Education

APS board gets update on science curriculum progress

On Monday night, during its meeting, the Austin Public Schools Board heard an update on the district’s new ...

Education

New Teachers Retirement Association State board selects new representative

The Teachers Retirement Association State Board of Trustees, the organization that oversees the pensions for retired educators, has ...

Education

RCC named an Emerging Hispanic Serving Institution by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities

Riverland Community College has announced its designation as an Emerging Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) by the Hispanic Association ...

Education

Austin Public Schools receives national recognition for music programming

Austin Public Schools has been named one of the Best Communities for Music Education by The NAMM Foundation ...

Education

2024 inductees announced for AHS Music Hall of Fame

The AHS Music Hall of Fame has announced this year’s addition to the Austin High School Hall of ...

Education

‘When we work together, we can do a lot of things’

New youth orchestra prepares for first performance   By Ayanna Eckblad Eighty middle school students are getting ready ...

Education

Austin Special Education Department welcomes New 7-12 SPED supervisor

The Austin Public Schools Special Services department has announced the hiring of Christine Hulsebus as the district’s new ...

Education

Education Briefs

Izabella Allison of Le Roy, has been named to the 2023 fall trimester Dean’s List at Palmer College ...

Education

Despite drop in state grad rates, APS shows numbers on the rise

While it was recently reported that graduation rates in Minnesota have slipped in 2023, the reverse seems to ...

Education

Minnesota 4-year graduation rates slipped in 2023

The effects of closed schools and isolation due to the pandemic continue to affect Minnesota students. Newly released ...

Education

Riverland names Nelson academic dean of Construction Trades, Transportation and Manufacturing

Riverland Community College has named Kim Nelson a dean of Academic Affairs for Construction Trades, Transportation and Manufacturing.  ...

News

Hands of our Future: Youth Institute gives AHS students a stake in food security

Austin High School is taking part in a program it hopes will put the desire and ability for ...

Education

Education Briefs

Blooming Prairie graduate presents at conference Micalyn Trihus, a Bemidji State University student from Blooming Prairie, shared the ...

Education

Sumner Elementary PE teacher honored

Earlier this year, Sumner Elementary School PE teacher Derek Picha was named the 2024 SHAPE America Central District ...

Education

Robotic automatic: Southland robotics program sending 5 teams to worlds

ADAMS — Senior Luka Young and Junior Micah Johnson are old hats when it comes to competing on ...

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