Stay current on issues that impact public schools.
We pull together education and political information from local media to keep you informed.
- Legislative
Bills were moving this week as the clock ticks down to the final day of the 2026 session.
Session Daily
- Education
Schools that locked up student smartphones during the day cut in-class phone use by roughly 80%, yet saw near-zero average gains in standardized test scores. High schools and middle schools are trending in opposite directions.
District Administration
- Education
The National Study of Special Education Spending will be the first comprehensive, federally supported look into IDEA funding in two decades.
K-12 DIVE
- Safety
Lawnmakers changed the law after the courts ruled drivers didn't have to stop until the stop arm of the bus was fully extended.
StarTribune
- School Funding
The issue centers on state funding known as "compensatory revenue," which allows districts to provide resources for students living in poverty.
Kare 11
- State Budget
In a non-budgetary year, the House plans to spend nearly $41.13 million in new money compared to the February forecast base for the 2026-2027 biennium.
Session Daily
- Politics
The pace of the House slowed this week with a few committee meetings each day and a few floor sessions throughout the week.
Session Daily
- Safety
When state Rep. Peggy Bennett heard Hannah LoPresto’s story of surviving what a police investigation described as a “pattern of predatory grooming” by a former high school teacher, the Republican lawmaker from Albert Lea knew she had to do something.
MPR News
- Safety
After a school bus rolled on a West Virginia highway two years ago, forcing one boy to have his leg amputated and seriously injuring two other children aboard, police quickly discovered the driver was drunk.
Associated Press