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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 […]

California

Court blocks Trump's move to cut school mental health grants

  • By Esther Wickham | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – California Attorney General Rob Bonta and a coalition of 14 other Democratic state attorneys general secured a temporary court order blocking the U.S. Department of Education from terminating two federal school mental health grant programs.

Multi-state lawsuit challenges $1B in federal education grant cuts
Michigan

Multi-state lawsuit challenges $1B in federal education grant cuts

  • By Elyse Apel | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined with 14 other attorneys general on a lawsuit attempting to stop the U.S. Department of Education from cutting funding to school-based mental health grants.

Arizona

Arizona uses carryover funds for school safety staff

  • By Zachery Schmidt | The Center Square contributor

(The Center Square) - The Arizona Department of Education plans to use carryover funds to support its school safety program and ensure school resource officer and mental health professional positions are filled for Fiscal Year 2027.