Last year, Democratic-Farmer-Labor majorities in the Minnesota Legislature passed what they billed as historic funding for K-12 education. School districts across the state saw a total of $2.2 billion in new funding for the 2024-25 two-year budget, a nearly 11% increase over the last state budget. But despite record funding this year, many school districts across the state still face budget .
JoAnn Clark’s mission is to introduce Minnesota students of color to historically black colleges and universities. Once the students – more than 1,000 since 2004 – tour HBCUs, Clark’s work is practically done, she said. “It’s the window-and-mirror effect,” she said. “Once they can picture themselves on campus, once they can see themselves there, they’ll do whatever it takes to get there.” .
St. Paul Public Schools Superintendent Joe Gothard has been named National Superintendent of the Year by the American Association of School Administrators. Gothard, who has led Minnesota’s second-largest school district since 2017, received the award Thursday night at the association’s annual conference. It comes just two weeks after he was named one of three finalists for the superintendency .
A $150 million budget shortfall projected for St. Paul Public Schools is slightly smaller than originally expected, but the school district will still face challenges balancing its books for the coming year. New figures from this month show the district has a slightly improved budget picture as it prepares its upcoming budget. Now the state’s second-largest school district faces a $107.7 .
St. Paul Public Schools Superintendent Joe Gothard is one of three finalists to lead his hometown school district in Madison, Wis., officials from both districts announced Monday. Born and raised in Madison, Gothard graduated from high school there and returned to work in the district for 18 years as a teacher, coach and principal. He was hired as superintendent of the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage .