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Rep. Melissa Hortman, Killed in Targeted Attack, Was a Champion for Minnesotan Families

Grace Panetta

Supreme Court Unanimously Sides With Disabled Student in Lawsuit vs. District

Beth Hawkins

SCOTUS to Rule in Case That Could Upend Enforcement of Disabled Students’ Rights

Beth Hawkins

Q&A With New President of Education Minnesota, the State’s Largest Union

Max Nesterak

Minnesota Bills Would Roll Back Bans on Seclusion and Expulsion for K-3 Students

Beth Hawkins

Minnesota Autism Activist on Money, Power and What Special Ed Kids Really Need

Beth Hawkins

Kept in the Dark: Inside the Minneapolis Schools Cyberattack

Mark Keierleber

Low-Income Mothers in Minnesota Lost Tax Refunds to Tutoring Companies Using Overseas Instructors

Max Nesterak

Minneapolis Public Schools Latest Financial Projections Show Emerging Crisis

Melissa Whitler

The Anti-Culture Warriors: Incubators Training Moderates to Run for School Board

Beth Hawkins

Universal Pre-K Among the Most Effective Labor Market Policies, Study Finds

Madison McVan

Children’s Advocate Peggy Flanagan Poised to Become First Native Woman Governor

Beth Hawkins

‘Brown’ Banned School Segregation. In 1974, ‘Milliken’ Made It Harder to Stop

Saba Bireda

On First Day of School, Lt. Gov. Asks Minnesotans to be Patient on Tests Scores

Michelle Griffith

8 Things to Know About Tim Walz, the Democratic Ticket’s Top Teacher

Beth Hawkins

Law Grads Could Earn License Through Work Rather Than Bar Exam In Some States

Erika Bolstad

Harris Pick Tim Walz Would be First K-12 Teacher Since Lyndon Johnson to be VP

Greg Toppo

Advocates Fear Minnesota Students Will Again Be Subject to Restraint Used on George Floyd

Beth Hawkins

The Rise Of Education Entrepreneurs in Minnesota

Kerry McDonald

Minnesota Advocates Push for Public Investment in Early Childhood Education

Madison McVan

Faith-Based Child Care Activism in Minnesota: Because Kids Count on Us

Mark Swartz

74 Interview: Minnesota’s Groundbreaking Push for Teacher Training on Ableism

Beth Hawkins

Research Study: Perception of Neighborhood Safety Can Shape Infant and Maternal Outcomes

K.C. Compton

Minnesota Dems Push to Repeal School Ban on Restraint That Killed George Floyd

Mark Keierleber

New Study: School Nurses Are Untapped Resource to Combat Chronic Absenteeism

Amanda Geduld

Why $2B in New School Funding Is Leaving Minnesota Districts Scrambling for Cash

Beth Hawkins

Watch: Experts Share ‘Playbooks’ for Taking Advantage of State Innovation Laws   

The 74

St. Paul Students Learn Construction Skills Building Homes for Low-Income People

Khalique Rogers & Joe Nathan

FAFSA Opening Delayed; Application Will Look Different This Year

Madison McVan

Watch: Melding High School Learning and Career Prep in Minnesota

The 74

Desperate to Hire Special Ed Teachers? Try Looking in Regular Ed Classrooms

Beth Hawkins

2023 Election Results Throw Doubt on Lasting Sway of School Culture War Issues

The 74

Public Invited to Help Decide What Stays and Goes in St. Paul School Budget

Beth Hawkins

Science of Reading Push Helped Some States Exceed Pre-Pandemic Performance

Linda Jacobson

How Prince Helped This School Founder Get His Start in Hip Hop

Jim Fields

Can Affordable Housing Make the Afterschool Field Fairer for Workers?

Colleen Connolly

Attendance Gap: New Data from Minnesota Reveals Chasm in Chronic Absenteeism

Beth Hawkins

Hip Hop Is Saving Teen Lives in Minnesota

Jim Fields & Emmeline Zhao

Minnesota Implements New Native American History Requirement for K-12 Teachers

Michelle Griffith

Minnesota Governor Highlights Teacher Shortage on Workforce Tour

Michelle Griffith

Minnesota Makes Major Strides on Behalf of Children and Families

Rebecca Gale

Controversial Gunshot Detectors on Minneapolis Schools, Cyber Attack Reveals

Mark Keierleber

Minnesota Supreme Court Takes School Desegregation Case to the Kids

Beth Hawkins

Amid Shortage, MN Bill Endangers Thousands of Special Ed, Rural, CTE Teachers

Beth Hawkins

Days After Missed Ransomware Deadline, Stolen MN Schools’ Files Appear Online

Mark Keierleber

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz Signs Universal Free School Meals Into Law

