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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.

St. Cloud State may end football program

Sorry, football fans. Hockey’s where it’s at, according to MPR’s Tim Post. St. Cloud state may be cutting its football team, because it can’t survive on its own. Hockey, however, can pull its own weight. And in these belt-tightening times, SCSU president Earl Potter sees things practically: “I cannot lay off tenured faculty and leave sports untouched.” Potter…
by Alex Friedrich

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Gawker: University of Minnesota has 5th highest total student debt load

Gawker: University of Minnesota has 5th highest total student debt load

swamysk via Flickr Now why did I go to school? From the Take-This-With-a-Grain-of-Salt-Department: I just got Gawker’s Top Ten Universities for Student Debt list forwarded by a colleague. It’s an interesting list, but limited in its usefulness, as it appears to be fairly raw data: 1) New York University: $659 million 2) University of Southern California:…
by Alex Friedrich

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ACT state stats here

ACT Slowly climbing Here’s a little data behind Tom Weber’s MPR story on the improvement in state scores on the ACT standardized college entrance exam. Below is a chart showing that Minnesota tops the states where the majority of students take the test. (Seven out of 10 students took it in Minnesota.) Other states scored higher —…
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Video: How to start a (college?) movement

Video: How to start a (college?) movement

I’m usually not one for books or talks on leadership, as I’ve seen too many that are long-winded and filled with platitudes and psycho-babble. But this short video, shown at a North Hennepin Community College employee planning meeting, is fun — and offers a look into the keys to leading a large group. Considering what was said in…
by Alex Friedrich

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Court upholds fine for unlicensed teachers

An appeals court has upheld a $140,000 fine against an Inver Grove Heights charter school for employing unlicensed teachers.

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MN's ACT scores are getting better

MPR’s Tom Weber has this piece on improvement in Minnesota’s already fairly high ACT scores. Education Commissioner Alice Seagren told Weber the cause of the increase might be that schools and teachers are doing a better job of getting students into the right courses to make them college-ready. “It’s not just about taking three years…
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Notes in the Margins: A news roundup

Stop pushing: Some for-profit colleges are resisting federal attempts to tighten regulations on their industry. Gaming the system: One Web site lets college students bet on what grades they’ll make. So long, fun summers: College students are turning increasingly to community college summer courses to rack up cheap credits. Why did I study this, again? Sociologists…
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MSU Moorhead opens its time capsule

MSU Moorhead opens its time capsule

MSU Moorhead Now that’s some history When Minnesota State University – Moorhead staffers publicly opened a time capsule this afternoon, they found material from one of the haziest periods in the university’s history. In a zinc-and-copper box were a slew of well-preserved photos and documents — playbills and music programs, course descriptions and school publications — depicting…
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