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Classroom cellphone use, a prohibition on book bans and a push to address poor attendance were among the education measures approved by the Legislature. It also found funding to assist student teachers and offer schools relief on literacy training deadlines.

House Democrats on Wednesday evening walked back a proposal that would have made the first week of Minnesota’s new paid family and medical leave program unpaid unless the worker could show that they had less than 80 hours of paid time off from their employer. Minnesota’s new paid leave program was a key Democratic victory […] The post After union pushback, House DFL cuts proposal to change first week of new leave program to unpaid appeared first on Minnesota Reformer.

Fridley schools were on course to be short dozens of educators this school year. Without a plan, the special education department was set to be sorely understaffed. And at least one classroom had no permanent teacher. That's why Brenda Lewis, the district's new superintendent, turned to international recruiting last fall — a strategy that worked to staff schools at her previous district in ...

St. Paul teachers are seeking pay increases far beyond those sought in recent years, but the potential funding source they point to is unusual, too: $54 million in new state aid to the district. They don't have to venture far to know there's success in that strategy. Union leaders in three suburban districts whose contracts have been eyed with envy by the St. Paul rank-and-file have secured ...