[ad_1] Opinion Editor’s Note: Published by Star Tribune Opinion letter Daily from readers online and in print.Click to contribute here. ••• At least every year I seem to read about the latest standardized test results for public school students in Minnesota (“COVID Drugs Seen in Low Test Scores,” Aug. 26). Our great state is often ...

[ad_1] More than a quarter of California parents moved their children to new schools during the pandemic. Most say they want to give their children a different experience and are unhappy with COVID protocols and learning and mental health support. Charter schools saw the largest increase in student numbers, with 23% of parents sending their ...

[ad_1] Living in Hawaii is something many travelers have been thinking about for years. If you need another reason to vacation in Hawaii, here you go. The annual United Health Foundation survey ranks Hawaii as the healthiest state in the last 28 years. Opportunities for an active lifestyle and an overall healthy healthcare system are ...

[ad_1] The issue of college and university funding, building consensus on different interests, and navigating a system that balances campus autonomy and government leadership was announced Thursday by state higher education supervisors in an area for potential new commissioners. This is one of the pressure points I emphasized when I started narrowing it down. In ...

[ad_1] Lynskey, 40, is a member of the Boston Police Department’s Street Outreach Unit. The team specializes in connecting people suffering from substance use disorders and mental illness to social services, with a focus on treatment and housing rather than accommodation. Lynskey, a former mental health worker who felt called to join the police force ...

[ad_1] nzfashionlabelarchive/Instagram A lifelong interest in clothes that differ from the prevailing fashion led Cathy Dunn to document the less visible aspects of New Zealand clothing design. As a former professional archivist, Cathy Dunn knows the value of documenting and preserving aspects of cultural history. She is especially so in the fashion field. Dunn worked ...

[ad_1] The Bureau of Land Management transferred ownership of 27.5 acres of land to the Tucson Unified School District for a market value of $480,000. Land on the southwest side of Tucson was home to the former Hohokam Middle School (7400 S. Settler Road), which TUSD closed in 2013 as part of a larger cost-cutting ...

[ad_1] Some of us old enough remember the excitement and amazement of the launch of the two Voyager spacecraft in 1977. These two of his craft traveled into interstellar space. If you’re wondering how their equipment works, Voyager 2’s thruster backup system was launched in 1994 after waiting 17 years for it to be needed. ...