Education Under Siege: Minnesota Districts Sue to Restore ‘Sensitive Locations’ Protections Amid ICE Enforcement Surge
MINNEAPOLIS — A legal battle of national significance erupted in U.S. District Court this Wednesday as a coalition of Minnesota school districts and Education Minnesota, the state’s largest teachers union, filed a landmark lawsuit challenging the federal…
Shadows in the Classroom: How a Federal Immigration Surge is Reshaping Minnesota’s Schools
In the quiet corridors of Minnesota’s public schools, the echoes of the COVID-19 pandemic have been replaced by a new, more pointed anxiety. Four years ago, the entire educational system pivoted to remote learning in a collective, desperate search for…
Shadows in the Classroom: How ‘Operation Metro Surge’ is Reshaping Minnesota Education
By [Your Name/Journalistic Staff] The quiet rhythm of the Minnesota school day—the morning bell, the rustle of notebooks, the chatter of the playground—has been replaced in many districts by an pervasive, chilling silence. Across the state, an…
In the Shadow of Surveillance: How a Minneapolis Child Care Center Built a Grassroots Shield Against ICE
MINNEAPOLIS — On a frigid February afternoon, the ritual at a local Spanish-immersion child care center is defined not by play, but by precision. As parents collect their toddlers, helping them bundle into puffy coats and mittens, a more somber operation…
Beyond the Classroom: How CTE is Reshaping the Future of Minnesota’s Workforce
This story was produced as part of ThreeSixty Journalism’s 2026 Capitol Reporting Workshop for Minnesota youth, with financial support from the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation. The Daily Pivot: A New Path for Modern Students Every day, as the clock…
Decoding the Future: Minnesota’s Ambitious Quest to Overhaul Literacy Instruction
This story was produced as part of ThreeSixty Journalism’s 2026 Capitol Reporting Workshop for Minnesota youth, with financial support from the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation. For Hennepin County Commissioner and former Minnesota State…
The Ink Still Flows: How Minnesota’s Student Newspapers Are Defying the Digital Tide
By [Your Name/Journalistic Staff] It is 8:00 p.m. on a Monday in Mankato, Minnesota. Inside the offices of The Reporter, the student newspaper of Minnesota State University (MSU), the air is thick with the rhythmic clatter of mechanical keyboards and the…
The End of an Era: Jane Kirtley and the Twilight of Traditional Media Ethics
On May 25, the University of Minnesota’s Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication will bid farewell to a titan of the First Amendment. Jane E. Kirtley, the Silha Professor of Media Ethics and Law, is stepping down after a quarter-century of…
A Constitutional Pivot: Minnesota Voters to Decide the Future of Public School Funding
What if Minnesota could significantly bolster its public education system without raising a single cent in property taxes, income taxes, or sales taxes? It sounds like the classic promise of political rhetoric—too good to be true. Yet, this fall,…
Federal Child Care Funding Under Scrutiny: A Two-Week Reprieve for Minnesota Families
By [Your Name/Journalistic Staff] Introduction: A Tense Stand-off For thousands of low-income families and child care providers across Minnesota, the start of 2026 has been marked by a profound sense of instability. The specter of a federal funding…
