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We pull together education and political information from local media to keep you informed.
- Safety
It’s rare to get a bill through the Minnesota House and Senate with everyone on board, but that happened this month when both chambers unanimously passed a bill clarifying when a driver must stop for a school bus that is loading or unloading students.
StarTribune
- Staff Shortages
Minnesota has slowly diversified its teaching workforce over the years. The effort faces new challenges as the Trump administration targets diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
StarTribune
- Safety
Heightened concerns over student misbehavior, including assaults on school staff members, could lead to a partial rollback of Minnesota’s ban on suspending students in grades K-3.
StarTribune
- Staff Shortages
A 2024 survey of K-12 teachers found they have higher levels of burnout compared to other working adults.
Session Daily
- School Funding
(ABC 6 News) — School funding has been a major topic of discussion as districts across the area grapple with failing referendums and shortfalls from the state.
6News
- Education
Every parent knows that kids can get expensive. But school teachers tend to say the same thing, when you consider how often they purchase school supplies for their students out of their own take-home pay.
Session Daily
- Education Innovation
When Erik Trost started his manufacturing class in 2017, his goal was to be able to pay students for the work they did in class.
Session Daily
- Legislative
In true Minnesota spring fashion, this week started with a blizzard and ended with temps reaching 60 degrees at the Capitol.
Session Daily
- School Life
Cursive survives in select Minnesota schools but isn’t required teaching. Some lawmakers now want to mandate it, as more than half of states have already done.
StarTribune