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Minnesota school districts look to visa program to avoid teacher shortage

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There are more 5,000 active job postings in Minnesota schools, according to St. Cloud State University’s EdPost listings. There’s one school district you won’t see on that list: Red Lake Public Schools.

Minnesota says 4-year graduation rates slipped, but that’s not the case

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It’s a slight but important change at a time when school performance data is scrutinized intensely. From test scores to graduation rates, those numbers have an outsized influence on policy decisions and on public perceptions of school success and failure.

After 20 years of shrinking enrollment, Minneapolis and St. Paul schools face a reckoning

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The Minneapolis district has seen its enrollment drop by nearly 20,000 students since 2000-01. In St. Paul in the last five years, enrollment has fallen by more than 5,000 students and the district, which is the second-largest in Minnesota, currently enrolls 60% of the school-aged children who live in the city.

Class of COVID: For high school seniors, pandemic taught lessons in struggle, perseverance

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Raeline McVicker remembers the excitement four years ago when Gov. Tim Walz said Minnesota schools would close “temporarily” to slow the spread of COVID-19. It was March 15, 2020, and the state had 35 confirmed cases.

Most Twin Cities area schools districts show deficits for 2024-25

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St. Paul leaders have said during the current teacher contract negotiations that the district faces a $108 million shortfall. The Association of Metropolitan School Districts' survey has Minneapolis reporting a $90 million projected deficit currently for the next school year.

U.S. Department of Education launches investigation of Edina school district

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Action comes after two Edina High School students filed a federal complaint late last year, alleging the school district discriminated against them when they were suspended for using a pro-Palestinian chant during a walkout to protest the Israel-Hamas war.

Minnesota schools testing electric buses find benefits and barriers

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The fuel savings are a benefit, the buses are not as noisy, and they align with the community-wide focus on clean energy. But the electric buses can’t be used on out-of-town trips because of limited charging options in rural areas, one superintendent says.

Education Minnesota: More than 50 percent of districts are without a contract deal with their teachers

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The Star Tribune reported last week that 57 districts have requested a mediator from the Minnesota Board of Mediation Services. Commissioner Johnny Villareal was on this show last month, he said the board typically gets about 50 mediation requests in a bargaining cycle.

Minnesota’s push for free school meals proves popular, but costs are climbing

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Many schools this fall saw demand for meals jump. In Northfield Public Schools, student breakfast counts rose by nearly two-thirds from the prior year, with lunches up 20%. Roseville Area Schools saw similar numbers—30% more kids eating lunch in the cafeteria and 50% more eating breakfast.

Inside one Rochester classroom, a peek into the future of reading instruction

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Earlier this year the Legislature passed the Read Act. The new law seeks to undo the legacy of Minnesota’s vast reading gap by requiring schools to teach reading in new ways. The act gives $70 million to schools to pay for training and curriculum from a menu of approved options. In a state that has traditionally left curriculum choices to individual districts, the law is unprecedented.

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