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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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March 14, 2017 12:00 AM

Listen: New UMN Psychiatry head aims to end 'culture of fear'

Dr. Sophia Vinogradov took over the University of Minnesota Department of Psychiatry after a report revealed they failed to protect a patient who committed suicide.

by Tom Weber and Jo Erickson

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March 10, 2017 4:30 PM

School safety task force recommends training to help students dealing with trauma

Recommendations in the report from Ramsey County parents, teachers, and community members are aimed at schools, police departments and other county agencies.

by Solvejg Wastvedt

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March 10, 2017 1:10 PM

Professor's name stripped from St. Olaf building

The decision to remove Reidar Dittmann's name from Dittmann Center follows a school investigation into sexual misconduct claims involving the late professor.

by Peter Cox

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March 9, 2017 1:50 PM

Trump's immigration crackdown affects immigrant, Latino families and students

What Trump's immigration crackdown means at one NYC school. Families shared their fears, and learned about their legal rights.

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March 9, 2017 12:00 AM

Are charter schools the answer to America's public education challenges?

The new education secretary is a champion of charter schools. Are charter schools the answer to America's public education challenges? A new debate from the Intelligence Squared series explores the issues.

by MPR News Staff

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March 8, 2017 3:58 PM

102-year-old Rochester man honored with high school diploma

A 102-year-old Rochester man can finally call himself a high school graduate. Leon Swendsen, a World War II veteran,says the honor "affects me more than anything."

by Associated Press

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March 8, 2017 2:41 PM

At 5, girl becomes youngest to qualify for National Spelling Bee

The folks at Scripps are already calling Edith Fuller the latest "spellebrity." She beat eighth-graders and other students in Tulsa., Okla., to advance to the big bee.

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March 8, 2017 12:00 AM

The impact of poverty on the goals of public education

"The View from Room 205." A documentary about the impact of poverty and societal disfunction on the goals of public education. It was produced by public radio station WBEZ in Chicago.

by MPR News Staff