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The Minnesota Young American Leaders Program has helped tackle business and education leadership diversity, among other topics.

Parents are tired.

Parents are tired. Take nursing assistant Tammi Lewis, who missed weeks of work and $7,800 in wages when her toddler’s child-care classroom in Plymouth, Minn., suffered covid outbreaks. Or Kelsey and Christian Dahlager of St. Paul, Minn., who pay $3,000 a month for child care for their two children —

The Center for Economic Inclusion on Tuesday unveiled its racial equity dividends index.

The number of child-care slots is declining, and centers are dealing with staff shortages and pandemic rules, while parents are left with expensive bills for incomplete care.

Backing for preschool scholarships grows at Minnesota Legislature May 8, 2021 — 8:00am Text size Copy shortlink: The Minnesota Legislature appears ready to pass a significant increase in early-learning scholarships with rare bipartisan support on behalf of needy Minnesota families whose kids arent ready for kindergarten. However, with only days to go in the session, its unclear how big a bill will squeeze through the Hous...

Copy shortlink: A welcome initiative coming together in the wake of the George Floyd killing has the power to reshape the fortunes of Black Minnesotans — to the benefit of all. For now its called the Alliance of Alliances, and it will be operated through the African American Leadership Forum. But behind that anodyne name lie some of the most powerful forces in the community, merging time and talent to develop long-range plans to bring racial equity to a state sorely in...