The state of education in Minnesota in 2019
Kindergarten teacher Matt Proulx teaches pronunciation of Spanish vowels to his Spanish-immersion students inside of his classroom at Paul and Sheila Wellstone Elementary School in St. Paul on Wednesday, April 24.
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MPR News education reporter Elizabeth Shockman spent her year in classrooms across the state.
Some of her most memorable stories from 2019 include a story about how racism affects student learning, how libraries build community and how one teacher turned a President Trump rally into a civics class.
She joined the program to talk about those stories and share what she wants to focus on in 2020.
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