Four students participated in a graduation ceremony earlier this month, celebrating both their educational achievements and their sobriety.
Yes. A bill that would have lifted a pandemic-related pause on federal student loan payments received support from two Democrats in the U.S. House and two in the U.S. Senate.
In a Thursday Senate hearing, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy calls youth mental health crisis the ‘defining public health issue of our time.’
No. The North Star Promise program enacted last month applies to all eligible Minnesotans — not just undocumented immigrants.
A study finds significantly higher college going rates for students who cultivated mentors in high school.
Legal challenges from the right to “racial preference” programs in academia are on the rise, with organizations like the Equal Protection Project becoming more involved in the filing of court cases and complaints.
“It’s a union contract policy of last to hire first to fire, which just reinforces the racial disparity that exists there for teachers of color,” J.J. Hill parent ShaVunda Brown said.
Data breach unmasks locations of gunshot detection sensors on rooftops of schools that predominantly serve Black youth
Sensitive, detailed campus security information was leaked after the school district suffered a massive ransomware attack. School safety experts are alarmed.
Nearly 200,000 leaked files reveal sensitive student and educator information in an devastating attack that experts say endangers the school community.
The governor has cited disturbing test scores — 58% reading proficiency for white students in Minnesota, with a 30-percentage-point disparity between white students and some racial groups — in arguing that the state must transform reading curricula used in Minnesota schools.
In a real-life civics lesson, the justices heard arguments on a desegregation case that could have tectonic ramifications for schools.
Even as Democrats coalesce around a series of tax cuts and credits, the child care credit is one of a few significant differences the House and Senate will need to reconcile. It’s also one of few major DFL tax plans to benefit middle class residents.
In a time of slumping educator morale, a model that gives teachers greater control over their professional lives — and of entire schools — is winning attention.
In the competition for revenues and students, financial aid is shifting from needy families to wealthier ones. Why are prices rising more for lower-income college students than their higher-income peers?
Educators in high-needs schools licensed through alternative pathways could be pulled out of the classroom — and forced to do training all over again.
Students with private loans were left out of a recent loan cancellation settlement.
Minneapolis school officials had said the stolen data was only available on the dark web, but files have been uploaded to publicly accessible platforms.
A failed $1 million ransom bid by the cyber crime group Medusa puts students’ and educators’ sensitive files at risk.
