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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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How much a Minnesota Dream Act would cost the state in financial aid

How much a Minnesota Dream Act would cost the state in financial aid

Meredith Fergus, State Grant analyst at the state Office of Higher Education, told the Senate higher-education committee at a hearing late yesterday that the State Grant program can afford to take in the estimated 330 or so students who are living illegally in Minnesota and who would qualify for state financial aid. The estimated cost…
by Alex Friedrich

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A copy of the DEED report on hiring difficulties in Minnesota

Here’s a copy of the state Department of Employment and Economic Development report — obtained by MPR reporter Tom Robertson — on “hiring difficulties” in Minnesota. We’ve already reported on the doubts of research director Steve Hine, but I found the third bullet point in the executive summary of this report interesting. An initial look…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Digital testing, lashing out and minimum-wage jobs

MOOCs of Hazard Will online education dampen the college experience? Yes. Will it be worth it? Well… (New Republic) Survey: Students Would Not Support a Digital Version of the SAT According to a new survey by Kaplan Test Prep, students – more than their parents – would feel uncomfortable with various changes that could possibly be made to…
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Suspension for 3 who left child in cold

Three teachers at a North Dakota YMCA have been suspended amid allegations they made a 4-year-old boy stand outside in the cold as punishment.

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Iowa rape victim faults university

A woman raped by two University of Northern Iowa football players eight years ago says she has been devastated by the school's failure to make accommodations for her to stay in school, according to a transcript of court testimony obtained by The Associated Press.

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What Dayton and Franken said about student debt

What Dayton and Franken said about student debt

“When I was an aide to then-Sen. Walter Mondale in 1975-1976, education was one of my areas of responsibility. And back then federal student financial aid was one-third grants, one-third loans and one-third college work-study. Now it’s 2 percent college work-study, 18 percent grants for the poorest student and 80 percent loans; which means for…
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How money factors into campus rape cases

Wendy Murphy, adjunct faculty member teaching sexual violence law at New England Law in Boston, told Daily Circuit host Keri Miller this morning why universities seem to be sweeping campus rape cases under the rug: “Higher education is very concerned about bad press, because they think if parents hear that there are rapes at a…
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How a skills gap may be forming in high school

How a skills gap may be forming in high school

This week, MPR’s Ground Level and reporter Tom Robertson look at whether there really is a jobs-skills mismatch n Minnesota — what’s causing what we’re seeing, and what’s being done about it. (Hint: It’s a lot more complicated than you think.) I posted yesterday on a conversation Robertson had with Steve Hine, research director for…
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