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Elizabeth Shockman

@eshockmanwrites.bsky.social

Journalist at MPR News, reporting on K-12 education. Author of "Behind the Red Velvet Curtain: An American Ballerina in Russia." Parent. Minnesotan.

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MPR News@mprnews.org · 16h ago

Even though the last successful action by the board was July’s resolution to ban rainbows, the stickers haven’t been removed from teachers’ classrooms. But that might not be the case for much longer, with another school board meeting looming.

Detroit Lakes banned rainbows in school. But they’re still up, for now

The Detroit Lakes School Board voted to remove rainbows from district schools this summer, angering many in the community and sowing confusion over its legality and implementation. This week, the boar...

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Angela Davis MPR@angeladavismpr.bsky.social · 5d ago

More and more people are turning to food shelves. On Minnesota Public Radio, I talked with guests about the reasons and took phone calls from listeners who shared what they are experiencing when it comes to hunger. www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...

How to address rising food insecurity

MPR News host Angela Davis talks with the CEOs of Feeding America and Second Harvest Heartland about how to help ensure everyone has access to the food they need.

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Shefali Luthra@shefali.bsky.social · 6d ago

Big news: The family of Tierra Walker, who died after she couldn't get an abortion, is suing a slate of Texas actors in state court, including AG Ken Paxton. They say the state ban is unconstitutional. This is the first suit of its kind. 19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...

Tierra Walker died after she couldn’t get an abortion. Her family is suing Ken Paxton

The case, filed Tuesday, argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. Constitutions, which “prohibit state actors from killing their citizens.”

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Beth Hawkins@bethhawkins.bsky.social · 7d ago

Today @nickdnperez.bsky.social & I FINALLY published an investigation we — and a host of supporting @the74.bsky.social players — have been working on for months. TLDR: We crunched the $$$ to show how a controversial autism therapy is enriching private equity at the expense of vulnerable kids. 1/

Private Equity Is Cashing in on Autism Therapy. Children Are Paying the Price

Analysis of Medicaid data finds applied behavior analysis — an unproven, even dangerous therapy — turns huge profits for providers at kids' expense

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ProPublica@propublica.org · 2w ago

NEW: Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period. The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.

Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.

With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...

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MPR News@mprnews.org · 4w ago

Harper Moyski was one of two students killed in the Annunciation Catholic Church and School mass shooting nearly one year ago. Since then, her younger sister Quinn and Harper’s three best friends have become a support system for each other as they grieve and heal.

At Harper Moyski’s memorial bench, her sister and best friends find healing together

Harper Moyski was one of two students killed in the Annunciation Catholic Church and School mass shooting nearly one year ago. Since then, her younger sister Quinn and Harper’s three best friends have...

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Melissa Whitler@mwhitler.bsky.social · 4w ago

MPS lost $4.1M in special education funding last year bc it under-reported its expenses. This is the 3rd multi-million $ blunder I’ve uncovered since April. When asked, the district said there are 2 more previously undisclosed losses of funding… 1/2 minnesotareformer.com/2026/08/26/n...

New records reveal another Minneapolis Public Schools’ accounting error — $4.1 million • Minnesota Reformer

The lost funding is roughly enough to pay 35 teachers for a school year.

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MPR News@mprnews.org · 4w ago

School staff at Annunciation have spent the past year working to meet the needs of their students and their community. They say mental health support has been critical to healing.

'Unimaginably difficult': How Annunciation is rebuilding sense of safety at school after tragedy

School staff at Annunciation have spent the past year working to meet the needs of their students and their community. They say mental health support has been critical to healing.

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MPR News@mprnews.org · 4w ago

The American Federation of Teachers pressed the Minneapolis-based company to take a stronger stand against ICE earlier this year. Union president Randi Weingarten sent multiple letters to Target CEO Michael Fiddelke asking the company to call for an end to the surge.

Teachers call for Target boycott over ICE response

A union is urging parents and teachers to do back-to-school shopping elsewhere, citing Target’s decision not to call for an end to the surge of federal agents to the Twin Cities earlier this year.

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MPR News@mprnews.org · 4w ago

"People come and they ask us, ‘What can we do on this day? What are you doing?’ It's a day really focused on remembrance, but it's also focused on moving your feet and on prayer," said Kristen Neville. "And so, I will be doing that, kind of working in the community."

One year after Annunciation: Healing and the push to prevent gun violence

MPR News host Angela Davis and her guests talk about how the school community’s children and families are healing and where their push to prevent gun violence stands.

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Elizabeth Shockman@eshockmanwrites.bsky.social · 4w ago

“The risk that we have right now in our country &in the Twin Cities specifically because of the things that have happened here in the last several years is that the helpers are tired and they also need help. We have to pay attention to the burnout of our teachers.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

'Unimaginably difficult': How Annunciation is rebuilding sense of safety at school after tragedy

School staff at Annunciation have spent the past year working to meet the needs of their students and their community. They say mental health support has been critical to healing.

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ProPublica@propublica.org · last mo.

NEW: At some private schools across the U.S., every student uses taxpayer money to pay toward tuition, thanks to the growth of school voucher programs. But these "quasi-public" schools face almost none of the scrutiny given to public schools.

At “Quasi-Public” Private Schools, 100% of Students Get Tuition Vouchers. There’s Almost No Accountability.

Private schools — even those that are heavily dependent on taxpayer funding — often operate without the scrutiny public schools are subject to. Following the money at one Milwaukee private school reve...

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Charles Ornstein@charlesornstein.bsky.social · last mo.

What a broken system. Even though an oversight group found that Texas girls’ volleyball coach Ryan Richardson engaged in sexual misconduct with a minor, sports organizations have failed to stop him from coaching.

This Coach Is Banned From Working With Kids. Why Is He Still Coaching?

Even though an oversight group found that Texas girls’ volleyball coach Ryan Richardson engaged in sexual misconduct with a minor, sports organizations have failed to stop him from coaching.

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MPR News@mprnews.org · last mo.

Minnesota doesn’t have an event to celebrate Black booksellers and authors, owner of Black Garnet Books Terresa Hardaway thought while attending a monthly Black Bookstore Coalition meeting. So she launched and curated the first Midwest Black Book Fair to honor stories of resistance and Blackness.

Inaugural Midwest Black Book Fair will debut in north Minneapolis

Bookstores, publishers, authors and local organizations will be present for the fair. Tickets are free with registration.

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