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Stories from media sources around the state, updated Monday through Friday:

Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025

Star Tribune
Open enrollment puts pressure on Minnesota schools. Look up which districts win and lose.
Last year, all of the state’s more than 300 districts saw student numbers shift as a result of open enrollment.

FOX9
Annunciation shooting: Twin Cities students plan school walkout for Friday
Students Demand Action is calling for a nationwide walkout at schools across the country on Friday at noon.

KARE11
Multiple Minnesota programs are losing federal funding for school mental health grants
The $1 billion in mental health grants were allocated by Congress through the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, a law signed by former President Biden in 2022 in the aftermath of the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The legislation was negotiated with the support of both Democrats and Republicans, but earlier this year, the Trump administration cited discriminatory and race-based practices as the reason for ending some of the grants.

KTTC
DIGGING DEEPER: State support for private school security in wake of Minneapolis shooting
A 2023 letter to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is getting renewed attention following the Aug. 27 mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis.

MinnPost
Share of Minnesota kindergartners exempt from measles vaccine has nearly doubled in past 10 years
More than one in 20 kindergartners in Minnesota schools last year lacked inoculation against measles, one of the most contagious infectious diseases, due to families’ personal objections. That rate has nearly doubled in the past decade, from 2.9% in 2015-16 to 5.7% in 2024-25.

MPR News
How the Education Department is using civil rights laws to bring schools to heel
The country’s federal civil rights laws, written to protect marginalized groups from discrimination, have become an unlikely tool in the Trump administration’s efforts to end targeted support for students of color and protections for transgender students.

Education Minnesota press releases

Truancy improves and test scores hold steady in new schools data

Posted on August 29, 2025

Statewide Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments scores held steady in reading and math, and the Minnesota Department of Education reported consistent attendance rates improved again.

2026 Teacher of the Year nominations open

Posted on August 28, 2025

Nominations are now open for the 2026 Minnesota Teacher of the Year award.

Education Minnesota condemns Annunciation Catholic School shooting

Posted on August 27, 2025

Education Minnesota extends its deepest sympathies to the educators and families affected by the latest act of mass gun violence in Minnesota, this time at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis…

Education Minnesota condemns Trump administration’s unlawful withholding of $6.8 billion in critical school funding

Posted on July 1, 2025

Education Minnesota condemned the Trump administration’s decision to withhold $6.8 billion in congressionally approved funding from states, calling the move an illegal attack on public education that will harm Minnesota’s…

Educators mourn assassination of education champion Melissa Hortman and shooting of state senator 

Posted on June 14, 2025

Minnesota educators mourn the loss of a dedicated lawmaker and staunch champion of public education, House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated as part of a series of attacks…

Legislature passes education budget that protects progress from 2023 session  

Posted on June 10, 2025

The Minnesota Legislature came together in a special session Monday night to support public education by passing a budget that kept the most important parts of the historic, pro-education budget…