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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.

Task force recommends revamping state education funding

Task force recommends revamping state education funding

A state task force is suggesting changes to how the state pays for education as an attempt to create stable and fair funding for Minnesota schools. The effort, however, will face challenges as lawmakers wrestle with the state's budget deficit.
by Tim Post

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College launches research institute devoted to pot

A public university located in one of California's prime pot-growing regions has formed an academic institute devoted to marijuana.

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SCSU students vote on homecoming

In 2011 SCSU officials dropped homecoming because it was difficult to schedule a game around the celebration, and the fall games were competing for fans with other events, like the state's deer hunting opener.
by Tim Post

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Wis., Minn. tuition reciprocity stokes rivalry

Wis., Minn. tuition reciprocity stokes rivalry

The longtime tuition reciprocity agreement between Wisconsin and Minnesota is stoking a cross-border rivalry as the two states compete for a declining number of top college prospects.

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Conference will address mental health at school

Helping schools create closer partnerships with mental health providers will be the focus of a conference at the University of Minnesota this week.
by Tim Post

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St. Paul district spending $7M to renovate schools

The St. Paul public school district is spending nearly $7 million to renovate four shuttered schools, including two that sustained mold damage.

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At 90, 'Grammy Mac' still helping young readers

At 90, 'Grammy Mac' still helping young readers

Every year, Virginia "Grammy Mac" McNear is the foster grandparent assigned to Jo Cornell's first-grade room at Kennedy Elementary School in Mankato. And every year she gets to see the progress her young readers make from the start of fall to beginning of summer vacation.

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New frontier for scaling up online classes: credit

A year ago, hardly anybody knew what a "massive open online course" (MOOC) was. But the Internet-based courses offered by elite universities through Coursera, by a consortium led by Harvard and MIT called edX, and by others, are proving wildly popular, with some classes attracting hundreds of thousands of students.

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2 Minn. students among Rhodes Scholars for 2013

2 Minn. students among Rhodes Scholars for 2013

Thirty-two American students were named Sunday in the newest group of Rhodes Scholars and will be awarded scholarships to study at Oxford University.

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