he can best serve the city and the district. He was officially welcomed last week prior to the July school board meeting at Davis Center. “I’m looking forward to being a […]
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MPS goes to Alaska for a superintendent
Student impressions may have tipped the scale The Minneapolis Public Schools Board last week voted to hire Ed Graff as the new superintendent. He and Minnesota Education Commissioner Brenda Cassellius were both finalists for the job to succeed Bernadeia Johnson as the district’s top leader. If MPS is indeed willing to finally serve all its […]