REGIONAL EDUCATION
Fargo school district looks at whether Internet may end need for snow days 
Could the Internet mean the end of snow days?
Some schools around the country are experimenting with ways for students to do lessons online during bad weather, potentially allowing classes to go on during the worst blizzards.
By Staff report , May 20, 2011
Theater, art supporters protest cuts outside BSU’s Deputy Hall
With the wind chill nearing 10 degrees below zero Monday afternoon, Kim Karle, a small business owner in Bemidji, stood shivering as she held one end of a sign that read, “BSU performs major surgery, removes heart of Bemidji, fine arts culture.”
By Anne Williams , February 01, 2011
Bemidji State to cut theater program: Madrigal Dinners, community may be affected
Officials at Bemidji State University announced Tuesday that BSU’s theater program will no longer be offered to freshmen starting next school year.
By Anne Williams , January 27, 2011
Three Ojibwe tribes to sign agreement to improve education
Representatives from all three area Ojibwe nations met this week to sign an education consortium resolution aimed to improve major issues affecting Indian education.
By Riham Feshir , January 22, 2011
Turnaround begins: Waubun district aims for higher grade
Last spring brought shock and anger to the high school in this White Earth Reservation town.
By Mila Koumpilova , October 29, 2010
Cass Lake School district faces tough issues of school safety, racism
The Cass Lake-Bena School District is trying to piece together what happened two weeks ago when more than two dozen students were pulled out of class for wearing the color red.
By Anne Williams , October 26, 2010
Man cuffed, taken from Duluth School Board meeting
A man was handcuffed and escorted out of the Duluth School Board meeting Tuesday night after he refused to leave the podium.
By Jana Hollingsworth , October 20, 2010
Driving in the red: Bemidji School District calls Transportation funding formula ‘unfair’
Two months ago, a Minnesota 2020 education fellow named John Fitzgerald contacted Bemidji School District’s business manager Chris Leinen. He wanted to know more about money, specifically transportation costs.
By Anne Williams , September 24, 2010
Wadena-Deer Creek enrollment holds steady
Wadena-Deer Creek superintendent Virginia Dahlstrom was surprised on the first day of school Tuesday morning. Along with other school administrators, teachers and support staff, she has been in rehearsal for a far-from-typical 2010-2011 school year for the last 11 weeks. On Tuesday morning, the curtain went up for the first time.
By Brian Hansel , September 15, 2010
Hanson begins his first year as BSU-NTC president
He has more height and build than half the players on the Bemidji State University football team and yet there’s still a good chance new BSU-NTC President Richard Hanson will be carried off into Lake Bemidji should the team win their Homecoming football game this fall.
By Anne Williams , August 26, 2010
M State sees big enrollment spike
Hundreds of students rolled into Minnesota State Community and Technical College for the first day of classes Monday, causing a spike in enrollment this year.
By Riham Feshir , August 26, 2010
UND sets first-day enrollment record; NDSU also up
The first-day fall enrollment count for UND and North Dakota State University broke records again, the universities said Wednesday.
By Tu-Uyen Tran , August 26, 2010
Hit the books! Princeton Review ranks UND as No. 1 school where students study the least
UND just can’t seem to catch a break from the Princeton Review.
By Tu-Uyen Tran , August 04, 2010
Waubun school awarded $1.4M
Waubun Secondary School scored a $1.4 million grant in a federally funded school overhaul that claimed its longtime principal this spring
By Mila Koumpilova , July 30, 2010
Pelican Rapids approves four-day school week
Pelican Rapids school board members on Monday approved a four-day school week to begin this fall.
By Heidi Shaffer , July 20, 2010
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