The Minnesota Department of Education gave Rochester Public Schools around a $49,000 grant to increase computer science ...

The report shows a modest budget surplus of around $137,000 is predicted for the next school year, but that is followed by a ...

A Minnesota public school district pulled a LGBTQ children's book from its shelves after concerns were raised by a parent ...

The decision to pull a book from an elementary school library in Rochester marked the first time in at least 10 years that ...

In addition to Rochester Pride, the Rochester Public Library also submitted a letter to Pekel, criticizing the decision to ...

A massive school referendum, funding to study child care opportunities and a communitywide survey last year had Kim Norton ...

After months of discussion and analysis, the Rochester School Board has approved a restructuring of the way it funds the ...

Despite objections from school librarians, the Rochester Public Schools have removed an LGBTQ-themed children’s book from its shelves based on its depictions of public nudity. The district said the ...

Superintendent Kent Pekel stressed that his decision was not because the book focuses on the experiences of lesbian, gay, ...

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Parents Defending Education (PDE) has blown the whistle on anti-white racism in a Minnesota school district. PDE filed a complaint Dec. 18 with the federal Office for Civil Rights, claiming Rochester ...

The Rochester Board of Education ... to make some really difficult decisions.” But school board members have differing views on how the district should go about balancing the books, and where ...