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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.

'Virtual schools' gain popularity in Duluth

'Virtual schools' gain popularity in Duluth

With the radio playing softly in the background and munching on spoonfuls of noodles and cheese, Maria Vespa sat at her family's kitchen counter to take her geography mid-term on a recent afternoon.

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Vets mark 65th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge

Vets mark 65th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge

This week marks the 65th anniversary of the start of Battle of the Bulge. It was the huge offensive mounted by the German High Command in the waning days of World War II. Some 19,000 U.S. troops died in the battle which was fought in the depths of one of the worst winters in years in Europe.
by Euan Kerr

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Gustavus Adolphus College gets $155K science grant

Gustavus Adolphus College recently received a three-year $155,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to improve the teaching of sustainable energy in its laboratories.

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Evaluating Obama's first year in office

Evaluating Obama's first year in office

National Public Radio's Juan Williams joins Midday to discuss what President Barack Obama has accomplished, and where he's fallen short, during the first year of his presidency.

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Historic map coming to Minnesota

Historic map coming to Minnesota

One of the world's rarest maps -- a massive print from 1602 showing the world with China as its center -- will soon be on permanent display at the University of Minnesota.
by Madeleine Baran

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Minn. bid for part of education stimulus hits snag

Minn. bid for part of education stimulus hits snag

The state's teachers union complained today that the Pawlenty administration is trying to use federal stimulus dollars to force schools to adopt the governor's merit pay plan.
by Tom Weber

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Using fake blood clots to train real nurses

Using fake blood clots to train real nurses

Reporter Nikki Tundel visits a Minnesota nursing program where pistachio pudding indicates infection and boiled okra is used to represent post-op drainage. And the students are better clinicians because of it.
by Nikki Tundel

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At UND, unmanned aircraft program takes off

At UND, unmanned aircraft program takes off

The University of North Dakota in Grand Forks has a new unmanned aircraft research center and this fall the school accepted students into the first unmanned aircraft systems degree program in the world.
by Dan Gunderson

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