At the state Capitol Tuesday, lawmakers discussed a proposal that would prohibit waterfowl, including ducks, geese, and swans, from being incubated in schools.

St. Paul Public Schools and the district’s teachers union say they have reached a deal that will prevent a strike on March 11.

A new survey of school districts in the Twin Cities region, Rochester and Duluth finds more than 70 percent are expecting budget shortfalls in the upcoming school year. The survey, which was conducted by the Association of Metropolitan School Districts, shows districts face more than $300 million in shortfalls for the 2024-25 school year, with nearly two-thirds of that gap centered in Minneapolis and St. Paul public schools.

"Week of action" planned as janitors, nursing home staff, teachers and others converge.

For families with young children, school-based programs can provide a convenient method of quality child care. Operated as part of the school district’s community education program, school-age care offers supervised activities before and after the school day for children in kindergarten through sixth grade.

When school administrators see a successful education model, they want to continue, expand and share that program. Minnesota aims to do that with BARR — Building Assets, Reducing Risks.

At a time when many states and local school boards are passing laws to restrict students’ access to library books, Minnesota wants to go the opposite direction. Book bans in public and school libraries based on content or ideological objections would be prohibited by HF3782, which contains education policy provisions and technical fixes proposed by Gov. Tim Walz.

A St. Paul teachers union has filed its intent to strike if a deal on pay and conditions isn't reached by March 11.

Around the country, educators say students routinely send Snapchat messages in class, listen to music and shop online, among countless other examples of how smartphones distract from teaching and learning.

HF 3378/SF 3539, authored by House E-12 Finance Committee Chair Rep. Cheryl Youakim (Hopkins) and Sen. Aric Putnam (St. Cloud) asks the Minnesota legislature to allocate $10,000,000 for 36 additional Minnesota schools to implement the BARR system. More than 48 Minnesota schools and 350 others nationally are currently using the BARR system to improve their schools' cultures and students' outcomes. With this new funding, 36 geographically distributed (urban, suburban, and rural) Minnesota schools serving Black, Indigenous, and students of color, and those experiencing poverty, would benefit from the results the BARR system brings, too.

Amid national debates about what schools are teaching, we asked public K-12 teachers, teens and the American public how they see topics related to race, sexual orientation and gender identity playing out in the classroom.

One of three finalists for the job, university regents chose Cunningham over University of New Mexico provost James Holloway and Laura Bloomberg, president of Cleveland State University and former head of the U’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs.