UPDATED: Washington Post Ranks Southwest as One of 'Most Challenging' High Schools in Minnesota

In Minnesota, 28 schools made the newspaper’s High School Challenge list.

Southwest High School made the Washington Post’s list of the most-challenging high schools, according to rankings released last week. Southwest is the nation's *114th-most challenging high school, according to the rankings and the *second most challenging in Minnesota. St. Louis Park and Edina follow in the No. 3 and No. 4 spots, respectively, for most challenging in the state. The Washington Post’s High School Challenge ranked schools for for how well they prepared students for college. In all, 1,982 schools made the list—about 9 percent of the country’s approximately 22,000 schools, including 28 in Minnesota. To grade the schools, the Washington Post divided the number of college preparation tests that students took by the number of …

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The Fifth District Report

Ellison Wants Better Drone Policy, Fewer Oil Subsidies

The fifth district congressman tackled two complex issues over the last several days.

In the aftermath of news that 35 Pakistanis have been killed so far this year by unmanned U.S. aerial vehicles—drones—Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) is calling on Congress to play a role in reforming existing policy governing the machines. Ellison addressed the matter in an opinion piece published in The Washington Post, noting that drones have yielded positive results for the military. Still, he said it's time for Congress to "exercise oversight and craft policies that govern the use of lethal force." The heart of the problem is that our technological capability has far surpassed our policy. As things stand, the executive branch exercises unilateral authority over drone strikes against terrorists abroad. In some cases, President Obama approves…

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Mike Hindin

11:11 am on Tuesday, April 9, 2013

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