'Race to the Top' grant a 'Christmas present' for White EarthDecember 20, 2011 11:35 AMBy Dan GundersonA federal grant to expand early childhood education will target the White Earth Reservation.
Why some UMN grad students want to organizeDecember 20, 2011 8:18 AMBy Alex FriedrichLast week I covered a forum on a group of University of Minnesota graduate students who want to unionize. On the radio, I mentioned the group’s desire to have a greater say in their working conditions. But typical reporter that I am, I needed to get to the issue of why they thought they needed…
What a Minnetonka High college applicant is writing for the NY TimesDecember 20, 2011 6:49 AMBy Alex FriedrichMoney will be an issue for me when choosing a college. I looked at schools farther away, like Cornell University and University of California, Davis, but I just can’t afford to pay that much for an undergraduate degree. My parents have agreed to pay only the equivalent of in-state tuition, and I don’t want an…
U of M: Surgeon violated several conflict of interest disclosure requirementsDecember 20, 2011 5:00 AMBy Lorna BensonThe University of Minnesota Medical School has sent a cautionary letter to one of its surgeons for violating several conflict of interest disclosure requirements.
Video: Why that cow was on the Mac campusDecember 20, 2011 4:20 AMBy Alex FriedrichRemember that cow on Macalester Campus that people were talking about a couple of weeks ago? Here’s why it was there — a Mac spoof of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, starring President Brian Rosenberg. (Rosenberg is at it again after his popular President’s Day video.) And that cow reference: It’s a well-known Mac story that…
Why the U issued a warning letter to one of its physiciansDecember 20, 2011 4:03 AMBy Alex Friedrich“I thought I was doing as good a job as could be done on the disclosure and complying with the university policies. I came up short in two or three instances where my ‘I’s’ weren’t perfectly dotted or ‘T’s’ crossed. I acknowledge that and completely accept the responsibility that goes with it.” — University of…
Play3min 17secN. Minneapolis social services startup awarded $28M grantDecember 20, 2011 4:00 AMBy Tim NelsonThe Northside Achievement Zone, a social services startup, has been awarded a $28 million grant to help students in north Minneapolis.
Video: If Keynes and Hayek had rappedDecember 20, 2011 2:07 AMBy Alex FriedrichFor your Econ 101 students: In the style of the previous Strunk and White video, famed economists John Maynard Keynes and F. A. Hayek go out on the town before attending a conference — and turn their theories into rap battle.
Notes in the Margins: James Franco, Korean exams and education in one courseDecember 20, 2011 1:37 AMBy Alex FriedrichMaking Science Leap From the Page When a college textbook, “Principles of Biology,” comes out from the Nature Publishing Group in January, one place it won’t be is on the shelves of school bookstores. (The New York Times) M.I.T. Expands Its Free Online Courses While students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology pay thousands of dollars for courses, the university will announce a new program…
Play53min 59secState looks at alternative ways to evaluate schoolsDecember 19, 2011 4:35 PMA recent report from the Center on Education Policy found that almost half the nation's public schools failed to make adequate yearly progress under the federal No Child Left Behind Act. Minnesota, along with 11 other states, has asked for a waiver allowing it to establish alternative evaluation standards. Midmorning speaks with the state's education commissioner about what those standards would look like.