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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.

Report: US high school graduation rate improves

Aggressive efforts to prevent students from dropping out contributed to a modest 3.5 percentage point increase nationally in the high school graduation rate from 2001 to 2009, according to research to be presented Monday at the Grad Nation summit in Washington.

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MN legislation would let more students earn dual credit

MN legislation would let more students earn dual credit

I’ve been seeing several pieces of legislation going around that are trying to broaden the state Post Secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) program. One bill I’m focusing on is by a bipartisan group of state senators led by Republican Gen Olson of Minnetrista. She wants to open up the program to younger students, give them more college…
by Alex Friedrich

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Report: US high school graduation rate improves

Researchers found that the number of "dropout factories," schools that fail to graduate more than 60 percent of students on time, had dropped by more than 450 between 2002 and 2010, but that 1,550 remain.

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Minnesotan among 5 in teachers Hall of Fame

Five teachers from across the country will be the latest additions to the National Teachers Hall of Fame at Emporia State University in eastern Kansas, including Crystal, Minn., fifth- and sixth- grade teacher Scott Charlesworth-Seiler.

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What graduate assistants are facing this week

What graduate assistants are facing this week

“Things are extremely polarized in terms of union organizing. Any attempt is going to be very contentious.” — Hamline University employment-law professor David Larson to the Minnesota Daily on the national atmosphere around union organizing — just as the U’s graduate assistants vote this week on whether they’ll form a union. Read the full story…
by Alex Friedrich

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The hiring controversies of the UMN nursing dean

“We are both movers, and respect but do not let issues obstruct progress …” — University of Minnesota dean of nursing Connie Delaney in an e-mail, reported by the Star Tribune, to Julie Jacko, a former Georgia Tech professor whom Delaney helped recruit to Minnesota. Jacko has been indicted on charges of fraud. Now the…
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Notes in the Margins: Spring break, female rivalry and the green-card chant

Greedy Law Schools Taught Jobless Grads Too Well Greedy law schools may have taught their jobless graduates a little too well. Some disgruntled lawyers are suing their alma maters for exaggerating employment prospects. That seems fitting for a litigious lot with buyers’ remorse over a $120,000 education. The lousy job market isn’t the schools’ fault, but…
by Alex Friedrich

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OHE: Tuition now funds 59 percent of MN public colleges

OHE: Tuition now funds 59 percent of MN public colleges

Just got the state Office of Higher Education’s reaction to results from the report on higher-ed finance released today by the State Higher Education Executive Officers. The main message: Higher ed is relying increasingly on tuition for funding. Below is the OHE’s reaction. After that comes a full copy of the report. You can also…
by Alex Friedrich

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