St. Paul Has Highest-Paid Public School Teachers In Minnesota

St. Paul, MN (Learfield)  --  An analysis reveals more than half of all teachers in St. Paul schools earn salaries above 75-thousand dollars-a-year.  

The report published by the Star Tribune shows St. Paul teachers are the highest-paid in Minnesota -- and a new contract agreement means salaries in the district are going up four percent in July.  

Fewer than 15 percent of all Minnesota teachers have paychecks bigger than 75-thousand.  The published report indicates St. Paul teachers have more experience and education, leading to the higher pay.

St. Paul teacher says student pushed her over cellphone

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A substitute teacher in St. Paul says she was repeatedly pushed by a seventh-grade student after she took his cellphone when he refused to put it away.

Candice Egan tells the St. Paul Pioneer Press that she was teaching at Creative Arts High School when the attack happened Tuesday. She says the student used both hands and slammed her backward more than once. Egan says she has had shoulder and neck pain since the assault.

Police said on Friday that they are investigating. St. Paul Public Schools has been working on safety issues this year.