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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Insight Bowl an important appearance for Gophers
The Minnesota Gophers football team is in Tempe, Ariz., getting ready to take on the Iowa State Cyclones in Thursday's Insight Bowl. The Insight isn't considered a major college bowl game, but it is worth a lot, financially and otherwise, to the U of M football team.
Minn. colleges ready to begin teacher prep programs in 2010
Augsburg College is one of a dozen colleges in Minnesota and the Dakotas gearing up in 2010 in an effort to turn out better teachers. The Minneapolis-based Bush Foundation announced earlier this month it would put $40 million into the initiative over the next ten years.
Part of historic NDSU building collapses
Part of the historic Minard Hall on the North Dakota State campus has collapsed amid an ongoing expansion project.