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In some grades, student achievement continues to drop long after the pandemic
The most recent Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment results showed that student achievement in Minnesota remains stagnant several years after the COVID-19 pandemic caused scores to fall precipitously. Fewer than half of Minnesota public school students are meeting state standards in reading and math, the data show, essentially unchanged from the previous year. Before the pandemic, nearly […]
Minnesota, a leader in WIC administration, celebrates 50 years of supporting families
Amy Vang remembers being 5 years old, stepping on a scale and having her height measured at a St. Paul church office in order to receive benefits from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children — better known as WIC. Now, 25 years later and with two children of her own, Vang […]
Radio host Jay Weber to return 2 weeks after mocking neurodivergent son of Tim Walz
Conservative talker Jay Weber will be back on air beginning Monday, sources said. Weber was suspended two weeks ago after mocking Gus Walz, the 17-year-old son of Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz, for his emotional reaction to his father's speech at last month's Democratic National Convention. ...
Reblooming plants reflect the growing season
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu. Lilacs usually bloom in spring, but many people are seeing them bloom again now. Why?. Like so much in Minnesota, the weather has a lot to do with this phenomenon. Environmental stress such as heat and drought may cause plants to respond in a...
As a high school teacher and as governor, Tim Walz has tapped the power of geographic information systems, or GIS, to solve complex problems
Gov. Tim Walz used geographic information systems as a schoolteacher. How will that experience come into play if he and Kamala Harris win the White House in November?
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