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St. Paul school district delays vote on midyear layoffs

St. Paul school district delays vote on midyear layoffs

District leaders had planned a vote Tuesday to cut the jobs of more than a dozen English as a second language teachers after hundreds fewer immigrant students enrolled than expected. But following protests from the union, board members decided to delay the vote.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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Tackling the challenges at Minneapolis Public Schools

Tackling the challenges at Minneapolis Public Schools

MPR News host Angela Davis talks with Minneapolis Public Schools Superintendent Lisa Sayles-Adams about why the district proposed — then paused — a plan to reorganize and close schools.
by Angela Davis and Maja Beckstrom

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At a northern Minnesota tribal school, a highly structured reading program gets results

At a northern Minnesota tribal school, a highly structured reading program gets results

On the Leech Lake Reservation, Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School saw student reading improve after adopting Direct Instruction, a teaching method focused on repetition and drills. Few schools use the method despite evidence it works. It’s the subject of Season 2 of the APM Reports podcast Sold a Story.
by Olivia Chilkoti and Mathew Holding Eagle III

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Amid ACLU lawsuit, Detroit Lakes school board committee tables new rules for what teachers can display

Amid ACLU lawsuit, Detroit Lakes school board committee tables new rules for what teachers can display

A committee at Detroit Lakes Public Schools decided to postpone a revision to the district policy that regulates what teachers and students can display on campus. The pivot comes as the district is being sued by the ACLU of Minnesota for an earlier “rainbow ban.”
by Harshawn Ratanpal

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Education Secretary McMahon promotes tech training, defends budget cuts in Rochester visit

Education Secretary McMahon promotes tech training, defends budget cuts in Rochester visit

President Trump’s Education Secretary Linda McMahon visited Rochester Wednesday to boost community college and technical education programs and to promote the administration’s effort to slash the federal bureaucracy and “return education to the states.”
by Molly Castle Work

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Minnesota State approves plan to shift funding to struggling universities

Minnesota State approves plan to shift funding to struggling universities

Minnesota State officials said the funding shift is needed as a temporary solution while they work on a plan to realign the entire system of colleges and universities.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Luther Seminary moving to new location in Minneapolis

Luther Seminary moving to new location in Minneapolis

The seminary had announced last year that it was planning to sell its longtime campus in St. Paul’s St. Anthony Park neighborhood. School officials said that campus no longer served the seminary’s mission, with most students attending online.
by MPR News Staff

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Minneapolis parent calls for 'universal' engagement as district reverses school closure plans

Minneapolis parent calls for 'universal' engagement as district reverses school closure plans

Minneapolis Public Schools leaders are backing away from a plan put forth last month to close up to 16 schools. The decision came during a school board meeting Tuesday night. One of the parents at the meeting was Shakiya Carter, who is also a founder of Minneapolis Families for Public Schools.
by Nina Moini and Ngoc Bui

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Minneapolis Public Schools backs off school closure plan

Minneapolis Public Schools backs off school closure plan

Minneapolis Public Schools leaders voted to avoid any school closures for the 2027-28 school year. In addition, board members committed to discuss enrollment growth strategies, early childhood enrollment, reviewing school start and end times, school choice assignments and the distribution of needs-based government funding.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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