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

Monday, March 18, 2024

Star Tribune
How well are Minnesota’s teachers paid?
Teachers unions across Minnesota have pushed for higher-than-typical raises in contract negotiations this year, saying boosts in pay are overdue and necessary to bolster efforts to recruit and retain teachers amid widespread educator staffing shortages.

Minnesota offers free public college tuition. Now private schools want help for their students.
It’s too early to tell how many students will benefit from the North Star Promise program offering free tuition. But private schools are already scrambling to compete.

Pioneer Press
Walz signs bill on school resource officers
The legislation is intended to address what law enforcement agencies said was a confusing 2023 law that restricted the situations where school resource officers can restrain students face-down.

MPR News
St. Paul teachers OK new contract set to boost pay, benefits
St. Paul school teachers have voted overwhelmingly to support a new two-year contract deal reached during marathon negotiating sessions last week.

LPTV
Seeking new contract, Bemidji Education Association holds rally downtown
After waiting months for a new contract, Bemidji teachers gathered Thursday to prepare for a rally held on Friday at the Lake Bemidji waterfront. Members of the Bemidji Education Association spoke on how they’re trying to gather the community’s support.


Education Minnesota press releases

Judge approves updated social studies standards

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New standards for teaching social studies, approved by an administrative law judge Tuesday, will prepare the next generations of Minnesotans to understand our shared history and help them avoid repeating…