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February 24, 2015 8:46 AM

MN high school grad rate tops 80 percent; students of color still lag

Students from all groups showed better high school graduation rates, the Education Department said Tuesday. Still, deep gaps remain between whites and black, Native American and Latino students.

by Tim Post

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February 22, 2015 5:03 PM

Schools face dilemma when pot goes recreational

Like many schools across Colorado, Arapahoe Ridge High School in Boulder has seen an increase in overall drug incidents since recreational marijuana became legal.

by Bente Birkeland

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February 22, 2015 8:06 AM

If your teacher likes you, you might get better grades

A new report suggests that personality similarity affects teachers' estimation of student achievement. That is, how much you are like your teacher contributes to his or her feelings about you.

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February 21, 2015 12:00 PM

Conspicuously invisible: Women of color in university sciences

Majoring in the sciences can be lonely for women of color at the university level, so some students at the University of Minnesota have united to form a community.

by Marion Renault

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February 20, 2015 9:07 AM

School suspensions drop, but remain uneven

Educators want to expand a program that encourages schools to keep from sending students home for bad behavior.

by Tim Post

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February 19, 2015 11:06 AM

Kaler: Dayton funding proposal could lead to U tuition increase

Gov. Mark Dayton proposed giving the University roughly half of what it says is necessary for that freeze.

by Emily Kaiser

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February 19, 2015 7:38 AM

Airwaves replace classrooms for kids in Sierra Leone

Schools have been closed since July to keep Ebola from spreading. So the government began a new way of teaching — on the radio.

by Linda Poon

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February 19, 2015 4:00 AM

MN near bottom in on-time graduation for students of color

Fewer than 60 percent of the state's black and Hispanic students graduate in four years, and just 49 percent of Native American students do, according to an MPR News analysis.

by Tim Post