Bob CollinsDear young Massachusetts high schooler who hasn’t had a father for a year:
Thank you for your sacrifice.
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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Education
A new theme is emerging from students in these shootings.
Students expect someone to open fire on them now. Read more →
With the distribution of high school yearbooks, we are knee deep in yearbook controversies as usual. The latest is from Revere, Mass., where Betshina Bernier’s yearbook quote was taken from a Florida student’s yearbook from last year. Read more →
Among the many traditions that appear at high school graduation time, none is better than the one in Rochester, Minn., where the graduating seniors put on their caps and gowns and return to the schools of their past. Read more →
That idea about treating future teachers the way we treat future sports stars is catching on.
ISD 191 — Burnsville, Eagan, Savage — is following the footsteps of Maple Lake (which followed in the footsteps of a school in Iowa), holding a Teacher Signing Day to honor seniors who are going to go to college to become teachers. Read more →
So many former students showed up at Brian Johnson’s last concert in Austin, Minn., that there was hardly anyone left in the audience by the time they took the stage. Read more →
Alex Lingor, 17, of Sioux Falls, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in February after he chased down a car when its occupants took off with the marijuana he was trying to sell them. Kareem Cisse, 15, died in the crash.
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Santa Fe isn’t new to being at the center of national attention and it knows a lot about prayers. It’s where school prayer at high school football games met its end. Read more →
What’s the best part about tournament time?
Towns that give a proper send-off to their kids. Read more →
No doubt parental expectations have kept the therapists’ appointment calendar full but commencement season provides proof that if you expect and demand more of kids, they’ll usually deliver. Read more →
The value of a high school diploma has been minimized in recent years, but it’s still a pretty big deal and putting in 12 years of work should be a cause for wild celebration. Read more →
Four high school seniors hauled half a car to the school, taped black plastic to the brick wall and made it look as though the car had crashed through the school near the principal’s office. We know from experience that some schools would chase down the offenders, expel them, and deny them the opportunity to graduate.
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Maybe it’s time to dial back prom a little bit. Read more →
Theme of the day: School custodians. Here are three stories on the subject.
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We love our sports and the people who play them, but something is a little out of whack. Football players aren’t going to change many people’s lives. Teachers? That’s another story. Read more →