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Education News

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.

Education Dept. begins rolling back Trump-era policies on defrauded students

Education Dept. begins rolling back Trump-era policies on defrauded students

The U.S. Department of Education says it is scrapping a controversial, Trump-era policy that granted only partial student loan relief to borrowers who were defrauded by private, for-profit colleges.
by Cory Turner

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Two students reflect on a year of remote learning

Today marks one year since Gov. Tim Walz ordered K-12 schools in the state to close as officials scrambled to contain the spread of COVID-19. MPR News host Cathy Wurzer checked back in with two Minnesota students she first spoke with last April, when they were wrapping up their senior years of high school.
by Cathy Wurzer

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'It’s time to create our own table': Minnesota Parent Union seeks to empower students and families

'It’s time to create our own table': Minnesota Parent Union seeks to empower students and families

Founded in 2019, the Minnesota Parent Union is an education advocacy group trying to amplify the concerns of Minnesota parents. Organizers say challenges brought about by the pandemic have underscored the need to give parents a bigger voice in the system.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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Why is it taking so long to get high-speed internet to all of greater Minnesota? 

Why is it taking so long to get high-speed internet to all of greater Minnesota? 

MPR News host Angela Davis talks to Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development Commissioner Steve Grove and the president and CEO of the Blandin Foundation about how the pandemic underscored the need for better broadband. 
by Angela Davis and Maja Beckstrom

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How the pandemic can reinvent schools and learning

How the pandemic can reinvent schools and learning

Keynote speakers from the Global Minnesota’s International Day of Education event in January: California’s Linda Darling-Hammond and Audrey Azoulay of UNESCO.
by MPR News Staff

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Effort to increase teachers of color finds bipartisan support at state Capitol

More than a third of the state’s K-12 learners are students of color, but fewer than 6 percent of teachers in Minnesota are educators of color. A set of bills at the state Legislature to close that gap, the Increase Teachers of Color Act, has garnered bipartisan support this year.
by Cathy Wurzer and MPR News Staff

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'Why is this so hard?' A glimpse into a year of virtual high school in MN

'Why is this so hard?' A glimpse into a year of virtual high school in MN

In a year upended by the coronavirus pandemic, the roller coaster of open and closed school buildings and experiments with learning scenarios means that it’s hard to pinpoint exactly what high school has been like for any given student on any given day. 
by Elizabeth Shockman

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Minn. Education Commissioner Mary Cathryn Ricker resigns

Minn. Education Commissioner Mary Cathryn Ricker resigns

State Education Commissioner Mary Cathryn Ricker has resigned, saying she wants to return to teaching in the classroom. She will be replaced by former deputy education commissioner, Heather Mueller.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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Greater Minnesota’s child care crisis squeezed by pandemic

Greater Minnesota’s child care crisis squeezed by pandemic

Child care providers have been closing in rural Minnesota faster than they can be replaced. Host Angela Davis talks with the author of a new report and the owner of a child care center about how this hurts working families and rural economies. 
by Angela Davis and Maja Beckstrom

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