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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…
Building community through mentoring
Can mentoring programs help close the high school graduation rate achievement gap in Minnesota?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
St. Thomas' female president reflects trends in Catholic education
University of St. Thomas trustees have broken with tradition and named as woman as president-elect. Every previous president in the 128-year history of the school has been a Catholic priest.
Minneapolis South High School student brawl involves hundreds
Hundreds of students got into a brawl at Minneapolis South High School Thursday afternoon, after a food fight spun out of control. Four people suffered minor injuries.