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How some faculty members are defending student protesters, in actions and in words

How some faculty members are defending student protesters, in actions and in words

The protests sweeping college campuses don't just involve students. Professors are increasingly pushing back against university administrations they see as infringing on students' free speech rights.
by Rachel Treisman

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Walz taps assistant commissioner to lead new child-focused department

Walz taps assistant commissioner to lead new child-focused department

Tikki Brown has been part of the team planning for the new department since it was announced in 2023. It’s set to open in July and oversee programs four young children currently divided up among four state agencies.
by Kyra Miles

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Anti-war protests continue Monday at U of M and Hamline, organizers set up encampment

Anti-war protests continue Monday at U of M and Hamline, organizers set up encampment

Students rallied and set up tents at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus, as well as at Hamline University in St. Paul, as anti-war protests continue into a second week.
by MPR News Staff

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Class of 2024 reflects on college years marked by COVID-19, protests and life’s lost milestones

Class of 2024 reflects on college years marked by COVID-19, protests and life’s lost milestones

College campuses have always been a hotbed for protests from the civil rights era to the Vietnam war to demonstrations over apartheid in South Africa. But students today also carry additional stresses from having lived through the isolation and fear from the pandemic, and the daily influence of social media that amplifies the world’s wrongs like never before, experts say.
by The Associated Press

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Minneapolis Public Schools, teachers reach tentative agreement overnight

Minneapolis Public Schools, teachers reach tentative agreement overnight

The agreement comes as Minneapolis teachers were set to begin a vote to authorize a strike over the next two days. Despite the deal with teachers, the union says the district’s support staff will move ahead with a strike authorization vote.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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Minneapolis teachers set to vote this week on strike authorization

Minneapolis teachers set to vote this week on strike authorization

The Minneapolis Federation of Teachers says its members will vote on Thursday and Friday on authorizing a possible strike. The move comes after the union and district failed to reach a contract agreement after an 18-hour mediated negotiating session.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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