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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.

Stay informed about local education events, policies and more happening in schools and colleges across Minnesota.

MN researchers roll out revolutionary approach to school safety training

MN researchers roll out revolutionary approach to school safety training

A pair of Minnesota researchers launched an alternative approach to school safety training. Instead of focusing on run-hide-fight or lockdown techniques, they are training teachers, sheriffs and school leaders on crisis intervention, de-escalation and suicide prevention.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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Feeling blue? Oregon students now can take 'mental health days'

Feeling blue? Oregon students now can take 'mental health days'

Oregon will allow students to take "mental health days" just as they would sick days, expanding the reasons for excused school absences to include mental or behavioral health under a new law that experts say is one of the first of its kind in the U.S.
by Associated Press

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YMCA camp teaches kids to appreciate, protect state's waters

YMCA camp teaches kids to appreciate, protect state's waters

In the Land of 10,000 Lakes, 40 percent of the state's waters are polluted. The YMCA has developed a summer camp designed to prevent kids from taking Minnesota's water resources for granted.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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More than 400 sexual assaults reported on MN campuses; fewer than half investigated

More than 400 sexual assaults reported on MN campuses; fewer than half investigated

Of 416 total cases reported to Minnesota colleges and universities, 40 percent were investigated by the institutions, according to recently released state data. Experts say it may signal positive changes in the reporting process.
by Jiwon Choi

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Broken promises: Teachers sue U.S. over student loans that weren't forgiven

Broken promises: Teachers sue U.S. over student loans that weren't forgiven

One of the biggest U.S. teachers unions is suing the Department of Education, alleging a loan forgiveness program for millions of public service workers violates federal law and the Constitution.
by Chris Arnold

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University of Texas-Austin promises free tuition for low income students in 2020

University of Texas-Austin promises free tuition for low income students in 2020

The governing board voted to offer full tuition scholarships to in-state undergraduates whose families make $65,000 or less a year. They also extended financial assistance to middle class students.
by Vanessa Romo and Claire McInerny

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