Keep up with Minnesota Legislature, politics and the 2024 election with Politics Friday -- tune in at noon mprnews.org/story/2024/02/…

Minnesota’s push for free school meals proves popular, nutrition leaders say it's worth the bite out of state's budget - from Elizabeth Shockman mprnews.org/story/2023/12/…

A good read here from Elizabeth Shockman -- Endorsements in MN school board races are becoming increasingly important in this off-year election season that’s spurring unusual higher levels of funding, contention among candidates. mprnews.org/story/2023/10/…

When Elizabeth Shockman and I write two very different stories that are also, in many ways, the same story: it's a good sign that something is afoot in Minnesota education that we should probably all be paying attention to mprnews.org/story/2023/10/…

Hey MN - are there any districts or specific schools sending kids home early because of the heat today?

The University of Minnesota Twin Cities says it will not consider race, family employment or attendance — so-called legacy status — in undergraduate student admissions. mprnews.org/story/2023/07/…

Come for the sound of children attempting to learn how to canoe, stay for the info on how air quality is affecting MN summer camps this year: mprnews.org/story/2023/07/…

Ahead of a drag queen story time in Chaska, MN, the owner of Little Roos children's boutique posted this TikTok of a customer threatening to call the police.
I spoke to the store's owner and the queen reading for MPR News

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'Months after the Minneapolis attack, administrators have not delivered on their promise to inform individual victims. Unlike for hospitals, no federal law exists to require this notification from schools.'

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It’s not just MPS facing financial challenges. Despite the “historic” funding increase, districts statewide are making budget cuts. Kudos to Elizabeth Shockman and MPR News for covering this.

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MN parents - what's the summer camp situation with all these air quality alerts? Are you pulling kids out of day camps? Are places canceling? Are camps attempting to keep kids indoors?

For years, Prigozhin took Russian journalists to court for exposing things like this—and won.

And now Putin just comes out and says it.

'Less than one fifth of the nation's largest school districts offer paid parental leave for teachers. And only a handful of states guarantee it, including Delaware, Oregon and Georgia.' mprnews.org/story/2023/06/…

The state of New Jersey has sued three school districts after they changed their policies to require parental notification if a student comes out as transgender or changes their preferred pronouns. trib.al/IqjIthZ

Hello Minnesota!
I've officially started as the early education reporter MPR News and I'm excited to dig into this topic.

Whether you're a community leader invested in early childhood, a teacher, or a parent reach out with ideas and info!

My email is [email protected]

In just seven decades, the scientists say, humans have brought about greater changes than they did in more than seven millennia.

Never in Earth’s history has the world changed this much, this fast. Never has a single species had the capacity to wreak so much damage — or the…

BREAKING: Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden's son, has been charged with failing to pay federal income tax and illegally possessing a weapon. He has agreed to plead guilty to some offenses. apnews.com/article/hunter…