Lawmakers consider retooling ‘equalization aid’ to better help property-poor school districts
The formulas that determine how aid is distributed have become “outdated and upside-down,” says Sen. Roger Chamberlain, R-Lino-Lakes.
Education
A big reason rural students never go to college: Colleges don’t recruit them
It’s not easy for rural students to visit colleges and universities to learn more about them or participate in sit-down interviews with admissions officers.
For Minnesota’s low-income college students, chances of graduating depend a lot on which school they choose
In Minnesota, Pell students graduated at a rate 13 percent lower than their non-Pell peers.
What training should a Minnesota teacher have? New licensure proposal ignites old debate
An attempt to tweak Minnesota’s new teacher licensure system reveals a rift over how much value to place on formal teacher preparation programs versus alternative routes to becoming a teacher.
‘Worldly cuisine’: Roseville schools to serve more diverse lunches
Sharon Richards-Noel, a chef, caterer, and owner of West Indies Soul Food Truck, is developing new recipes that will debut in April.
As Minnesota State looks to the future, an identity crisis is rekindled
Some worry that a new initiative, “Reimagining Minnesota State,” isn’t all that different from an old initiative, a plan that soured relations between faculty and the system’s former president.
Beyond diversity: Trainer Eddie Moore on moving to the next level of engagement
Diversity trainer Eddie Moore will speak from 2 to 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Metropolitan State University Library and Learning Center.
This program is helping fast-diversifying suburban schools promote success for all students
Georgia’s Fulton County is among a number of suburban districts turning to national nonprofit AVID to shrink achievement gaps and get kids of color ready for college.
Five U of M Board of Regents nominees advance to final round of legislative voting
The full Legislature will convene later this session to cast votes on two at-large seats, one student at-large seat and one seat from Minnesota’s Fifth Congressional District.
Breaking down student silos — one themed variety show at a time
The class roster generally includes 20 to 24 students. Half of them are enrolled in special-education services. The other half are general-education students.
For college students, mental health support — in any form — is key
Learn to Live, an online cognitive behavioral therapy program, is offered free to University of Minnesota students. “It’s streamlined, it’s effective, it’s quick,” says student Sawyer Boyles.
The U of M just got around to hiring its first female president; Minnesota State has been cultivating diverse leadership for years
Among the 30 college and university presidents in the Minnesota State system, half are women and a third are people of color.
Minnesota’s persistent literacy gap has lawmakers looking for ways to push evidence-based reading instruction
Minnesota has the widest gap in reading scores between white and nonwhite students in the nation.
As jobs grow hard to fill, businesses join the drive to push rural residents toward college
Companies need more people with degrees but struggle to find them.
Special-ed reform: Paperwork exacerbates funding challenges, proponents say
“The current system our special-education teachers follow is not an easy one. It is repetitive. It is costly. It is burdensome. It is complex. And it is exhausting,” said Denise Dittrich, a spokesperson for the Minnesota School Boards Association.
Minnesota State students spotlight a basic hurdle to academic success: food and housing insecurity
During his first couple of years at Riverland Community College, something as basic as not being able to afford food threatened to derail Oballa Oballa. Now he’s helping meet other students’ needs.
Minnesota’s persistent higher-ed gap: Are new efforts making a difference?
The state’s public colleges are taking a closer look at their longstanding achievement gaps and experimenting with new ways of closing them.
Day 3 in office, Gov. Walz sits down with youth to discuss climate-change action
In some ways, the scene felt reminiscent of the youth-led gun reform movement that defined much of last session — albeit on a much smaller scale.
From early ed to school safety: A look at the education issues Minnesota lawmakers are set to tackle in 2019
Democratic and Republican legislative leaders express similar appetites for working in a bipartisan fashion to set the education budget this year.
5 education stories in 2018 that signal a growing appetite for change
Systemic education issues in the spotlight this year signaled a growing appetite for change — in how students’ health needs are met in school, in how students are disciplined, in how school safety is addressed, and more.