K-12 EDUCATION
STAFF BLOG NIE ROCKS! Sacred Heart 5th Graders
Monday, May 20, 2013, Tracy Bergum's 5th grade students from Sacred Heart School in East Grand Forks visited the Grand Forks Herald downtown office. Thanks for coming - we enjoyed your visit! ...
Posted on 5/21/13 at 9:18 AM
THE NEW FORTY North Dakota Legislators - did you have sex before marriage?
I was unaware that North Dakota legislators put a law in place in 2011 (that became effective in July 2012) that requires K-12 schools in North Dakota to include in sexual health curriculum "instructi...
Posted on 1/17/13 at 11:38 PM
STAFF BLOG THE N.D. CAPITOL AND BEYOND Program helps N.D. high school students
Low-income high school juniors and seniors can get help paying for dual credit courses through the new North Dakota College Access Network administered by Bank of North Dakota. Applications are avail...
Posted on 12/15/10 at 11:55 AM
Robert Holland, Chicago, letter: Home-schoolers don’t need more monitoring 
Good for North Dakota policy-makers for stepping back and reassessing their posture of regulating home-schooling more stringently than almost all other states.
By Robert Holland , March 07, 2013
Minnesota lawmakers aim to curb school bullying
The lawmakers heard emotional testimony from a woman whose son had killed herself as they considered a bill aimed at addressing bullying in Minnesota schools.
By Danielle Killey , March 05, 2013
Shattuck-St. Mary's victims long silent on abuse
It took a new sex crime for police to learn that a Shattuck-St. Mary's School teacher might have molested male students at the Faribault, Minn., boarding school more than a decade ago.
By Elizabeth Dunbar , March 05, 2013
Alleged abuse of students at Shattuck-St. Mary's known, not reported
Allegations about teacher Lynn Seibel's sexual behavior, including the naked dance parties, remained secret until last year when a former student confided in a probation officer who then called police.
By Madeleine Baran , March 05, 2013
DEBORAH TODHUNTER: Remember this about students: They’re students
In my opinion — and perhaps the opinion of others in Grand Forks — what those three immature, unthinking and impulsive students did was not a result of a problem at Red River or this community. It could have been because they are immature and acted in a self-centered manner, perhaps to get attention. Fourteen-year-olds do that.
By Deborah Todhunter , March 02, 2013
Randy Boehning, Bismarck, letter: ‘Milk bill’ attacks leave sour taste
The Democratic political attack over the so-called milk bill fails to tell the whole story.
By Randy Boehning , March 01, 2013
Mother of Bemidji area boy forced to walk home in cold files complaint with sheriff
The mother of the boy who allegedly was forced to walk home after his school bus driver would not let him off at his driveway has filed a complaint with the Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office.
By Bethany Wesley , March 01, 2013
North Dakota House bill shifts more school funding burden to state
North Dakota property owners are closer to seeing tax relief as the state would take on a greater share of the funding for local schools.
By TJ Jerke , February 28, 2013
KAREN YOUNG TRENNE: Grand Forks responded decisively, appropriately
The students surrounding the three who wore KKK hoods at the Red River hockey game took immediate action to stop the offense. The school administration took immediate action to thoroughly investigate the incident and discipline the three students.
By Karen Young Trenne , February 28, 2013
Paul Cline, Grand Forks, letter: Clearly, students knew what they were doing
While at first I was willing to give the students the benefit of the doubt, the more I think about it, the more I am convinced the double entendre was deliberate.
By Paul Cline , February 27, 2013
John Osborne, Grand Forks, letter: Red River students should apologize publicly
Instead of “rewarding” these students with suspension, school officials should see this incident as a chance to create a learning opportunity.
By John Osborne , February 27, 2013
Lowell Thompson, Grand Forks, letter: Credit students for demanding hoods’ removal
The action of the Red River High School students that resulted in the almost immediate removal of the KKK-type hoods that had been put on by three underclassmen should be commended and more prominently recognized by the media.
By Lowell Thompson , February 27, 2013
JACK RUSSELL WEINSTEIN: Why we’re so angry at the KKK-clad students
But this wasn’t a simple mistake or prank, and it was more than an unseen tripwire.
By Jack Russell Weinstein , February 27, 2013
NDDPI offers learning center grants
The North Dakota Department of Instruction is now accepting applications for a three year grant that will expand or establish community learning centers, state Superintendent Kirsten Baesler said Wednesday.
By Herald Staff Report , February 27, 2013
Deb Snustad, Grand Forks, letter: Condemnations of all students are uncalled for
I am in total agreement that the three students who chose to put on KKK-like garments at the high school hockey game the previous evening were totally inappropriate. What frustrates me are the comments that are being made by many people in reference to the entire student section and to student population of Red River High School as a whole.
By Deb Snustad , February 27, 2013
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