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.

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In Alexandria, a place for lifelong learning
A popular Senior College offers engaging lectures to retirees in west-central Minnesota.
Report ranks Minnesota among worst achievement-gap states
It’s not just race. A new Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis report finds statewide education disparities affect low-income white students as well as students of color.
These middle schoolers turned Trump rally into a civics class
Students at St. Paul’s Capitol Hill Magnet School got a lesson in American politics Thursday night they’d never find in a textbook as they reported inside and outside President Trump’s rally.
In one Twin Cities classroom, learning in Hmong and about being Hmong
"Hmong for Native Speakers" has helped bridge Hmong family culture and classroom academics at Park Center High School in Brooklyn Park. Observers say the experiment offers a possible path to boosting achievement for students of color.
The things parents don't talk about with their kids ... but should
A new survey from Sesame Workshop suggests, when it comes to talking with kids about things like race, class, and gender, parents have some work to do.
State releases $30 million for school safety upgrades
The latest round of school safety allowances depended on enough money being left over after the state’s budget year ended. Minnesota’s finance agency gave the go-ahead on Thursday.
Tight labor market drives a school bus driver shortage in Minnesota
A month into the new school year, some Minnesota schools are still struggling to find enough bus drivers to transport kids. In Crookston, Minn., the superintendent is doing double duty, running the district and driving a route.