Beth Hawkins

Early look at state-by-state spending on special ed reveals scattershot efforts, suggests evidence-backed reading instruction for all kids is crucial.

New report finds this dual identity makes victimization in school and exclusion from activities even more pervasive.

A true blue progressive from a deep red pocket of prairie, Minnesota gov has education record that's a master class in threading political needles.

25 years of commissions & task forces have created broad agreement that unfair school finance system must go. But is there a political roadmap?

Minnesota's lieutenant gov promoted free school lunch & Indigenous curriculum, served on Minneapolis's school board and was Walz's political mentor.

New analysis of federal civil rights data finds stark disparities in advanced courses, dual enrollment classes and college-admission tests.

CDC finds 3.3% of U.S. high schoolers identify as transgender. They report alarmingly high rates of depression, harassment, in-school victimization.

With 12,000 seats up for grabs nationwide, can a new candidate recruiting effort tame some of the red-hot races at the bottom of the ticket?

New Orleans district leaders miscalculated local tax revenues — and didn't alert schools until 3 months into the academic year.

Crisis intervention providers say they are flooded with calls from terrified youth — and from parents and teachers afraid they can’t protect them.