ST PAUL, Minn — "You have to start from scratch. You have to learn everything from scratch," said Eh Tah Khu, co-executive director of the Karen Organization of Minnesota. Eh Tah Khu recalls his ...

Paw Soe, left, and Mi Meh work on their language lessons at Woodson Kindergarten Center in Austin, Minn. in Sept. 2014. Beginning in fall 2023, St. Paul Public Schools will add Karen to its roster of ...

Ehtalow Zar is one of the first teachers in the state licensed to teach Karen. In her Karen advisory class at St. Paul's Johnson Senior High School on Dec. 9, she taught students how to cook Karen ...

David joined the WCCO team in April 2020, previously working at CBS 58 in Milwaukee. Prior to that, he worked in Las Vegas. While there, David covered several stories in the national spotlight, ...

Hundreds of middle and high school students in St. Paul Public Schools are learning the Karen language. It’s believed to be the first program of its kind in the country. The teaching of the Karen ...

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