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Minnesota child care centers worry as ICE surge absences build

Minnesota child care centers worry as ICE surge absences build

Families who kept children home as federal agents flooded the Twin Cities now face the prospect of losing a needed subsidy because their kids missed more than 25 days. It’s a potential crisis for families — and for the child care centers that can’t absorb the lost income.
by Kyra Miles

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A coalition of groups argues child care is as necessary as roads and bridges. Here's why

A coalition of groups argues child care is as necessary as roads and bridges. Here's why

The “Child Care is Community Infrastructure Road Tour” has paired lawmakers and child care leaders with community members to make the case that child care is as necessary as infrastructure like roads and bridges.
by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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Push for cameras in more Minnesota day cares pitched by families, lawmaker

Push for cameras in more Minnesota day cares pitched by families, lawmaker

Minnesota could become the first state in the country to require security cameras in child care centers. There was an informational hearing in a House committee Tuesday on a bill sponsored by Republican state Rep. Nolan West. He joined Cathy Wurzer on Morning Edition to explain his need for more surveillance.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gracie Stockton

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Daylight saving time disrupting your child's sleep? Pediatrician offers advice

Daylight saving time disrupting your child's sleep? Pediatrician offers advice

With the time change and spring break on the horizon, Dr. Liz Placzek, pediatrician at Children's Minnesota, joined Cathy Wurzer on Morning Edition with suggestions for getting a good night’s rest.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gracie Stockton

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How ICE’s presence is affecting child care in Minnesota

How ICE’s presence is affecting child care in Minnesota

What happens to day care providers when families decide to stay home? MPR News host Angela Davis is joined by early childhood education reporter Kyra Miles to talk about how the the increase of federal immigration agents is affecting the child care industry and children, families and child care workers. 
by Angela Davis, Kyra Miles and Nikhil Kumaran

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Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota names one of its founders as new CEO

Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota names one of its founders as new CEO

The Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota's new CEO Kim Kleven knows the educational institution inside and out, as she's been with the organization as a volunteer, board member, and staff member since its inception. If fact, the idea for a space for children of all backgrounds to learn, grow and play was largely her idea.
by Hannah Yang

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Legal Aid lawyers warn against school seclusion rooms for Minnesota’s youngest learners 

Legal Aid lawyers warn against school seclusion rooms for Minnesota’s youngest learners 

Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid attorneys on Wednesday released a report showing spartan conditions in school seclusion rooms across Minnesota as they urged lawmakers to continue the state’s ban on using those rooms for kids in kindergarten through third grade.
by Kyra Miles

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Columbia Heights schools closed Monday due to ‘credible threat’

Columbia Heights schools closed Monday due to ‘credible threat’

The Columbia Heights school district canceled classes Monday after what school officials are calling a “credible threat.” The district said the move to cancel classes was out of an abundance of caution.
by MPR News Staff

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