Education

Dozens of White Bear Lake High School students walked out of class Friday to demand school leaders do more to address racist incidents.

Native Americans have the highest COVID-19 mortality rate of any population in the U.S. And for tribes working to revitalize language and culture, the loss of elders to COVID-19 leaves an especially painful void.

The coronavirus hasn’t just upended classrooms around the state — it’s wreaking havoc on district budgets, which are largely determined by enrollment. State and federal lawmakers are considering and passing billions of new dollars in education funding, but Minnesota districts are still laying off staff and closing schools.

More than a year after schools were forced to shut down because of COVID-19, teachers are struggling to cope with the added pressure and uncertainty brought on by the pandemic. MPR News host Kerri Miller talks to two experts about teacher stress, recruiting new teachers and what the future holds.

It's been a year since teachers were handed an unprecedented request: educate students in entirely new ways amid the backdrop of a pandemic.

Part 2 of a two-part documentary from the Humankind series. “Libraries Reimagined: The New Literacy.”

State officials say that more than 750 Minnesota schools have confirmed COVID-19 cases, and many are likely from a more contagious, more severe version of the virus that originated in the United Kingdom.

A new University of Minnesota Living Learning Community called the Dakota Language House will launch next fall to advance and support students' learning of the Dakota language.

Although the overall jobs market is starting to come back, youth unemployment remains stubbornly high, creating a lot of anxiety among the latest class of college and high school seniors.

For National Library Week, the first of a two-part series of documentaries from Humankind about the future of libraries. “Libraries Reimagined.”