The Anoka-Hennepin School Board has re-approved a plan to close six schools in the district and reconfigure two others.

The St. Paul School Board has named Valeria Silva, the current chief academic officer of St. Paul Schools, as its new superintendent.

A Minnesota Public Radio News analysis finds that more than one-third of the school districts in the state have been forced to borrow to pay their bills. Many more districts are borrowing this year because of Gov. Tim Pawlenty's budget