Elizabeth Shockman

The number of Minnesota students chronically absent from school doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic.

State officials say the Pine City Public Schools violated the Minnesota Human Rights Act by failing to stop the racial harassment of a middle school student during the 2020-21 school year.

The state’s updated budget forecast shows projected spending on special education in Minnesota rising significantly in the coming years. Experts say inflation is to blame. They also point to an increase in students qualifying for services.

State officials say Pine City Public Schools violated the Minnesota Human Rights Act by failing to stop the racial harassment of a middle school student during the 2020-21 school year.

After more than six months of searching, St. Paul school board members Thursday night are expected to announce the district's next superintendent.

The St. Paul school board Thursday night chose Stacie Stanley to head the state’s second largest district. Stanley will leave her superintendent position at Edina Public Schools to take the job. Her start date will be announced after winter break

Board members with St. Francis Area Schools are under pressure to reconsider their plan to use a conservative website to help choose books to buy

According to Georgia Finnegan, author of “Grace & Grit: A History of Ballet in Minnesota,” ballet began in Minnesota in 1945 and began with a love story. Nihal Demirci Erenay | Unsplash

In 2022 a Minneapolis taxpayer sued the city's school district , alleging that a provision in its teachers contract designed to protect teachers of color from seniority-based layoffs discriminated against white employees.

Principal Mike Fugazzi remembers the pain last month when one of his St. James Middle/High School students saw their father deported just before Christmas.