Anthony Lonetree

Reporter | St. Paul education

Anthony Lonetree has been covering St. Paul Public Schools and general K-12 issues for the Star Tribune since 2012-13. He began work in the paper's St. Paul bureau in 1987 and was the City Hall reporter for five years before moving to various education, public safety and suburban beats.

A lifelong music fan, Lonetree wrote the first Replacements stories to be published in a daily newspaper (St. Paul Dispatch) and now makes in-store mixes for a Northeast Minneapolis vintage clothing store -- with top sound sources. He lives in Minneapolis with his wife, son and two dogs. He also has four daughters from an action-packed early life on St. Paul's East Side. He's a Ho-Chunk tribal member.

Recent content from Anthony Lonetree

Anoka-Hennepin school board stalls again over ethnic studies in history curriculum

The politically divided board, which overcame an impasse to approve a budget in June, also recently failed to approve new physics curriculum.

From Black Lives Matter signs to Pride flags, Minnesota school decorations caught in DEI debate

What teachers can display still faces scrutiny, as the Lakeville district fights a legal challenge over Black Lives Matter posters and other districts face questions over Pride flags.

Minneapolis schools prioritized librarians. St. Paul is cutting them at the elementary level.

Both school districts say their library book circulation is up, and St. Paul will keep librarians in upper grades, but elementary libraries will be staffed by teaching assistants.

Minnesota owes group of special-education students additional services after schooling cut short

Settlement filed in U.S. District Court in May; steps now underway to notify eligible students.

Minnesota schools faced multimillion-dollar budget problems. Here's what they cut.

St. Paul and Minneapolis seek to overcome the loss of federal COVID aid while they and other districts battle the effects of inflation and other cost increases.

Activists rally on behalf of transgender Hopkins student after alleged attack

The school district and the Minnetonka police are investigating "an act of violence," with police adding that its probe involves a "possible hate crime."

A St. Paul program helped at-risk kids experience college. Now it's leaving campus.

Gateway to College is set to move to former East Side elementary school building after St. Paul College decided to no longer host the program it helped launch in 2015-16.

Classroom cellphone rules and a ban on book bans: What school bills passed in Minnesota

Extra funding was in short supply in 2024, but the Legislature approved some new policies, gave financial help to future teachers and offered districts some relief from literacy program training deadlines.

State offers help to students struggling with FAFSA forms

The Minnesota Office of Higher Education will provide $15,000 grants to two advocacy groups to assist students after glitches marred the rollout of a new federal financial aid form.

A St. Paul school was in trouble, but its principal turned it around by listening to parents

Principal Fatima Lawson recently won an award for her work at Highwood Hills Elementary, which adopted a polytechnic approach at the urging of Somali, Karen and Hispanic families.

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