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Friday, May 9, 2025
Pioneer Press
Macalester College to house, feed international students over summer
With a $250,000 donation and support from alumni, Macalester College will offer housing and meal plans to international students between semesters as federal changes leave many concerned about their ability to return to the U.S. if they leave for the summer.
KARE11
Concerns grow over seclusion rooms in MN schools
Advocacy groups rallied at the state capitol on Thursday to oppose an amendment in the Senate education policy bill that carves out exceptions for the practice of “seclusion,” where students with disabilities are placed in separate rooms at school during emergencies.
MPR News
Minnesota disabilities advocates push back on plan to restore school seclusion rooms
Seclusions are forced isolations, and in Minnesota 100 percent of the children put into school seclusion rooms are students with disabilities, according to the Minnesota Department of Education. About 74 percent of all seclusions in Minnesota in 2023 involved children younger than 10.
Sahan Journal
What’s the new Trump policy on international students? Even their own lawyers don’t know
News reports Friday indicated that the administration would change course on the mass cancellations of legal status for international students. But in a hearing Monday in St. Paul, a Trump administration lawyer told a federal judge that while he understood there was a new policy, he did not know what that new policy was.
Education Minnesota press releases
Education Minnesota applauds the Class of 2024 for the highest graduation rate on record
Eden Prairie educator Linda Wallenberg is 2025 Minnesota Teacher of the YearÂ
Richfield teacher Monica Byron elected president of Education Minnesota
12 finalists for 2025 Teacher of the Year
New Trump public education threat shows bias
