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.

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Bill Gates, educator Geoffrey Canada at Aspen
Microsoft Chair Bill Gates talks about his ideas for health care. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has given money to combat malaria and improve health care in countries around the world. Also Geoffrey Canada on his vision of improving education for children who attend the worst performing schools.
26 struggling Minn. schools file turnaround plans
Twenty-six of the lowest-performing schools in Minnesota have filed their turnaround plans with the state Department of Education, which will distribute grant money to pay for them in August.
Minnesota students make gains on MCA-II tests
The state's students performed well this year on the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment test, with virtually every grade tested this spring and virtually every cross-section of the student population showing at least small improvements in the reading and math tests over last year.
Schools prep for new statewide physical education standards
Schools in Minnesota have long had statewide standards to follow in subjects like math, reading and science, but now they'll have to do the same for physical education, thanks to legislation signed into law last month.
Many companies that could afford to pay interns do not, on the theory that the experience and contacts are enough compensation. But that may be changing, even in a difficult economy.