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March 2, 2017 7:50 AM

Report shows stark black-white college graduation gap

School leaders say the new data doesn't reflect the progress they've made.

by Peter Cox

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March 2, 2017 6:33 AM

No more snow days? It could happen in Minnesota

In an attempt to curb the amount of days tacked onto the end of the school year, a House committee heard legislation that would let schools substitute snow days for home learning, or e-learning, days.

by The Associated Press

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March 1, 2017 4:07 PM

71 students excluded from Rochester public schools for lack of vaccinations

Parents of Rochester public school students have whittled the number of kids excluded from class for lack of immunizations down to 71, from a potential pool of more than 200 last week.

by Bill Catlin

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March 1, 2017 8:31 AM

HBCUs graduate more poor black students than white colleges

Roughly half of HBCUs have a freshman class where three-quarters of the students are from low-income backgrounds, while just 1 percent of non-HBCUs serve as high a percentage of low-income students.

by Nick Chiles

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March 1, 2017 7:17 AM

Just what IS a charter school, anyway?

The Trump administration has indicated that charter schools are a major part of its education agenda. Many Americans, though, aren't sure how they work.

by Claudio Sanchez

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March 1, 2017 6:44 AM

About 100 Rochester students to be removed if not vaccinated

More than 100 students in Rochester will be sent home from school on Wednesday unless they can prove they've been vaccinated or are exempt.

by The Associated Press

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February 28, 2017 8:09 AM

Volunteers hack, scrape and crawl government websites to save data

Fear that environmental data could disappear under the Trump administration has spurred hundreds of volunteer researchers, hackers and archivists to start saving federal data on secure, non-government servers.

by Max Nesterak

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February 28, 2017 12:00 AM

Science wunderkind urges making science beneficial to humanity

Taylor Wilson astounded the science world when he built a bomb at age 10, and at age 14 became the youngest person in history to produce fusion. The young nuclear scientist is still only 22, and he believes science can potentially solve some of the most important problems of our time.

by MPR News Staff

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February 28, 2017 12:00 AM

DeVos comments on school choice questioned

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos touts Historically Black Colleges and Universities as pioneers for school choice, but critics say she's ignoring crucial historical context and using segregation to further her agenda.

by Tom Weber