Minnesota’s local school boards have long held the power to decide how kids are taught about a variety of health education topics, including human development, nutrition, sex, child abuse prevention and other issues. That power, though, is about to shift.

The pandemic-era backslide in math and reading scores for students across the U.S. was not a sudden catastrophe but the continuation of a brutal, decade-long "learning recession."

A cyberattack compromising student data at nearly 9,000 schools has been resolved, ending the chaos that upended finals season for many students.

The new model of schooling drastically streamlines instruction to prioritize hands-on, real-world workshops and projects.