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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Inside the business of school security to stop active shooters
Schools in the U.S. have spent billions of dollars on systems to stop shooters. Washington Post reporter John Woodrow Cox says it's not clear how effective these measures can be.
Science, technology, math, engineering -- and now Congress
Nine STEM-related professionals - one senator and eight members of the House of Representatives -- were voted into office during the 2018 midterms. The cohort includes an ocean scientist, an aerospace engineer, a software engineer and a biochemist.
The latest group of U.S. Rhodes scholars includes 21 women, the most ever in a single Rhodes class, and almost half of the 32 winners are immigrants or first-generation Americans.
DeVos proposes overhaul to campus sexual misconduct rules
Among the significant changes is that schools could make it harder to prove allegations. Instead of only a "preponderance of the evidence," schools could demand "clear and convincing evidence."
Minnesota's private colleges opening up to community college students
As the cost of a post-secondary education has grown, some students have found other avenues to a bachelor's degree without taking on large-scale debt.
Prosecutors say Shakopee's former schools chief Rod Thompson used his position of authority to solicit a construction company to make renovations at his home, pay for personal travel and attend sporting events.
How schools can reduce sexual violence
Teaching teens what their peers are really up to is a new evidence-based way to promote less risky behavior around sex and alcohol.