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How did Southeast Minnesota schools do on the MCAs? (opens the original)
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BYRON — Among the Rochester-area school districts, Byron overall scored the highest on the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment in all three categories of math, science and reading. The Minnesota Department of Education released the results of the MCAs on Wednesday. In reading, 67.2% of Byron’s students were proficient, which was more than 20 percentage points higher than the statewide proficiency of 46.2%. Among Rochester-area schools, Byron was followed by: The largest district in southeast Minn
Just under half of Rochester Public Schools students scored proficient in reading on updated MCA test (opens the original)
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ROCHESTER — Just under half of the students attending Rochester Public Schools were proficient in reading, according to the 2026 Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment, which had been modified this year following changes to the state standards. The Minnesota Department of Education released the results of the MCAs on Wednesday, which are the standardized tests that the state uses to gauge student proficiency in reading, math and science. According to the broad-level data released by MDE, Rochester P
In the galaxy of Rochester's schools, Mayo High School's planetarium has been a north star for 60 years (opens the original)
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ROCHESTER — From a cosmic perspective, the anniversary of Mayo High School’s planetarium isn’t even worth noticing. After all, that room tucked away in the southeast corner of the city is dedicated to telling the story of the universe, measuring time in billions of years and distance in billions of lightyears. In light of all that, the 60th anniversary of the planetarium is meaningless. But thanks to the relativity of time, the passing of six decades is, in fact, a meaningful milestone for the m
Emails show decision-making process behind addition of Eid al-Adha to Rochester Public Schools' calendar (opens the original)
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ROCHESTER — Why did Rochester Public Schools add the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha to its academic calendar? The stated reason at the time of the decision, in June, was for the school district to mitigate what ordinarily becomes a high number of student absences in the day or days accompanying the holiday. But another reason, revealed through a Post Bulletin records request including school district emails, was to maintain “good will” with the local Muslim community. The Rochester School Board’s
AmeriCorps seeks more tutors to work with students in Rochester (opens the original)
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ROCHESTER — Teachers in the classroom aren’t the only ones relied upon to help students learn how to be proficient in reading and math, and AmeriCorps is hoping to find a few additional laypeople to achieve that end. As the school year gets underway, AmeriCorps is looking for a handful of additional volunteers to help tutor students in Rochester’s elementary schools. The deadline to apply is Sept. 19. Tristan Torres, was a tutor at Gibbs Elementary for over a year before transitioning into a man
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