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Governor:Mark Dayton
Commissioner of Education:Brenda Cassellius
Quality Counts state grade:C
Pre-K-12 enrollment:838,037
Number of school districts:507
Number of public schools:2,392
Number of public school teachers:52,672
Unadjusted education spending per student:$10,665
Percent minority students:26.2%
Percent of students eligible for free/reduced price lunch:36.5%
Percent of students with disabilities:14.7%
Percent of English-language learners:5.8%
NAEP Mathematics 2011 percent proficient
4th grade math:52.9%
8th grade math:47.6%
NAEP Reading 2011 percent proficient
4th grade reading:35.3%
8th grade reading:39.3%

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Technical glitches during recent online assessments in a number of states are prompting worries about schools' ability to administer common-core testing in 2014-15.
May 3, 2013 | Updated: May 7, 2013 - Education Week
Minnesota and Ohio illustrate differing approaches as states aim to increase post-recession education funding.
March 5, 2013 - Education Week
Education Week followed U.S. Rep. John Kline, the head of the House education panel, to Minnesota, where his home-district educators told him what they think about the budget, waivers, and other issues.
March 5, 2013 - Education Week
A Minnesota legislator who sponsored the first charter school law in the country, Ember Reichgott Junge, dispels a few myths about the charter movement.
June 11, 2012 - Education Week
The agreement ends a federal probe into whether Anoka-Hennepin schools could have done more to address gay-related bullying.
March 13, 2012 - Education Week
A suicide call center in the state is getting as many cellphone text messages from teenagers in a day as it used to get phone calls from teens in a month.
February 7, 2012 - Education Week
Minnesota is the only applicant that did not adopt the common-core standards and is not taking part in designing common assessments.
December 13, 2011 - Education Week

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