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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.

Stay informed about local education events, policies and more happening in schools and colleges across Minnesota.

Appeals court: Teacher licensing lawsuit can proceed

A group of teachers sued the board last April saying the board was arbitrarily denying licenses to qualified teachers.
by Solvejg Wastvedt

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Demand for state-financed preschool continues to outstrip funding

Demand for state-financed preschool continues to outstrip funding

The new state funding for preschool is enough to cover just over 3,000 four-year-olds statewide. But even though it's relatively small, the program represents a fundamental shift for Minnesota.
by Solvejg Wastvedt

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Aspen Ideas Festival: Jane McGonigal on 'The Future of Imagination'

Aspen Ideas Festival: Jane McGonigal on 'The Future of Imagination'

Futurist and game designer Jane McGonigal suggests we can make better decisions if we develop the ability to "remember the future" and "predict the past." She says Lewis Carroll was right when he wrote in Alice in Wonderland, "it's a poor sort of memory that only works backward." You'll hear her intriguing ideas in an Aspen Lecture given at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado.

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How to improve sex education at school, and at home

How to improve sex education at school, and at home

"The talk" should really be multiple talks say Dr. Leslie Walker and sex educator Al Vernacchio.
by MPR News Staff

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Schools around the nation receive request for after-school 'Satan Club'

The Satanic Temple contacted nine public school districts across the country seeking to start after-school Satan programs in an attempt to counter well-funded fundamentalist Christian organizations that it believes are eroding the separation of church and state.
by Associated Press

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Federal court denies St. Paul teacher's reinstatement

Timothy Olmsted had resigned his teaching position at St. Paul's Heights Community School after students accused him of racial insults and physical abuse against African American students during the 2011-2012 school year.
by Solvejg Wastvedt

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The importance of getting things wrong

The importance of getting things wrong

A Harvard professor argues that successful science teaching starts with understanding student misconceptions.

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Anthropologist: Let's stop failing our children on evolution

Anthropologist: Let's stop failing our children on evolution

As young-Earth creationism and its "humans and dinosaurs co-existed" discourse continues to be popular, anthropologist Barbara J. King takes a look at how to help kids understand evolution.
by Barbara J. King

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Is the student loan crisis fact or fiction?

Is the student loan crisis fact or fiction?

A new book says the student loan crisis is overblown. Author Sandy Baum says we really need to focus on the small portion of borrowers who are really struggling.
by Claudio Sanchez

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New data: Minn. test scores stagnant, achievement gap unchanged

New data: Minn. test scores stagnant, achievement gap unchanged

Education Commissioner Brenda Cassellius says newly released test scores have convinced her that schools can't close achievement gaps on their own. She said factors like poverty, homelessness and hunger stall progress.
by Solvejg Wastvedt

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