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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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Before the Internet, librarians would 'answer everything' -- and still do

Before the Internet, librarians would 'answer everything' -- and still do

The New York Public Library recently found a box of questions posed to the library from the 1940s to the '80s -- an era when humans consulted other humans for answers to their everyday questions.

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MSU Moorhead briefly locked down after robbery near campus

Officials initially told the school that a suspect in a robbery inside Hornbacher's grocery store was heading in the direction of campus.
by Alex Friedrich

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The top seven MN higher education stories of 2014

The top seven MN higher education stories of 2014

This year didn’t spare any sector of Minnesota higher education from headlines. Campuses in the public, for-profit and nonprofit sectors struggled with crime, labor dissatisfaction, legal troubles or complaints over race relations.
by Alex Friedrich

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Minnesota school testing system encounters glitches

Minnesota's $38 million contract with a vendor to run its online proficiency testing system is encountering glitches that have school officials worried ahead of the spring testing season.
by The Associated Press

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St. Paul schools pay most employees who missed checks

St. Paul Public Schools has paid most of its employees who didn't receive scheduled direct deposits this week, the district announced Friday afternoon.
by Jon Collins and Kia Farhang

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Students say sex ed club will be better than health class

Students say sex ed club will be better than health class

Students at St. Louis Park High School say learning about sex ed in class doesn't allow for meaningful discussion. They say teens are more likely listen to peers than teachers.
by Tim Post

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As Chinese, Korean enrollment leaps, U works to meet needs

As Chinese, Korean enrollment leaps, U works to meet needs

More than 2,600 foreign undergraduates attended the Twin Cities campus last year, a jump of more than 400 percent over the past decade and far beyond the 50 percent growth seen nationally.
by Alex Friedrich

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