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Thursday, March 28, 2024
Star Tribune
Minnesota high school graduation rates slipped slightly in 2023. Look up your school’s results.
Minnesota’s four-year graduation rate dipped slightly this year, with about 83.3% of high schoolers earning their diplomas on time — tempering a rebound seen last year when graduation rates ticked back up to levels similar to those before the COVID-19 pandemic.
MPR News
Minnesota 4-year graduation rates slipped in 2023
The effects of closed schools and isolation due to the pandemic continue to affect Minnesota students. Newly released data released by the state Education Department shows the class of 2023 graduated at a rate of 83.3 percent, down from 83.6 percent for the class of 2022.
Session Daily
Funding proposed for grant program to develop cultural studies materials for Minnesota schools
Sponsored by Rep. Samantha Sencer-Mura (DFL-Mpls), HF4902 would appropriate $800,000 in fiscal year 2025 from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund for a competitive grant program to develop school district materials for underrepresented communities, not limited to Hmong, Karen, Somali, and Oromo cultures, as well as cultures without a formal writing system.
Hourly school employees seek compensation for e-learning days
Teachers and other salaried school district employees get paid when an e-learning day is announced, but hourly employees, like paraprofessionals, do not.