Education

Dozens of volunteers gathered at a north Minneapolis elementary school Saturday to build a new playground, just a few months after a tragedy at a playground in an adjacent park.

Florida school districts now have to ask if a new student has ever been referred for mental health services. It's a legislative attempt to help troubled kids. Will it work, or increase stigma instead?

The University of Minnesota will keep a popular university-run child care program open. The program is set to be integrated with the Shirley Moore Laboratory School which will move into the Child Development Center building.

School districts across Wisconsin are banning cellphones in the classroom in an effort to reduce distractions during class time.

The University of Minnesota will award the late music icon Prince an honorary degree at a performance-packed ceremony later this month.

Greg Miller's new series captures the vulnerability and peace of children as they quietly wait for their bus.

A judge ruled Education Secretary Betsy DeVos' delay of borrower protection rules was "unlawful" and "arbitrary and capricious."

Here's an alarming statistic: More than half of American kids cannot read very well. The problem is largely how reading is taught.

"I am making fun of the most weird aspects of higher ed," said Julie Schumacher, author of "The Shakespeare Requirement."

More than half of American kids can't read very well because schools are failing to provide effective reading instruction. Now, there is definitive evidence from neuroscience on how the brain learns to read, and it suggests very different approaches.

"College for all" hasn't worked for everyone. Apprenticeships offer another path to middle-class jobs.

Low unemployment in Minnesota is translating into a shortage of school bus drivers, forcing fill-ins, workarounds and late arrivals.

Ten years ago, two students bet that college would help them move up. They were the first in their families to go to college and the odds were against them. Did the bet work out for them?

The state's SELF loan program may have some small changes coming that could, in the future, limit who is eligible for these students loans.

Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Ken Burns is out with a new documentary about the Mayo Clinic, which he calls Minnesota's "Grand Canyon."

There is a shortage of doctors and physicians in the U.S. Meanwhile, the cost of medical school tuition has skyrocketed. New York University recently announced they would offer free tuition to their medical students. Should more universities follow suit?

Colleges have long offered a pathway to success for just about anyone. But new research shows that with the country growing ever more economically divided, colleges are not doing enough to help students from poor families achieve the American Dream.

The Rochester school district has reached an agreement with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights over the district's elevated rate of disciplining students of color and students with disabilities.

The virtual card will give students access to a variety of resources, like e-books, movies, music and research databases. Students will also be able to check out up to five items. And, they won't have to pay late fees.

The Board of Immigration Appeals granted Mzenga Wanyama an emergency stay as he waits for a decision regarding his asylum case.