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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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Greater Expectations: The Challenge of the Common Core
A 2014 American RadioWorks documentary about the national controversy over the Common Core education standards. It's called "Greater Expectations: The Challenge of the Common Core."
Bemidji students join unrest over chancellor
The vote came the same day the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities chairman renewed a call for mediation between Chancellor Steven Rosenstone, faculty unions and even students.
The chairman of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system board made a renewed call for mediation between faculty unions and MnSCU leaders in their dispute.
Rubenfeld explains that in order to improve students' safety we need to start thinking more realistically about alcohol consumption on college campuses and return to the legal definition of sexual assault.
The St. Paul Public Schools Foundation hopes to raise $500,000 to expand screenings and eye care to students in third, fifth and sixth grades, in addition to the screenings now provided to students in kindergarten and first grade.