More post-secondary eligibility options for charter school students, permanently adding a substitute teacher pilot program and an expansion of allowable epinephrine delivery systems have all made it into the omnibus education policy bill.

According to Matt Shaver, policy director at EdAllies, 25% of Minnesota students are chronically absent from school: about 199,000 students missing about 3 million combined days of school per year.

Minnesota has a long-standing tradition of school starting after Labor Day. But in 2026 and 2027, a late Labor Day means students won’t head back to school until a week into September.

A strong desire exists to further a three-for-one opportunity for aspiring teachers: earn while you learn, skill development and connection to employment or career advancement.

Two years ago, Minnesota outlawed most suspensions and all disciplinary seclusion of very young pupils in schools. An outgrowth of an effort to curb police abuses in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, it was a change that advocates for children with disabilities and students of color had long sought.

One hour to prepare a three-course meal without electricity or running water, judged by restaurateurs? The ProStart Invitational transforms high school students into culinary stars.

The bill, introduced Wednesday by State Senator Robert Farnsworth, would go into effect this upcoming school year if passed in March or April.

A Republican-led bill at the Minnesota Legislature seeks to erase Minnesota's ethnic studies standard for K-12 schools, which was set by law in 2023.

Rep. Ron Kresha (R-Little Falls) believes mandates passed in 2023, including those related to ethnic studies, are burdening teachers and stealing time from other, more important areas of study like reading, math and science. And it’s led, he said, to an “abysmal” lack of academic achievement.

As a parent, what are your rights? HF22 would define those rights.

Newly released national data shows Minnesota student test scores have not risen significantly in math and reading over the last two years, although the state’s students continue to outperform national averages.

A long list of Minnesota public school officials lined up Wednesday to ask the House Education Policy Committee for help, saying Minnesota schools are being crushed under the weight of state mandates.