Education

A technical college in a northern Minneapolis suburb has given the all-clear after going into lockdown.

A wave of teacher protests has swept the country in recent months. This wave of political engagement comes after years of what some call a "war on teachers."

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is considering whether to keep or rescind the Obama-era instructions to schools, which aim to reduce racial disparities in school discipline.

More than a third of them don't have enough to eat and a similar number lack stable housing, according to a survey published Tuesday by researchers at Temple University and the Wisconsin HOPE Lab.

Are American parents over-protective? When journalist and new mother Sara Zaske moved to Germany, she noticed that her new friends were raising self-reliant kids and avoiding the pitfalls of helicopter parenting.

Concordia College in Moorhead has received a $5 million gift to help it add a culturally authentic Korean language village to its seven other language villages in the north woods of Minnesota.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai left Pakistan on Monday, ending a surprise visit to the country, her first since being shot in 2012 by Taliban militants who tried to kill her for promoting girls' education.

Teachers have rejected a pay raise passed by the state Legislature last week, saying it doesn't go far enough in addressing deep cuts in education in recent years.

The BARR model, for "Building Assets, Reducing Risks," has serious evidence backing it up as a solution for real improvements in student success.

As we come to the end of Women's History Month, this hour you'll hear about a Minnesota woman who was a longtime activist for civil rights, but has been mostly forgotten.

The TEACH grant helps future teachers pay for college or a master's. But many say that when they started teaching, they were forced to pay it back. A study obtained by NPR suggests thousands are affected.

Since last year, conservatives have accused Edina schools of indoctrinating students with liberal viewpoints. The issue has drawn national attention, and state lawmakers are considering legislation to ban "indoctrination" of public school students.

As a schoolgirl, she was at the center of the landmark Supreme Court case that rejected racial segregation in American public schools. She died Sunday in Topeka, Kan. She was 76.

Should they be required to carry a gun?

As an estimated 20,000 students, family and supporters came out for the "March for Our Lives" rally in St. Paul, we asked some what motivated them to join the rally.

Thousands of Minnesotans rallied outside the state Capitol Saturday following a student-led march that began at St. Paul's Harriet Island, part of a nationwide protest against gun violence.

The Stoneman Douglas Eagles, competing in Minnesota this weekend, say the support they're getting makes them play a little harder.

Young people who have become the driving force in efforts to address gun violence are finalizing plans for a Minnesota March For Our Lives that could draw thousands to the state Capitol on Saturday.

A Gallup poll finds teachers support measures like background checks for gun buyers, but little enthusiasm for bearing arms.

This week Great Mills High School in Maryland joined the growing list of schools that have been the scene of a shooting. A school resource officer is being praised for quick action that helped to limit the number of fatalities.