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St. Paul teacher wins $25K national teaching award

St. Paul teacher wins $25K national teaching award

State and local officials joined teachers and students at an assembly at Highland Park Elementary in St. Paul to surprise 4th grade teacher Steve Abenth with the Milken National Educator award.
by Tim Post

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Is the state's new college finance video too white?

Is the state's new college finance video too white?

Late yesterday afternoon I attended a screening of “Paying for College: How Minnesota Families Make It Happen,” which I previewed here. About 100 or so higher-ed and K-12 officials saw the 26-minute video, which is a co-production of TPT’s Minnesota Productions & Partnerships, and is co-sponsored by the Minnesota Office of Higher Education and the…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Youth voting, financial aid and another anti-Obama ruckus

Racial epithets heard at Virginia college after Obama’s reelection Hampden-Sydney College, an all-male school in central Virginia, is investigating an election-night incident in which a group of students upset about President Obama’s reelection set off fireworks, threw bottles and then shouted racial epithets at members of a minority student organization, officials said Thursday. (The Washington Post)…
by Alex Friedrich

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Video: How Minnesota families manage to pay for college

Today, the Minnesota Office of Higher Education will be previewing its new video (trailer above), “Paying for College: How Minnesota Families Make It Happen.” (Considering my previous post, I think I’ll be paying special attention.) Here are some of the college and government folks who’ll be appearing in the video — a few of whom…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why I am opening up a Minnesota College Savings Plan

Why I am opening up a Minnesota College Savings Plan

Her name is Aria, has just turned 8 weeks, and is one of the reasons On Campus was out of commission recently. This is it, folks. After all that writing about college finance, I’ve finally got some skin in the game. Time to practice what we’ve all been preaching.
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Anti-Obama disturbance, grad-student tweets and ROTC

A third of young Americans hold college degrees One-third of the nation’s 25- to 29-year-olds have completed at least a bachelor’s degree, accordin to a Pew study. That’s a new high. Sixty-three percent have completed at least “some” college. And 90 percent have a high school diploma or GED. (Linking and Thinking on Education) University Of…
by Alex Friedrich

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Minn. voters approve most school levy requests

Most Minnesota school districts with levy referendums on the ballot yesterday met with success. Voters approved 29 of 40 requests from school districts.
by Tim Post

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Fewer school districts asking for levy approval this election

Fewer school districts asking for levy approval this election

A relatively small number of Minnesota school districts are asking local tax payers to approve operating levies this Election Day.
by Tim Post

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High school dropouts: Should we let them go?

High school dropouts: Should we let them go?

During a recent appearance on the Daily Circuit, former Metropolitan Council Chairman Peter Bell theorized on what could be done to tackle the number of high school dropouts. Bell's idea: Let them go.
by Peter Bell and Emily Kaiser

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