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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.

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Study: Rising concern that synthetic opioids contaminate other drugs, too

Study: Rising concern that synthetic opioids contaminate other drugs, too

While the state and nation are seeing fewer deaths tied to heroin overdoses, synthetic opioids like fentanyl are contributing to more deaths and there are concerns they're appearing in other non-opioid drug supplies.
by Jon Collins

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Rule could limit college response to off-campus sex assaults

Rule could limit college response to off-campus sex assaults

For now, federal guidelines urge colleges to take action against any sexual misconduct that disrupts a student's education, regardless of where it took place.
by Associated Press

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Hastings assistant principal charged with embezzlement

Prosecutors allege Joshua McLay used more than $13,900 of district money to pay for travel expenses and tickets for several people to attend college football games.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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Racist comments lead to lockdown at Owatonna High

Officials in the southern Minnesota school district ordered a lockdown Monday after an incident prompted by what the superintendent described as racist comments posted on social media.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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Denver teachers strike over base pay

Denver teachers strike over base pay

After more than a year of negotiations, the teachers union and the school district still can't agree on a base pay increase. The district's plan depends too much on incentive bonuses, the union says.
by Matthew S. Schwartz

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Woman fights off attacker inside Brainerd High; man arrested

A Brainerd High School staffer was attacked Monday morning in the girls' locker room. The man fled and was later arrested by police, the Brainerd schools superintendent says. The woman is safe and sustained minor injuries.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Minnesota schools may seek reprieve for canceled classes

Minnesota schools may seek reprieve for canceled classes

Minnesota education officials and lobbyists are surveying districts to decide whether to ask lawmakers for a shorter school year after severe winter weather forced many to cancel classes.
by Associated Press

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'Bond buster' works to defeat school referendums across Midwest

'Bond buster' works to defeat school referendums across Midwest

The Worthington and Russell-Tyler-Ruthton school districts have been contending with Paul Dorr, an Iowa consultant who urges residents to vote "no."
by Alex Baumhardt

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ChangeMakers: Justice Alan Page and Paris Yarbrough, a legal legend and the next generation

ChangeMakers: Justice Alan Page and Paris Yarbrough, a legal legend and the next generation

Justice Alan Page is Minnesota's first black Supreme Court justice and is the founder of the Page Education Foundation. Paris Yarbrough is a Page Scholar studying law at the University of St. Thomas.
by Evan Frost

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