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Education

The Surveillance of a Teacher

In early June, Thoreson’s work to help her community during Operation Metro Surge led to seven federal officers showing up on her front lawn. 
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Commentary: Why More Students Are Skipping School

My Minnesota Youth Council committee created a survey that was completed by 227 high schoolers in Minneapolis, mostly from Washburn and Edison High Schools. The results are telling: students are missing school because the education system is not meeting their needs.
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Talk & Do: Mothers in Greater Minnesota Call for Anti-Racist Education and Accountability (Part 1)

Yes, kids will be kids, “until you teach a child what they can and cannot do, and then they're going to be a different kind of kid.” By humanizing school systems, kids can “show up as whole people, not scared, not timid, and not head on a swivel — learning is not taking place in those situations, when we're just trying to get through a day.”
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YOUTH: How Do We Apply Community to Housing Solutions?

"By 16, I was sleeping in my own truck. When I turned 18, I bounced between my car, my grandfather’s house, and unstable rentals."
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COMMENTARY: Compulsory Safety — What Black Rural Families Need

"The systemic failure at the heart of the issue: The lack of consideration for Black children in Minnesota's education system has produced generations of predictable and preventable harm."
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Minnesota Women’s Press 2026 Youth Resource Guide: Jobs, Camps, and Activities

Our annual summer guide with camps, internships, work opportunities, and scholarships
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How to Be an Upstander: Tips From a Monarca Training

González Avalos said Minnesotans will show the country how to choose community. People are watching our state again, she said, and will see "a beautiful movement we're creating here. ... We are meant to make this country better."
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Childcare Professionals, Lawmakers, and Parents Weigh In On Heightened ICE Presence in Minneapolis

  Minnesota Women’s Press attended a news conference…
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Students Who Will Make Change Happen

We kick off our Future Forward series with stories from two young women who helped make legislative change: Sofia Templos and Isabella Stensrud Eubanks.
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Commentary: Listening to Minnesota Students Discuss 2026 Legislative Priorities

Roughly 70 mostly high school students from around the state assembled for the third annual Youth Summit held in the House chambers at the Minnesota state capitol — a caucus for youth leading each other in small group discussions about education, gun violence, housing, and mental health.
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Sweet Potato Pie Shows Up for Annunciation’s Trunk or Treat

Almost 300 pies were made and gifted to Annunciation students, parents, and responders affected by the August 27 shooting in Minneapolis. While the pies were baking and cooling, each location hosted conversation circles, giving volunteers an opportunity to reflect on the importance of healing and connection after gun violence.
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Karen Diver: Protector of Indigenous Scholarship

“As an Indigenous person, I benefited from the choices my parents made to make it a little better for me. And so that becomes my obligation, right? How do I make it a little better for the ones after me? One less burden, one less policy they have to overcome.”
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COMMENTARY: How I Am Making a Difference in Jamaica, as a College Student in Saint Cloud

I created the Pinnacle Scholar Award because I wanted to become the change I needed in Jamaica. I believe that when we rise, we must lift others.
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School Mapping Used as Emergency Response Tool

Once the maps are set, school officials can share them with local law enforcement. This allows first responders to pinpoint the exact source of an emergency call in the building. 
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COMMENTARY: My role in advocating for menstrual equity

"During my involvement in developing the toolkit, I was aware that I was helping to leave my footprint in a social issue. It makes me genuinely happy that I might make a difference to any Minnesota student who can now find it easier to get through the school day with the products they need."
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