
Elizabeth Shockman
Education Reporter at Minnesota Public Radio (St. Paul, MN)
Education Reporter at MPR News (Saint Paul, MN)
Ed Journalist @MPRnews (formerly @Reuters Moscow). Parent. Writer. Minnesotan.
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1 week ago |
sahanjournal.com | Feven Gerezgiher |Elizabeth Shockman
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mprnews.org | Elizabeth Shockman
With deadlines drawing near, school district leaders in Minneapolis and St. Paul this week pushed ahead on plans to close budget gaps for next school year. St. Paul officials said they’d ask city voters this fall to approve additional funding in a referendum. Both face enrollment challenges and are proposing cuts to manage dropping funds.
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mprnews.org | Elizabeth Shockman
The St. Francis Area Schools said Tuesday it will return dozens of banned books to its library shelves and revise its library acquisitions policy as part of a settlement with the local teachers union. The union sued the northern Twin Cities-area district earlier this year on behalf of eight St. Francis students in response to a district policy that required officials to use a conservative website as a gauge to help choose books to buy for school libraries.
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3 weeks ago |
grandforksherald.com | PETER COX |Elizabeth Shockman
ST. PAUL — Minnesota lawmakers have reached a deal on a $26 billion package to fund K-12 schools for the next two years that will raise per-student funding in line with inflation but slash special education transportation spending, library aid and teacher pipeline programs. Legislators agreed to a modest $4.2 million increase in per-student money from the current two-year cycle.
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3 weeks ago |
mprnews.org | Peter Cox |Elizabeth Shockman
Minnesota lawmakers have reached a deal on a $26 billion package to fund K-12 schools for the next two years that will raise per-student funding in line with inflation but slash special education transportation spending, library aid and teacher pipeline programs. Legislators agreed to a modest $4.2 million increase in per-student money from the current two-year cycle.
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