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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.

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Rochester schoolyard remade to reduce impacts of climate change

Rochester schoolyard remade to reduce impacts of climate change

Franklin Elementary is one of five Minnesota schools getting an eco-friendly schoolyard makeover to help mitigate the effects of climate change.
by Molly Castle Work

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A Minnesota school's solution to student conflict: 'Stop everything' and talk it out

A Minnesota school's solution to student conflict: 'Stop everything' and talk it out

How do we prepare kids to live in a politically polarized world? At St. Paul’s Friends School of Minnesota, students are taught every day how to talk to people with whom they disagree.
by Catharine Richert

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How 2 Minnesota graduate students are helping implement free period products in schools

How 2 Minnesota graduate students are helping implement free period products in schools

This is the second year that Minnesota schools are required to provide free menstrual products. MPR News guest host Catharine Richert talks with two graduate students who created a toolkit that helps educators put the law into practice.
by Catharine Richert and Cari Dwyer

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Feds say Minnesota’s trans athlete policy violates civil rights law

Feds say Minnesota’s trans athlete policy violates civil rights law

The Trump administration on Tuesday said it concluded that a Minnesota policy letting transgender student athletes compete on teams consistent with their gender identity is a civil rights violation. The issue seems likely to be settled in court.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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Iowa revokes license of schools superintendent arrested by ICE, saying he is in US illegally

Iowa revokes license of schools superintendent arrested by ICE, saying he is in US illegally

A state agency revoked the professional license of the leader of Iowa’s largest school district on Monday, days after federal agents arrested him on accusations that he was living and working in the country illegally.
by The Associated Press

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