Education

The modern-day foster care system in Minnesota may be as harmful to Native American communities as the boarding schools Native children were forced to attend into the 1970s. The journalist behind an investigation from The Fuller Project and Mother Jones told host Cathy Wurzer more.

Despite the omicron surge, college students are starting the spring semester on campus – and administrators are bracing for the worst.

First things first: Get acquainted (or reacquainted) with your loans. And don't count on blanket loan forgiveness.

The new initiative at Gatewood Elementary of Hopkins Public Schools is part of the school’s effort to become more environmentally focused.

Math performance on standardized tests has been dropping for years and worsened during the  pandemic. As the state of Minnesota prepares to revise its math standards for the first time since 2007, MPR News host Angela Davis talks with math educators about the importance of numeracy and how to help children love and understand math. 

Officials say they hope their standards can be a model for the country of social studies teaching that is culturally responsive, as student populations grow increasingly diverse.

Every Tuesday, KAXE/KBXE radio in the Grand Rapids-Bemidji area airs nature reports from local students. John Latimer runs the show on phenology — that’s the study of changes in nature over the seasons. He told host Cathy Wurzer more.

Hundreds of middle and high school students walked out of class on Tuesday afternoon, decrying unsafe health conditions in buildings and demanding more COVID prevention measures and testing.

Tuesday afternoon, a number of St. Paul high school and middle school students walked out of class, demanding the city’s public school district do more to keep them safe as COVID-19 case numbers spike.

Dozens of districts across the state are shuttering schools, meaning students will take to the kitchen table to learn. And while this go-around may be short-lived (fingers crossed), it certainly will be filled with stress for all parents. Here are some strategies to help.