Congress passed a new relief bill that includes about $3 billion in additional funding to the IDEA, including preschool grants for special education.

Gov. Walz selected Deputy Education Commissioner Heather Mueller to take over the agency, starting on April 1.

Superintendent Christy Perry told school board members the district has decided not to renew its contracts to station 11 police officers in local schools, nearly a year after local activists began pushing for a change.

Based on the research on past educational disruptions, the answers are sobering: We should expect large learning losses that will affect the current generation of students for the rest of their lives.