While some applauded the flexibility from accountability and reporting, the requirement to administer statewide summative tests has been met with concern in many quarters.

Minnesota's Post-Secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) program lets certain high school students take free classes at public and private colleges throughout the state. Originally intended to give rural students access to a wider range of classes, the program has grown increasingly popular in the last few years.

A majority of superintendents have been in their positions between one and five years, and an even larger majority are white and male, survey finds.

COVID learning loss will further tax teachers, particularly in under-resourced districts, who faced challenges in supporting all learners adequately pre-pandemic.