The state Senate approved a $19.7 billion early education and school funding proposal. The bill would increase state support for local school districts by $900 million over the next two years. Some administrators have raised concerns that it is insufficient given the growing size and needs of their student populations.

New Energy Equity, Region Five Development Commission and Rural Renewable Energy Alliance have partnered to develop six solar arrays for Pine River-Backus and Pequot Lakes school districts, and Central Lakes College. These three projects will reduce each school's carbon footprint by 1,420 metric tons of C02.

School administrators can learn effective strategies on how to stop school fights by participating in training seminars from companies such as the Crisis Prevention Institute. Here are a few violence prevention tips.

We could design financial education more closely aligned with the financial needs and choices of average Americans, and divine a way to deliver it at the exact right moment. But until we do, kids would be much better off spending more time in ordinary math classes rather than financial-education courses.