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Use the Education Counts Database to find more detailed state information, ranks, comparisons across states, national statistics and more.
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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While school board races tend to be sleepy affairs, a handful of elections around the country drew high voter turnout and—in some cases—plenty of campaign cash.
November 10, 2011 - Education Week
Most states have laws addressing bullying but now federal lawmakers are getting in the game.
November 1, 2011 - Education Week
October 31, 2011 - Education Week
The Safe Routes to School program has received $820 million in federal aid to promote walking to school and reducing childhood obesity, but changing public behavior has proven challenging.
October 11, 2011 - Education Week
An assignment plan intended to keep schools socioeconomically balanced spurs a bitter debate in suburban Eden Prairie.
October 4, 2011 - Education Week
More middle- and high-income students are choosing cheaper schools, living at home, and getting grants and scholarships to pay for college, according to a new study.
August 23, 2011 - McClatchy-Tribune
After months of arduous negotiation and partisan squabbling, states have new budgets that in many cases will bring deep cuts to education spending.
July 11, 2011 - Education Week
After months of feuding and failed negotiations, lawmakers and governors in several states remain deadlocked on how to close budget shortfalls and pay for education and other services.
June 22, 2011 - Education Week
One Minnesota district goes to great lengths to keep their mobile students in the neighborhood and in class daily.
April 27, 2011 - McClatchy-Tribune
Voters in many Ohio and Minnesota communities turned down bids to boost school funding.
November 16, 2010 - Education Week

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