A familiar melody spilled out of Marita Schmitz’s kindergarten classroom one morning earlier this month. Inside, while sitting on a multicolor mat at the front of the room, children used their fingers ...

When Jibril Ahmed got frustrated last year and pointed a knife at his mother and two younger siblings, there were years of trauma and a lack of mental health treatment behind the violent outburst.

MINNEAPOLIS — It's a brisk fall morning at Lyndale Community School, and students arrive bundled in coats, wearing their backpacks. Many students arrive with their parents or walk, as many families ...