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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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Cell towers at schools: Godsend or god-awful?

Cell towers at schools: Godsend or god-awful?

School districts are making deals with telecom companies to build towers on school property. The agreements give schools a bump in revenue, but what do parents think? And what does the science say?
by Julie Depenbrock

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Aspen Ideas Festival: StoryCorps founder David Isay on the importance of listening

Aspen Ideas Festival: StoryCorps founder David Isay on the importance of listening

Four hundred thousand people people have recorded their stories for radio and the Library of Congress via StoryCorps and Isay says it's important to tell the truth about who we are as human beings, in order to reduce fear and increase hope.
by MPR News Staff

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Minneapolis could reduce number of police officers in schools

Minneapolis schools Superintendent Ed Graff is recommending the school board reduce the number of school resource officers from 16 to 14.
by Matt Sepic

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Anonymous alumni commit $40 million to Gustavus Adolphus

It's the largest-ever donation to Gustavus Adolphus College and one of the largest ever made to a Minnesota college. The St. Peter school said the money will go to scholarships and to renovating its science building.
by MPR News Staff

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Minnesota, 17 other states sue Betsy DeVos over student loan rules

Minnesota, 17 other states sue Betsy DeVos over student loan rules

Lori Swanson, Minnesota's attorney general, and officials from 17 other states and the District of Columbia say federal officials broke the law by delaying rules meant to protect federal student loan borrowers.
by Solvejg Wastvedt

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Why summer jobs don't pay

Why summer jobs don't pay

The minimum wage is flat, college tuition is up and students are broke: Summer jobs just don't have the purchasing power they used to, especially when you look at the cost of college.
by Anya Kamenetz

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