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Smack-talking physicists will throw down tonight at the U

Smack-talking physicists will throw down tonight at the U

It can be tough to explain the latest physics research without inducing a catatonic state. But tonight, six scientists from around the U.S. will compete at the University of Minnesota’s Ridder Arena to see who can do it — and make it sheer entertainment. Their “Physics Slam on Ice” will tackle subjects such as nutrino…
by Alex Friedrich

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Coleman and Grams back McFadden’s campaign

As another candidate appears ready to jump into the U.S. Senate race, Republican businessman Mike McFadden is touting the backing of two well known former Senators. McFadden announced today that former Sen. Norm Coleman and former Sen. Rod Grams will serve as honorary co-chairs of his campaign. “When I first met Mike, I was impressed…
by Tom Scheck

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Teach for America struggling for support in Minn.

Teach for America struggling for support in Minn.

Dozens of Teach for America members wrapped up their summer training program this week in the Twin Cities and Friday many will find out if they will be given a classroom to lead in the fall. The Minnesota Board of Teaching must decide to allow the trainees to teach without a license, letting them earn full certification while on the job.
by Tim Post

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Even with funding increase, some school districts to ask voters for more

When the Legislature passed a $485 million increase in school spending over the next two years, DFL lawmakers described the 2013 education bill as one of the best ever. But school districts across Minnesota still plan this fall to ask local taxpayers for more money.
by Tim Pugmire

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Notes in the Margins: Class, arts majors and the white student union

Arts majors jump ahead of tech grads in landing jobs Recent graduates with tech degrees face higher unemployment rates after the Great Recession. (USA Today) A college degree is not the path to the middle class Although the discussion of university attendance rates, when it occurs, is often framed in economic terms, it invokes a concept…
by Alex Friedrich

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Should colleges need to monitor athletes’ class attendance?

Should colleges need to monitor athletes’ class attendance?

Drexel University sport management professor Ellen J. Staurowsky tells MPR’s Daily Circuit  about one expense related to NCAA Division I athletics: “We have an academic support service area on campus. Part of the job of some of the employees in that area is [to act as] what are called class checkers, where they walk  around campus,…
by Alex Friedrich

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A reader counters: Learn from the burn

A reader counters: Learn from the burn

We know the stereotype of helicopter parents — those moms and dads who hover around their student children, making sure they succeed at everything, and removing any potential obstacles in their paths. In my reporting on what high-school students should watch out for when they take college classes, I heard concerns that many high-schoolers may…
by Alex Friedrich

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Mpls. charter school could close after eviction order

A Minneapolis charter school will be evicted from its building under a district court ruling released Wednesday.
by Tim Post

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Why maturity is important when high-school students take college classes

Why maturity is important when high-school students take college classes

A couple of MPR’s Public Insight Network members have written in about their experiences in the Postsecondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) program, which I reported on earlier. They wrote in not as former PSEO students, but as parents and faculty members. Both liked PSEO — which allows high school students to take classes in college —…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Racial clustering, mainstream social science and the easy A

We need more mainstream social science, not less  Alex Golub welcomes some of the criticism levied at the social sciences but finds a lack of evidence supporting many of the sweeping claims. (Impact of Social Sciences) An Unusual Feat in Congress: Student Loan Bill Breezes On Democrats and Republicans eagerly voted to reset and cap student loan interest rates…
by Alex Friedrich

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