Stay current on issues that impact public schools.
We pull together education and political information from local media to keep you informed.
- Education
One statistic remains a particularly resilient hurdle to filling the ongoing teacher shortage in the state, according to a 2025 report from the Department of Education: nearly one-third of Minnesota teachers leave the profession within the first five years.
Session Daily
- State Budget
The projected surplus for Fiscal Years 2026-27 is now higher than it was in the November estimate, and no deficit is projected for the next biennium.
Session Daily
- Safety
It was appropriate that Rep. Julie Greene (DFL-Edina) was flanked by students in a State Capitol hearing room.
Session Daily
- Legislative
Go to school, then go get a job. Rather than treating those as different phases of life, a House bill aims to better align education and workforce systems to help students learn outside the four walls of the classroom.
Session Daily
- School Funding
Ahead of schedule and under budget. Those aren’t necessarily the first words that come to mind with the launch of a significant government project, but they frame the rollout of Minnesota’s Paid Leave program.
Session Daily
- School Life
Schools serving high-poverty and historically marginalized students are less likely to have recovered — but showed the largest achievement gains.
K12DIVE
- School Funding
Rep. Bidal Duran (R-Bemidji) readily admits his school safety proposal is far from enough. So do representatives of various school associations.
Session Daily
- School Life
If approved, the legislation would ban cell phones in schools from K-8 and inside classrooms in high school buildings.
Kare 11
- Education
“We used to begin our mornings at Columbia Academy focused on instruction and student engagement and academic growth. Now we begin in crisis response,” said the academy principal.
Session Daily