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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.

Group wants Wisconsin boy allowed to dance in Minnesota

"It's a classification based on 1970s ideals about what boys should be doing and what girls should be doing," Thompson told The Associated Press. The Pacific Legal Foundation wants the high school league to allow any boy in Minnesota to dance competitively.
by The Associated Press

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Is there free speech on college campuses?

Is there free speech on college campuses?

Joanna Williams wants to know why so many college students don't want to hear, or have the opportunity to challenge, controversial and opposing views.
by MPR News Staff

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After 3 years under ISIS, Mosul's children go back to school

After 3 years under ISIS, Mosul's children go back to school

Children are returning to school after missing years of classes when ISIS controlled the city. Iraqi forces retook Mosul over the summer. "We want you to succeed," a principal tells schoolchildren.
by Jane Arraf

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Should agriculture be taught in schools?

MPR Reporter Elizabeth Dunbar joined the program for a conversation about how some people struggle to connect the food on their plate to the farm where it was produced.
by Tom Weber

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Betsy DeVos' first semester: a status report

Betsy DeVos' first semester: a status report

Charter schools, student loans, HBCUs, campus sexual assault: Here's what the education secretary has been up to.
by Anya Kamenetz

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Pumpkin spice air freshener prompts evacuation of school

The fire department and a hazardous materials team were called. Fire spokesman Roman Clark said two students and three adults were taken to the hospital for stomach ailments.
by The Associated Press

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How teachers and schools can help when bad stuff happens

How teachers and schools can help when bad stuff happens

Whether it's a hurricane, a mass shooting, racial and political violence or family trauma closer to home, teachers can be helpers. Here's our roundup of what you can do in these difficult situations.
by Anya Kamenetz

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Some parents push to remake school board elections in Osseo

The district serves kids from a wide swath of incomes and backgrounds, but its board is made up largely of people from mostly white, mostly well-off Maple Grove. Some advocates want to divide up the board by geography.
by Solvejg Wastvedt

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The re-segregation of American schools

Nikole Hannah-Jones has watched the evolution of segregation in schools as a student, parent and reporter.
by Kerri Miller

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