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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.

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

Super Bowl surprises for North High School football team

Super Bowl surprises for North High School football team

The Minnesota Super Bowl host committee invited the team to join special activities -- and shocked their coach with free tickets to game.
by Brandt Williams

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Minnesotans urge federal officials not to scrap school discipline guidelines

Minnesota advocates for reducing racial disparities in school discipline plan to speak in support of Obama-era guidance in Washington, D.C. this week. School officials are watching to see how the Department of Education under President Trump will handle the Obama-era discipline guidance.
by Solvejg Wastvedt

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Polyglot, MN: Census shows Minnesota increasingly multilingual

Polyglot, MN: Census shows Minnesota increasingly multilingual

Data out this week pinpoint the hot spots of language diversity around the state. Nobles County, in southwestern Minnesota, and Ramsey County have the largest shares of residents who don't speak English at home.
by Solvejg Wastvedt

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Charter schools and the resegregation of American public education

A new Associated Press analysis finds many charter schools in America are racially segregated. MPR News host Kerri Miller spoke with Cornell professor Noliwe Rooks about this modern school segregation, and the effects of the charter school movement.
by Kerri Miller and Julia Franz

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Will Steger plans wilderness education center

Will Steger plans wilderness education center

The explorer has been building the Steger Wilderness Center in a remote setting north of Ely on the edge of the Boundary Waters.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Wis. teacher on paid leave following social media posts

An Ashland elementary school teacher has been suspended because of a social media post about the fatal shooting of a Native American student by a sheriff's deputy.
by The Associated Press

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Officials: Don't lunch-shame low-income Minnesota students

Officials: Don't lunch-shame low-income Minnesota students

Reports that Minnesota school cafeteria workers are taking lunches from kids who can't afford them has some children's advocates calling for change.
by Tim Nelson

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Why are African-Americans and Latinos underrepresented in elite U.S. colleges?

African-American and Latino students are more underrepresented at elite U.S. institutions today than they were more than three decades ago. Is it time to rethink Affirmative Action?
by Kerri Miller and Jeffrey Bissoy

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