Education

Oregon will allow students to take "mental health days" just as they would sick days, expanding the reasons for excused school absences to include mental or behavioral health under a new law that experts say is one of the first of its kind in the U.S.

Some of the people struggling the most to pay back their debt are the millions of students who took out student loans but never finished a degree.

In the land of 10,000 lakes, 40 percent of the state's waters are polluted. The YMCA has developed a summer camp designed to prevent kids from taking Minnesota's water resources for granted.

University of Minnesota's first female president says she wants to focus on budget and student mental health.

Of 416 total cases reported to Minnesota colleges and universities, 40 percent were investigated by the institutions, according to recently released state data. Experts say it may signal positive changes in the reporting process.

One of the biggest U.S. teachers unions is suing the Department of Education, alleging a loan forgiveness program for millions of public service workers violates federal law and the Constitution.

The governing board voted to offer full tuition scholarships to in-state undergraduates whose families make $65,000 or less a year. They also extended financial assistance to middle class students.

It could boost the economy, but experts say that not all plans to wipe out student debt increase racial and economic equity.

Some borrowers default on their student loans at much higher rates than others -- and they're not the borrowers with the highest debt.

Hattie Lombard, a nurse in the southwest metro, finds her student debt affecting all big decisions in her life.