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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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Why teachers are demanding change

Why teachers are demanding change

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."
by Kerri Miller and Suzanne Pekow

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Minneapolis teacher weighs in on federal review of discipline policy

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.
by Solvejg Wastvedt

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Hunger and homelessness are widespread among college students, study finds

Hunger and homelessness are widespread among college students, study finds

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.
by Vanessa Romo

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Author Sara Zaske on the German art of raising self-reliant kids

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.
by Kerri Miller

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Handbag magnate gives $5M to build Korean language village near Bemidji

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.
by Associated Press

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Malala Yousafzai ends her 1st Pakistan visit since shooting

Malala Yousafzai ends her 1st Pakistan visit since shooting

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.
by The Associated Press

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Oklahoma teachers set for statewide walkout amid continued pay dispute

Oklahoma teachers set for statewide walkout amid continued pay dispute

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.

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How more meetings might be the secret to fixing high school

How more meetings might be the secret to fixing high school

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

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The forgotten struggle for civil rights in the northern U.S.

The forgotten struggle for civil rights in the northern U.S.

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.
by MPR News Staff

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