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Free school supplies foundation reopens

A foundation that offers free school supplies to needy students in St. Paul and Minneapolis is reopening its facility after a year-long closure.
by Tim Post

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'Dual-credit' college courses extended in ND

North Dakota high school sophomores now may take courses for college credit while they're still in high school.

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'Critical mass' key to affirmative action case

'Critical mass' key to affirmative action case

The University of Texas student body, like Texas, is majority-minority. Is this the "critical mass" of minority students that U.S. Supreme Court narrowly endorsed in 2003 as an educational goal important enough to allow colleges to factor the race of applicants into admissions decisions? That question will be front and center Wednesday when a more conservative Supreme Court revisits affirmative action for the first time since that landmark case nine years ago involving the University of Michigan.

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In France, reforms may upend school year traditions

In France, reforms may upend school year traditions

French children risk classroom burnout, the government says, as it moves to help them cope.

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College has big plans for new orchard

Faculty, staff and students at Inver Hills Community College have a new apple orchard, but fighting hunger is just one of the goals.
by Julie Siple

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How often are Minnesotans defaulting on student loans?

Here’s Minnesota’s latest 2- and 3-year default rates on student loans, as compiled by the state Office of Higher Education (OHE). The data was released rather quietly late last week by the U.S. Department of Education, and state analyst Tricia Grimes was able to release her work yesterday. The office should release the final report…
by Alex Friedrich

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Prickly debate over contours of Minn. teacher evaluations

Prickly debate over contours of Minn. teacher evaluations

A new law will require Minnesota school districts to evaluate all of the state's more than 50,000 public school teachers every year starting in the 2014-15 school year.
by Tim Post

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Mpls South High was in lockdown

Minneapolis South high school was on lockdown today because of an unspecified concern.
by Tim Post

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Education chief wants textbooks to go digital

Education chief wants textbooks to go digital

Worried your kids spend too much time with their faces buried in a computer screen? Their schoolwork may soon depend on it.

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Minn. Education Dept. to unveil schools' plans to improve performance

Minn. Education Dept. to unveil schools' plans to improve performance

The state Department of Education will release plans by the state's lowest-performing schools to improve student performance. The plans, which require the state's 130 lowest-performing schools to show how they intend to turn things around, represent another step in how the state has changed its system to evaluate schools' performance.
by Tim Post

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