Education News

MPR News keeps track of the latest education news in Minnesota so you can understand the events shaping the future of learning and how it impacts students at any level.

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MN teachers union seeks $2 million expansion of full-service schools
The Minnesota teachers union is seeking funding that would turn schools into one-stop shops offering health care, legal aid and employment help for families. It says this model can help close achievement gaps.
Dan Olson's 'Minnesota Sounds and Voices' special
Highlights from Dan Olson's "Minnesota Sounds and Voices" series. Included in this special are: forest ecologist AmberBeth Van Ningen, dancer Nancy Raddatz, Kathy Dummer of Blue Mounds State Park, educator Jamal Abdur Salaam, Dakota educator Sisoka Duta, jazz man Butch Thompson, the Rev. Dr. Barbara Holmes and piper Dick Hensold with members of Messiah's Men.
A recent study examining the misuse of prescription drug use on campus finds that use if fueled by false notion that 'everyone is using them.'