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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

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

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

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