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MPR News keeps track of the latest education news in Minnesota so you can understand the events shaping the future of learning and how it impacts students at any level.

Stay informed about local education events, policies and more happening in schools and colleges across Minnesota.

Classrooms, child care, kids' meals top Walz spending plan

Classrooms, child care, kids' meals top Walz spending plan

A giant surplus has set the stage for a legislative session debate over how to use it. Gov. Tim Walz laid out his education priorities Tuesday, including a boost in per-pupil school aid, increased funding for early education and free school breakfasts and lunches.
by Brian Bakst

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Native communities say MN's foster care system as harmful as boarding schools of the past

Native communities say MN's foster care system as harmful as boarding schools of the past

The modern-day foster care system in Minnesota may be as harmful to Native American communities as the boarding schools Native children were forced to attend into the 1970s. The journalist behind an investigation from The Fuller Project and Mother Jones told host Cathy Wurzer more.
by Cathy Wurzer and Lindsay Guentzel

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Can we help kids learn to love math?   

Can we help kids learn to love math?   

Math performance on standardized tests has been dropping for years and worsened during the  pandemic. As the state of Minnesota prepares to revise its math standards for the first time since 2007, MPR News host Angela Davis talks with math educators about the importance of numeracy and how to help children love and understand math. 
by Angela Davis and Maja Beckstrom

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Phenomenal phenology reports from young reporters around Minn.

Phenomenal phenology reports from young reporters around Minn.

Every Tuesday, KAXE/KBXE radio in the Grand Rapids-Bemidji area airs nature reports from local students. John Latimer runs the show on phenology — that’s the study of changes in nature over the seasons. He told host Cathy Wurzer more.
by Cathy Wurzer and Melissa Townsend

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