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OPINION | The struggle to get help: 'Some of us can't do everything ourselves ...'

By Tatum Anderson, ThreeSixty

If you saw someone about to jump off a bridge, your first thought would probably be, “That person needs help.”

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OPINION | Washburn students get their say, but not without the need for deeper reflection

By Victoria Turcios, ThreeSixty

Thanks to social media, Washburn High School students assembled quickly to support beleaguered athletic director Dan Pratt. (Submitted photo)

Coming home from spring break, I never thought that Washburn High School would make headlines in the StarTribune and be on the news. Or that I would participate in a sit-in at school and skip my 5th hour to see so many students sitting peacefully in front of our main office so that their voices could be heard.

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Love it or list it? HGTV challenges for public schools

By Mary Turck, News Day

Imagine the public school system as a house, Mary Cecconi said. The house is not working for us. Do we move? Do we tear it down? Do we renovate? To me, that sounds a lot like Love It or List It?, the popular HGTV program in which interior designer Hilary tries to renovate a family's home to make it work for them, while real estate agent David tries to find and sell them a new home.

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E-DEMOCRACY | The charterization and de-unionization of the Minneapolis Public Schools is picking up steam

By Multiple authors, E-Democracy issues forums

From: Dan McGuire Date: 5:26pm, May 18

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Minneapolis Public Schools Black student suspensions twice state average; district aims for more consistent discipline among schools, teachers

By Charles Hallman, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

According to Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) data from the last two school years, the suspension rates of Black students in Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) are twice that of Black students suspended statewide. Additionally, more Black students were suspended in 2011-12 (4,336) than in 2010-11 (4,305).

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Journeys: Open Door students tell stories of perseverance

By Rebekah Peterson, My Broadsheet

Gina Cuesta, front, is currently a student in Open Door’s Advanced ESL course. She moved to Minnesota a little over a year ago from Columbia and has been in the program for ten months. She hopes her improved English language skills will help her find a job in an office setting or at a school. She said, “My English is very well since I’ve been here. The teachers are nice and very helpful.”

Wednesday night, several students from Open Door Learning Center will share their stories of overcoming barriers of language and culture at a reading at the Loft Literary Center.

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Higher education omnibus budget bill increases financial aid, freezes tuition

By Caitlin Biegler, Minnesota Budget Bites

The higher education bill for the FY 2014-15 biennium (Senate File 1236) invests $250 million in additional general fund resources to help the state continue to build a highly educated workforce and make higher education more affordable for Minnesotans.

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Solutions Not Suspensions: Student summit organizes for school discipline changes

By Christina Cerruti, TC Daily Planet

Jeron Mariani of the Youthrive organization (speaking) and Malika Musa, a student from Hopkins High School. (Photo by Christina Cerruti)

About a hundred middle and high school students from the Twin Cities metro area gathered at the Solutions Not Suspensions summit at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs of the University of Minnesota on May 11. They came to share their experiences with discipline procedures in their classrooms and to discuss how they think disciplinary action should be in their schools.

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Higher education budget heads to Dayton's desk

By Sarah Lemagie, Session Daily

Rep. Gene Pelowski describes provisions of the conference committee report on the omnibus higher education bill HF1692, during floor debate May 17. The bill passed 76-56. (Photo by Paul Battaglia)

A budget bill that would freeze tuition at Minnesota’s public colleges and universities is one step away from becoming law.

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