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Louisiana schools urged to protect learning time

  • By Misty Castile | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Louisiana's top education official is asking local school leaders to make protecting classroom instruction a priority this school year, saying disruptions and bullying can undermine the academic gains the state has made in recent years.

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Our children are telling us something. Are we listening?

  • Marcus Schmit

Brainerd lost two of its children this summer. Ava Starr was 11 years old. Alexis Thornton was 13. Both were students at Forestview Middle School. They died three weeks apart. Brainerd is grieving. But Brainerd is not alone. Across Minnesota — in small towns and lake communities, on farms and in cities — families are […]