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Locking up students’ phones left more time for learning, high school says
The difference one teacher saw in her English classroom was “night and day” after a crackdown on cellphones midway through the 2022-23 school year. The post Locking up students’ phones left more time for learning, high school says appeared first on The Beacon.
Minnesota: Minneapolis Schools Prioritized Librarians. St. Paul is Cutting Them at the Elementary Level
A year after Minneapolis Public Schools banked on the successful return of school librarians, St. Paul is headed into the coming year without licensed media specialists at the elementary level. Librarians were among dozens of expert staffers to be cut as the state’s second-largest district wrestled with a projected $100...
Prohofsky, Hentges had quite the impact
Ed Prohofsky and Frank Hentges definitely made their mark in Minneapolis Public Schools and City Conference, Prohofsky as a coach, teacher and administrator, Hentges as a teacher and coach. Besides the students, teachers and colleagues, each had an impact outside the classroom as well. On Saturday, February 18, 1989, Minneapolis...
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