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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.

Fargo students evacuated on bomb threat

Police in Fargo locked down a school building and then evacuated students Tuesday afternoon after separate reports of a bomb threat and a shot fired.

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MN employers: Students need common sense, work ethic

Finding people who want to work and not just collect a paycheck is next to impossible. The skill most lacking is a work ethic. Not to mention, it is nigh on impossible to find a creative mind in today’s work place. -Mark Hayes, head of Research and Development for a small company We just recently…
by Alex Friedrich

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Experts say relational aggression played a role in teenager's suicide

Experts say relational aggression played a role in teenager's suicide

A teen suicide in southern Minnesota last week that the child's parents and bullying experts are blaming in part on bullying is bringing greater attention to a specific type of social bullying.
by Tim Post

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Notes in the Margins: Lawyers, janitors and accountability

Prestigious law school reduces admissions, marks new trend Given the depressed state of law school applications, few seem eager to criticize Hastings’ decision to admit fewer students. (USA Today) Custodian Graduates From Columbia After Working Way Through School Now, 20 years after leaving the former Yugoslavia for America without speaking a word of English, Gac Filipaj has earned…
by Alex Friedrich

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Wednesday 10:20: Live blog on the future of online ed

Wednesday 10:20: Live blog on the future of online ed

At 10:20 tomorrow, here on On Campus I’ll be live-blogging the discussion that MPR’s The Daily Circuit is having with both a professor and an entrepreneur on the future of online education — and online universities, to be exact. Are they the future? Or, as The Daily Circuit puts it more compellingly: How will online…
by Alex Friedrich

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Focus on racial achievement gap, says Minn. Teacher of the Year

A 10th-grade English teacher has been named Minnesota Teacher of the Year. Jackie Roehl has taught at Edina High School since 1998 and works to improve minority student achievement.
by Tom Weber

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What a Metropolitan State prof told a MnSCU listening session

What a Metropolitan State prof told a MnSCU listening session

Last week MPR aired my radio story on the statewide survey by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system. It wants to see what job skills employers want to see in job candidates and how it can work (or “collaborate” as the new buzzword goes) with employers. Metropolitan State University sociology professor Monte Bute…
by Alex Friedrich

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The new UMN athletic director's contract

I’ve been meaning to post this since I covered the appointment of Norwood Teague as the University of Minnesota’s new athletic director.
by Alex Friedrich

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The bonding bill that the MN House passed

This is just an update, considering it has been a while since I’ve covered the bonding bill and HEAPR maintenance. The document above is courtesy of our MPR politics blog Capitol View. As you can see, the University of Minnesota gets $64 million, and the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system gets $132 million. For…
by Alex Friedrich

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