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Education News

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.

Stay informed about local education events, policies and more happening in schools and colleges across Minnesota.

Commission: Pre-K for poor students within decade

Commission: Pre-K for poor students within decade

An Education Department commission is recommending pre-kindergarten programs for every poor student within 10 years, adding a timeframe to President Barack Obama's similar call to help the least advantaged arrive for their first day of classes as prepared as their counterparts from more affluent homes.

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Kids' suspensions renew debate over zero tolerance

Some school officials are taking potential threats to school safety seriously, suspending or threatening to suspend small children over behavior their parents consider perfectly normal and age-appropriate.

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Notes in the Margins: Guns, free tuition and the arts

A Degree Drawn in Red Ink Most people assume a degree in the arts is no guarantee of riches. Now there is evidence that such graduates also rack up the most student-loan debt. (The Wall Street Journal) UC Irvine professor stops teaching online course in dispute A UC Irvine professor has stopped teaching midway through a massive…
by Alex Friedrich

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Building community through mentoring

Building community through mentoring

Can mentoring programs help close the high school graduation rate achievement gap in Minnesota?

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A look at the underemployed college graduate

A look at the underemployed college graduate

While many college grads are now finding work, many are still underemployed. About half of college graduates who do have jobs are working in positions that don't require a college degree.

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Gov. Walker wants to expand voucher program to 9 districts

Gov. Walker wants to expand voucher program to 9 districts

Wisconsin's voucher school program would expand to nine districts across the state, including Green Bay and Madison, under the budget proposal Gov. Scott Walker will submit to the Legislature on Wednesday.

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Students urged to finish GED; changes due in 2014

Students urged to finish GED; changes due in 2014

Adults who have begun working toward their GED are being urged to finish up this year, before the test for a high school equivalency diploma changes and they have to start all over.

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Minneapolis South High officials look to move beyond brawl

Minneapolis South High officials look to move beyond brawl

Classes were in session Friday at Minneapolis South High School, the day after a lunch room brawl involving hundreds of students. School officials say they are trying to move beyond yesterday's fight, which some students say was caused by racial tension at the school. The incident has other districts examining how they respond to problems among groups of students.
by Tim Post

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Bill would boost Minn. early childhood ed

A new bill introduced this week in the state Senate would offer early learning scholarships to low-income families so they could send their 3- and 4-year-olds to quality preschool and child-care programs.
by Laura Yuen

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Dayton wants to boost funding for English language learning

Dayton wants to boost funding for English language learning

For 65,000 students in Minnesota, English is not their first language. The state spends $40 million annually to help those students learn English, while they also study math, reading, writing, and other subjects. Gov. Mark Dayton wants to boost funding for the state's English language learning programs by 12 percent a year, in hopes of increasing student test scores.
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