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State lawmakers are weighing how to address a string of assaults against teachers in Minnesota classrooms. Education chairwoman Rep. Jenifer Loon began a push Tuesday for a measure clarifying teachers' authority to remove students from their classrooms.

The St. Cloud area school district and its teachers have reached a tentative agreement on a two year contract for this school year and next year. District 742 and the St. Cloud Education Association (SCEA) made the announcement on Thursday.

A Sauk Rapids-Rice teacher is retiring this spring after working in the district since 1971. Colleen Christenson is a 5th grade teacher at Mississippi River Elementary School. Christenson says she knew she wanted to be a teacher at an early age and that things have changed drastically in the classroom since she started.

A Twin Cities high school had to scramble to find replacements after a carload of teachers was involved in a serious accident on the way to a conference in Duluth last week.

A $150,000 grant will be used to help attract more minority teachers to area schools

Teachers in Minnesota's largest school district have overwhelmingly approved a new labor contract after ten months at the bargaining table.

Teachers have reached a tentative contract agreement in Minnesota's largest school district following 10 months of negotiations.

Minneapolis teachers have ratified a contract with the school district that takes steps toward smaller class sizes.

St. Paul teachers are battling the crush of student testing by seeking a contract clause curtailing standardized assessments.

ST. CLOUD-- Social Studies standards for Minnesota's schools are being revised, but not without controversy. The proposed standards for kindergarten through 12th grade education are being criticized by both the political left and right. Minnesota Law requires every subject to be revised periodically to reflect new available information...