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Education News

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.

Stay informed about local education events, policies and more happening in schools and colleges across Minnesota.

State Rep. Morrow: Why Pell Grant cuts could be tough on Minnesota

“Cutting Pell Grants is a double whammy for Minnesotans. Fewer Pell Grant dollars for students means Minnesota’s State Grant Program, which helps students afford college, has to spend more to meet student need, which in turn limits the number of students who receive state grants or the amount that many may receive.” — State Rep.…
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Notes in the Margins: Rationing, midnight classes and the short application essay

Colleges start offering ‘midnight classes’ for offbeat needs A handful of colleges across the USA are offering “midnight classes” that cater to the schedules of students with children, inflexible jobs or just a yen to stay up all night. On overburdened campuses, the late-late classes have the chance to use space that’s booked during conventional hours. (USA Today)…
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The trouble with homework

The trouble with homework

Writer Annie Murphy Paul says that people should not get caught up with the quantity of homework students are getting, but rather the quality of the assignments. We talk about homework and the science of learning.

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What Dayton told St. Cloud State University demonstrators

What Dayton told St. Cloud State University demonstrators

St. Cloud State protestors upset over the recent firing of Mahmoud Saffari, the university’s associate VP for enrollment management, interrupted a groundbreaking yesterday to appeal to Gov. Mark Dayton, who was attending the event, the St. Cloud Times reports. When protestors’ chanting disrupted the proceedings, the paper writes: Dayton calmed the situation by walking down…
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Pogemiller appointed head of MN office of higher education

The earlier news that Pogemiller would be appointed head of the state Office of Higher Ed is now official. From MPR’s Tim Post: Governor Mark Dayton has appointed long time DFL State Senator Larry Pogemiller as the new head of the state’s Office of Higher Education. In a statement, Governor Dayton said Sen. Poggemiller is…
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Dayton to appoint Sen. Pogemiller to run state Office of Higher Education

Dayton to appoint Sen. Pogemiller to run state Office of Higher Education

In case you missed MPR’s Capitol View blog late last night: Three people with knowledge of the hire say Dayton is appointing (Sen. Larry) Pogemiller to run the Minnesota Office of Higher Education. The people asked not to be identified because they didn’t want to step on Dayton’s announcement. Dayton’s spokesman, Bob Hume, wouldn’t confirm…
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Video: Where one Minnesota student asked his girlfriend to marry him

Video: Where one Minnesota student asked his girlfriend to marry him

Conferences — just hothouses of love. Lake Superior College students Justin Stutsman and Ashley Winkler once met at a Minnesota student conference, and this past weekend they got engaged at the Minnesota State Student Leadership Summit in Bloomington. Watch as Jason Justin pops the question around the :45 mark. (Warning: A little profanity slip at 1:45.)…
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Why Macalester's prez takes issue with the current romanticization of dropouts

“There are few things more condescending and destructive than those who have benefited from an expensive and intensive college education (Mr. Ellsberg is a graduate of Brown University) arguing that others need not bother about such benefits for themselves.” — Macalester College President Brian Rosenberg in a Huffington Post commentary criticizing Michael Ellsberg’s recent New York…
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Notes in the Margins: Regulated tuition, deceptive law schools and a cruise ship

Law schools pressed to tell the truth on job placement, debt The American Bar Association and 200 law schools it accredits are under growing pressure from Congress to quell complaints that colleges are misleading students about job prospects and saddling graduates with loans they can’t afford to repay. (USA Today) Death on Notre Dame lift spurs schools to…
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What MN students want from the federal consumer bureau

What MN students want from the federal consumer bureau

Leaders of the Minnesota State College Student Association and Minnesota State University Student Association piggybacked on yesterday’s press conference at the U on the new federal financial aid tool. They told me they wanted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (which held the press conference) to crack down on what they see as abuses in private…
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