Education
The University of Minnesota's Board of Regents has a big job ahead - selecting a new president. Eric Kaler will retire in 11 months, and the board has to find a replacement that will take over the university at a time when higher education is in flux.
The popular film this summer shows how the topics -- and the format -- Fred Rogers brought to TV are as relevant to education and child development as they ever were.
If you haven't gone fishing, camping or mountain biking, and don't have a friend or family member who has, you are highly unlikely to take full advantage of outdoor life in Minnesota. The DNR hopes to change that.
Conversations about mental health are changing on college campuses, thanks to students.
Can celebrities and athletes succeed where others have failed to address poverty in the classroom?
A St. Cloud State University professor has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that her First Amendment rights are being violated because she's represented by a union with whom she disagrees.
Ahead of campaigning in Ohio on Saturday, President Donald Trump unleashed a withering attack on the state's favorite son, savaging LeBron James in a late-night tweet that derided the intelligence of one of the nation's most prominent African-American men.
A recent analysis by the Minnesota Department of Human Rights found that students of color make up 31 percent of the population, yet those students received 66 percent of all suspensions and expulsions in the last five years.
The U.S. Education Department is going back to the drawing board on some basic rules of higher education.
Hundreds of students, staff, families and alumni gathered Thursday at Minnehaha Academy to remember those killed in the 2017 natural gas blast, and to celebrate the future.
A Muslim advocacy group says it welcomes the Minnesota Department of Education's decision to open an investigation into a student's suicide.
A host of federal officials attended the dedication of a new building at the Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig tribal school on the Leech Lake Reservation Monday.
The Trump administration is proposing new rules that make it harder for defrauded students to get relief from the federal government, in an attempt to save taxpayers money.
Forget ordering toys and gadgets online. A local nonprofit is letting kids build their own playground.
Over three days in the woods of Ponemah, Minn., local elders teach kids how to make mosquito repellent from plants, how to wrap drumsticks, and how to pronounce simple phrases in the Ojibwe language.
Two high school girls from Parkland, Florida and a high school boy from the south side of Chicago talk about gun violence.
State courts can decide whether Minnesota has failed in its responsibility to teach poor students and students of color, the Minnesota Supreme Court said Wednesday.
Tom Weber led a community conversation in St. Cloud to find out what residents think is going wrong, and what's going right.
State Human Rights Commissioner Kevin Lindsey will hold a meeting with parents and community members in Rochester Wednesday evening, to discuss the increasing number of suspensions of students of color and students with disabilities.
Kids and grown-ups can both experience anxiety when it comes to math. One college professor has an assignment to help banish the dread.