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Minnesota has one of the biggest achievement gaps in the country on metrics such as test scores and graduation rates. Some high profile education reform groups have laid some of the blame for the gap on bad teachers, causing tension with teachers unions.
The president of The Education Trust, Kati Haycock, gives a keynote address at an education summit organized by the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce February 6th. She says the racial achievement gap is narrowing in early grades, but is widening later, and we are squandering the extraordinary diversity that should be one of our most important strategic advantages in the world economy. Lack of educational success for poor and minority children threatens social cohesion, economic mobility and the health of our democracy.
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Student advocates want to change a federal law that they say prevents many Minnesota college students from finding out about a low-cost, state-run student-loan program. Since 2010, colleges have been required to vet private lenders thoroughly before recommending them to students. Many schools say that’s too cumbersome, so they don’t recommend any lenders at all. Read more →
This week, Macalester and St. Olaf colleges made U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings’ (D-Md) list of 111 colleges that were breaking federal financial-aid regulations. The schools on the list apparently weren’t being clear with students about financial-aid requirements. They led many applicants to believe it was necessary to complete an extra form and pay a fee Read more →
College football recruiters use Twitter to bend the rules The NCAA allows schools to confirm they’re recruiting a specific unsigned prospect, but coaches can’t comment on that recruit’s athletic ability, how he’d contribute to their team or the likelihood that prospect might commit to a particular school. Some coaches and staffers are bending the rules, Read more →
Learning to Think Outside the Box Creativity Becomes an Academic Discipline (The New York Times) Sites like ‘Rate My Professors’ earn mixed grades on campus While many students find these websites a helpful new way to rank teachers, many are also growing the ire of some on campus. (USA Today) Distracted walking widespread at colleges Read more →
Southwest Minnesota State University faculty association member Rick Herder tells MPR News reporter Mark Steil the potential fallout of the university’s $3 million budget deficit: “I’m looking right now at a page of programs that they have considered discontinuing or reducing. It includes more than a dozen programs here that could be discontinued or reduced.” Read more →
Congressman: Many colleges are misleading students about financial aid requirements A prominent House Democrat charged Monday that more than 100 colleges and universities, including some in the nation’s capital, are providing students with unclear or potentially misleading information about what forms they must submit to apply for federal financial aid. (The Washington Post) Measuring Colleges’ Success Read more →
The University of Minnesota is shortening the number of hours the public can access seven buildings on its West Bank campus. The move, a pilot project that started today, comes after a last semester’s spike in robberies — one of which occurred in the Carlson School of Management. The buildings generally used to be open Read more →
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