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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.

Poll: College sticker shock setting in

When the annual Sallie Mae "How America Pays for College" survey was released this week, it targeted the most crucial element in American higher education today: how much it costs and how to pay for it.

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Are a lot of Minnesota schools failing their students?

Are a lot of Minnesota schools failing their students?

According to 'No Child Left Behind', nearly half of Minnesota schools did not meet student performance standards. How much are kids learning, and whose fault is it if they don't?

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Feds give Hamline, Mayo, 3 others failing financial grades

Stannered via Wikimedia commons A dip or longer decline? The Chronicle of Higher Education has looked at U.S. Dept. of Education data showing that six Minnesota nonprofit colleges are among 150 across the country have failed the department’s test of financial strength. More than a third of the 150 are in the Midwest. No, it…
by Alex Friedrich

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Second group of Minn. schools consider early start

A second group of school districts in southern Minnesota is proposing to start classes before Labor Day, a concept opposed by the state's tourism industry and State Fair supporters.

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Notes in the Margins: A news media roundup

Cop as profit center: U of M police officer David St. Cyr has generated half a million dollars in five years — just by ticketing drivers who park illegally in spaces for the handicapped. And I thought the lyrics were the problem: Background music — whether you like the style or not — impairs studying. Hey,…
by Alex Friedrich

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Poll: College sticker shock setting in

Sallie Mae Where the money for college comes from When the annual Sallie Mae “How America Pays for College” survey was released this week, it targeted the most crucial element in American higher education today: how much it costs and how to pay for it. College financing influences everything — what colleges students attend, what they study, how…
by Alex Friedrich

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Another take on the U's med-ethics policy

Another take on the U's med-ethics policy

Not a world-class policy? A bit after posting on some early reaction to the U’s new policy on conflicts of interest involving its medical school, I got this from U Professor Bill Gleason, who told me early on he didn’t think the U’s conflict-of-interest policy had any real bite. He talks briefly to Pharmalot, which goes…
by Alex Friedrich

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What makes a great teacher?

What makes a great teacher?

Amid all the debate over how to improve education in America, there's one point on which most everyone can agree: We need good teachers. But what makes a great teacher? A group of education experts gathered at the 2010 Aspen Ideas Festival to discuss that question.

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The most expensive college textbooks

The most expensive college textbooks

Necessary Evil via Wikipedia And you thought your books were spendy   A while back I posted something on why textbooks are so expensive. But before you start griping about how this fall’s reading list will empty your pockets, check out CBS Moneywatch’s list of the 12 most expensive college textbooks in America. Acta Philosophorum The…
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Notes in the Margins: a news roundup

Notes in the Margins: a news roundup

Dude, it’s in my blood: A new poll shows that college grads drink more than any other section of society. Helping nail Toyota:Students in the U’s Innocence Project got material that helped free imprisoned driver Koua Fong Lee. Bring it down: The U razed Music Education and Tandem Accelerator buildings to cut costs and save space. Just…
by Alex Friedrich

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