Michelle Griffith

Ransomware Group Claims Massive Data Leak But MN Files’ Whereabouts a Mystery

Mark Keierleber

Hackers Use Stolen Student Data Against Minneapolis Schools in Brazen New Threat

Mark Keierleber

16 Under 16: Where Are The 74’s 2022 Class of STEM Achievers Now?

Emmeline Zhao

Snow Dazed and Amused: Supe’s Video Goes Viral after Blizzard that Wasn’t

Beth Hawkins

74 Interview: Meet Minneapolis’s First Autistic School Board Member

Beth Hawkins

'Miles Ahead': St. Paul Tracks Recovery Spending, Adjusts Programs on the Fly

Beth Hawkins

Swatting Hoax Targeting Schools ‘Absolutely’ Coordinated, But May Still Be Kids

Mark Keierleber

Trevor Project Severs Ties with Surveillance Company Accused of LGBTQ Youth Bias

Mark Keierleber

Court: Minnesota Schools’ Racial Imbalance Alone Not a Constitutional Violation

Beth Hawkins

Minneapolis Schools to Halt Controversial Student Surveillance Initiative

Mark Keierleber

‘Provider of Last Resort’: Superintendent’s Last Plea for Help for Her Students

Beth Hawkins

Minneapolis Teacher Strike Lasted 3 Weeks. The Fallout Will Be Felt for Years

Beth Hawkins

‘Page Amendment’ Education Bill Likely Dead for the Third Year

Rilyn Eischens

Minneapolis School Board Member Quits After Strike Protest At His Home

Mike Antonucci

Minneapolis' Troubles Have Just Begun

Mike Antonucci

Raising Child Care Ratios is a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Idea

Elliot Haspel

LISTEN: The 74's Mark Keierleber Discusses Physical Restraints in Schools

The 74

Minneapolis Teachers Strike, St. Paul Reaches Tentative Agreement

Mike Antonucci

Minneapolis, St. Paul Educators Vote to Strike

Beth Hawkins

Million-Dollar Records Request: MN Districts Flooded With Document Demands

Beth Hawkins

Ballot Measure Would Give California Parents ‘Legal Standing’ to Sue for Better

Linda Jacobson

Minneapolis Voters Reject Police Reform Measure

Mark Keierleber

Minneapolis Fed Maps the Achievement Gap

Beth Hawkins

This State Is Paying for College Success Coaches to Aid Student Loan Borrowers

Marianna McMurdock

Ask the Doctor: How to Protect Young Kids from COVID

Asher Lehrer-Small

Online SEL Platform Offers One-on-One Counseling for K-12 Students

Tim Newcomb

How Schools Are Getting COVID-19 Shots to Eligible Students

Asher Lehrer-Small

Thousands of MN Students Restrained at School Each Year

Mark Keierleber

Minneapolis Teens Walk Out to Protest Police Shootings

Beth Hawkins & Meghan Gallagher

5 Key Updates On Students Returning to Classrooms

Asher Lehrer-Small

A Graduate’s View: Minnesota’s Dual-Enrollment College Program Was My Ticket Out of Poverty. More HS Students of Color Need Access to It

Aaliyah Hodge

Two Steps Forward, One Back: Teacher Diversity Bill May Push Hundreds of Minnesota Educators of Color from Classrooms

Beth Hawkins

HS Guidance Counselor Explains Roadblocks in College Process

Laura Fay

As Pandemic Allows More High Schoolers to Use State Program to Enroll in Virtual College Courses, Minnesota Districts Face Unexpected Financial Hit

Wayne D’Orio

Inside the Fight to Reopen Minneapolis Classrooms: ‘Labor’ Governor Fights to Deliver on $745 Million Wishlist to Teachers as Unions Push Against Returning to School

Beth Hawkins

Top Takeaways from the Home Grown Conversation: Measuring Emergency Funds’ Impact in COVID-19

Natalie Renew

Pipeline Primed: After a Decade of Efforts, Minnesota Gets 3 Programs for Training Teachers Outside Schools of Education

Beth Hawkins

EDlection2018: Congressman Keith Ellison Edges Out Minnesota Attorney General Rival Who Sued Schools Over LGBT Student Rights

Beth Hawkins

October Education Surprise: New Front-runner in MN Attorney General Race Is Lawyer Who Sued Schools Over Transgender Bathrooms

Beth Hawkins