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Biliteracy seal offers graduates recognition for language skills

Biliteracy seal offers graduates recognition for language skills

In addition to their caps and gowns, some of the high school graduates crossing commencement stages this spring will have an unusual and honorary distinction: the seal of biliteracy.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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This session, higher ed got less than requested, but also real money

This session, higher ed got less than requested, but also real money

Funding for higher education was the only budget bill state lawmakers passed before the end of the session. For the state's higher ed systems that means an end to the uncertainty over funding.
by Peter Cox

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SAT exam now may offer credit for the school of hard knocks

Students taking the SAT exam could earn additional points for their circumstances. Three Minnesota educators explore the idea behind the new "adversity score," its potential impact on local students and the future of standardized testing.
by Angela Davis and Karen Zamora

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St. John's University president to step down in August

St. John's University president to step down in August

Michael Hemesath was the first layperson appointed to a full term at the 162-year-old Catholic university. The school plans to appoint an interim president while it decides how to choose a permanent replacement.
by Kirsti Marohn

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This teen nearly died in a school shooting. Now she's just trying to live

This teen nearly died in a school shooting. Now she's just trying to live

One year and seven surgeries after Sarah Salazar nearly died in her art classroom, she's still struggling to manage the deep physical and emotional trauma she suffered that day.
by Laura Isensee

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Who knew? The marauding Vikings were also expert traders, craftsmen and farmers

Who knew? The marauding Vikings were also expert traders, craftsmen and farmers

If you picture the Scandinavian Vikings of the Middle Ages as marauding hordes raping and pillaging, you're right -- but only half right. A new exhibition in Minneapolis puts the other half on display.
by Marianne Combs

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