Stay current on issues that impact public schools.
We pull together education and political information from local media to keep you informed.
- Education
More than 50 Minnesota school districts continue to use so-called seclusion rooms, according to data obtained by the Minnesota Disability Law Center. Districts use seclusion rooms for children with a disability and who are at risk of harming themselves or others.
Minnesota Reformer
- Politics
When a voter casts a ballot for a levy or bond referendum, they also get a bit of education about how it could affect their pocketbook.
Session Daily
- Education
Superintendents and state officials are launching statewide campaigns and communications technology to cut chronic absenteeism rates. Are they working?
District Administration
- Politics
Putting property taxes on the ballot Should voters have final say on whether their property taxes increase? There’s an effort at the Capitol to make that happen.
KSTP.Com
- Education Innovation
The Minnesota Legislature is grappling with how fast-growing artificial intelligence should be regulated by the state.
MPR News
- Education
One side of the political aisle gave an education funding proposal an A; the other side gave it in F. Tuesday’s final grade is an incomplete because no vote was taken, but will be in the future.
Session Daily
- School Funding
The last time safe school funding was increased in Minnesota was in 2013. Thirteen years later, Rep. Julie Greene (DFL-Edina) is seeking to increase the money schools receive for security expenses.
Session Daily
- Education Innovation
How young is too young for screen time?
Session Daily
- 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