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MPR News keeps track of the latest education news in Minnesota so you can understand the events shaping the future of learning and how it impacts students at any level.

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Why Gustavus thinks reading for fun isn't dead — just on hold

Why Gustavus thinks reading for fun isn't dead — just on hold

Gustavus Adolphus junior Tristan Richards, an avid reader, nonetheless tells U.S. News & World Report why she doesn’t read much for pleasure while in college: “I just don’t carry a book around [with] me anymore because I should be using my time for school. And personally, when I have a ton of pages to read…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Pells, law school, therapy dogs and CEO pay

CEO pay comparison unrealistic What salaries CEOs make and what leaders at traditional colleges and universities are an apples to oranges comparison. (CareerCollegeCentral.com) UC Berkeley to offer financial aid to more middle-income families Students from households earning $80,000 to $140,000 will be eligible for a new aid program at UC Berkeley, funded by philanthropy and tuition…
by Alex Friedrich

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What was said at the University of Minnesota grad-student unionization forum

Here are the highlights of today’s University of Minnesota grad-student unionization forum as I tweeted them. It’s the fourth time grad students are trying to organize, the last time being in 2005. But it’s the first time they’ve ran a campaign into a second year, Aldarondo said, as well as the first to be affiliated…
by Alex Friedrich

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Putting lipstick on a parent

Putting lipstick on a parent

Principal Wollersheim issued an apology this week for organizing a prank at a school pep rally, but in an editorial the local paper said the apology wasn't called for.
by Hart Van Denburg

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Hamline prof: One financial reason for Hamline not to hire Tom Emmer

“That would be money wasted.” — Associate professor Jim Bonilla of Hamline University to the Pioneer Press on the consequence of Hamline hiring Tom Emmer — who’s vocally opposed to same-sex marriage — while maintaining a staff training program on creating safe spaces for gay and lesbian students. Bonilla also recalled to the paper the…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Cuba, Boomers and the pepper-spray chancellor

Katehi confronted by pepper-spray victim at Capitol After nearly four hours of a staid legislative hearing over recent confrontations between campus police and university students, UC-Davis Chancellor Linda P. B. Katehi today found herself face to face with a 24-year-old victim of last month’s pepper spray incident who demanded to know why Katehi had been ducking her requests…
by Alex Friedrich

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Proposed Anoka-Hennepin policy draws fire

Proposed Anoka-Hennepin policy draws fire

The Anoka-Hennepin school district may revise a policy that prevents teachers and staff from discussing issues of sexual orientation and other "controversial" topics. Julie Blaha, president of the Anoka-Hennepin Teacher's Union, joins us to discuss the proposed change.

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