Education News

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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Teachers acquire a new skill: how to stop the bleeding
Although schools are adding security and even arming teachers to deter attacks, new emphasis is being given to saving the wounded while counting down the minutes until help arrives.
'Rape game' allegations shake North Dakota school district
The report says hazing and sexual misconduct took place in locker rooms, on field trips and during physical education class and musical rehearsals.
Minneapolis teachers voted to accept a new two-year contract on Friday, ratifying the tentative deal reached with the district last month after 10 months of bargaining.
Students test diplomacy skills in huge model UN conference
More than 800 students from across the state traveled to downtown Minneapolis for this weekend's YMCA Model UN conference.
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."
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.
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.
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.