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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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April 18, 2017 10:30 AM

Schools will soon have to put in writing if they 'lunch shame'

Advocates hope the recent law out of N.M., banning school staff from shaming kids for not having lunch money, helps to shape policies the USDA is requiring school districts write by July 1.

by Megan Kamerick

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April 17, 2017 1:46 PM

Sen. Franken pushes grants to forge school, career links

Sen. Al Franken plans to introduce a bill to provide grants for partnerships between schools and industries like health care, engineering and technology.

by Solvejg Wastvedt

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April 17, 2017 6:41 AM

Absences, fitness, atmosphere -- new ways to track schools

States are beginning to outline new ways to evaluate their schools, rather than relying just on traditional measures such as test scores.

by The Associated Press

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April 11, 2017 4:58 PM

St. Paul schools pluck suburban candidate for superintendent job

Joe Gothard has led the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage district since 2013.

by Solvejg Wastvedt

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April 11, 2017 10:34 AM

Here's the fine print on the country's biggest-ever free college plan

Freedom's just another word for ... a full-ride scholarship, with strings attached. New York's vast new scholarship program has brought praise, and some nitpicking.

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April 11, 2017 10:19 AM

Lawmaker's childhood experience drives New Mexico's 'lunch shaming' ban

New Mexico has made it illegal to stigmatize students who cannot pay for their lunches. State Sen. Michael Padilla, who introduced the bill, says he had to mop cafeteria floors as a foster child.

by Erica Ryan

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April 10, 2017 8:16 AM

Having just one black teacher can keep black kids in school

According to a recent study, having a role model at school who looks like you can have large and long-lasting effects.

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April 10, 2017 12:04 AM

Perpich arts center focuses on overhaul amid shutdown talk

State lawmakers are considering a bill that would close the state's Perpich Center for Arts Education and leave the future of its two schools in doubt. Perpich leaders say they can turn the troubled operation around.

by Solvejg Wastvedt

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April 7, 2017 11:14 AM

The perils and false rewards of parenting in the era of 'digi-discipline'

The running theme of this trend: It's OK to beat children, and, if the millions of views each video garners tell the story, it's acceptable to post tapings of the beatings on social media for feedback and "likes."

by Denene Millner