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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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The Minnesota school board has reinstated sections of the state's new graduation requirements dealing with arts performance and physical education after a barrage of protests over its earlier vote to cut them.

November 5, 1997 - Education Week

Officials in Forest Lake, Minn., thought they had solved their classroom crunch, at least temporarily, by adding portable classrooms to accommodate the district's growing enrollment.

October 1, 1997 - Education Week

After more than two years of deliberation, the Minnesota state school board has tentatively approved a policy change that would focus new attention on closing the achievement gaps between students of different races, ethnic backgrounds, and genders.

September 24, 1997 - Education Week

A public school opened largely at the request of members of a Protestant religious sect in rural Minnesota does not violate federal or state constitutional prohibitions against government establishment of religion, a federal appeals court has ruled.

September 3, 1997 - Education Week

Gov. Arne H. Carlson of Minnesota could have signed a $6.7 billion education finance bill last week.

June 18, 1997 - Education Week

Minnesotans' faith that their public schools are among the nation's best has been shaken over the past six months.

October 2, 1996 - Education Week

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