Elizabeth Shockman

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Minnesota K-12 health standards’ future unclear after admini...

By: Elizabeth Shockman, Mpr Newss

Minnesota officials hoped to phase in the state’s first-ever statewide K-12 health education standards by 2028, but that timeline is in jeopardy now after an ad...

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St. Paul Academy head resigns after parent sues school

By: Elizabeth Shockman

Luis Ottley, the head of St. Paul Academy and Summit School, will resign his post at the prestigious private school later this month.

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'Unimaginably difficult': How Annunciation is rebuilding sense of safety at school after tragedy

By: Elizabeth Shockman

Weeks before Annunciation opens its doors to students at the start of the new school year, the halls are crowded with plastic bins of school items, stacked furniture and boxes of remodeling supplies.

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Children's book highlights a real-life friendship during Minnesota's first school integration

By: Elizabeth Shockman

Derek Francis' debut children's book is a kid-friendly introduction to an often-overlooked moment in Minnesota's history: when Minneapolis in 1971 paired a majority black school and majority white school for integration.

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Beauty and the heat: Minnesota State Fair garden crews bring the green

By: Elizabeth Shockman

The Minnesota State Fair is about more than fried food, costumed llamas and giant slides.

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Months after ICE raids, Fridley starts new school year with more kids, new concerns

By: Elizabeth Shockman

Fridley schools open their doors Wednesday to all students to start the new year. Leaders here, though, have been working for weeks to prepare to

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Should Minnesota let schools start whenever they want? Late Labor Day rekindles debate

By: Elizabeth Shockman

Hundreds of thousands of Minnesota kids return to school Tuesday, the day after Labor Day. It's not only a tradition, it's been the law for more than 40 years.

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Should Minnesota let schools start whenever they want? Late ...

By: Elizabeth Shockman

Hundreds of thousands of Minnesota kids return to school Tuesday, the day after Labor Day. It’s not only a tradition, it’s been the law for more than 40 years. ...

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Should Minnesota let schools start whenever they want?

By: Elizabeth Shockman

Hundreds of thousands of Minnesota kids returned to school Tuesday, the day after Labor Day. It’s not only a tradition, it’s been the law for more than 40 years. Minnesota

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School board tenures shrink amid partisanship, generational change

By: Elizabeth Shockman

The majority of Minnesota's more than 300 public school districts will have school board seats up for election in November.