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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.

Why a MN state rep says his textbook legislation is needed

State Rep. King Banaian (R-St. Cloud) tells the Minnesota Daily that textbook publishers are required to release custom-text information and pricing info to faculty, but no one says how that’s supposed to get into the hands of students: “What my bill does is try to provide this information that already exists … and get it…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Debt, academese, and the hypocrisy of Thiel

It takes all sorts One explanation for the media attacks on higher education is that there is still a view in some parts of society that individuals have a defined and pre-determined place in the hierarchy. It appears some think that certain individuals should not be doing degrees at all and certainly not in particular subjects.…
by Alex Friedrich

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State receives $28M grant for charter schools

The federal grant money will be used to develop new programs for existing charter schools based on the successes at Minnesota's highest-performing charters.
by Tim Post

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U ex-president Bruininks moved $350K to his new post

U ex-president Bruininks moved $350K to his new post

State lawmakers are raising questions about former University of Minnesota President Robert Bruininks' handling of university funding in two separate instances. Earlier this week, legislators looked into payouts that Bruininks made to departing senior officials at the U. Now his ties to a program he funded while president have raised more questions.
by Alex Friedrich

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What Gov. Dayton recently told UMN regent Sviggum

“I think he’s got to make a decision between one and the other. I told him I have great respect for his years of service and we always gotten along very well and my advice as a friend is that this was an embarrassment to him and to the university and he needed to resolve…
by Alex Friedrich

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Sviggum to step down from U regents post

Steve Sviggum says he will resign from the University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents. The board met today (THURSDAY) to vote on a resolution asking Sviggum to either resign his position on the board, or to leave his position as spokesperson of the state Senate Republican caucus. Sviggum was emotional, often choking back tears, as…
by Bill Wareham

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Sviggum resigns from U of M regents

MPR’s Tim Post just tweeted from the regents meeting: #UMN Regent Sviggum hands out a letter of resignation, then leaves board meeting
by Bill Wareham

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Notes in the Margins: Public syllabi, social media and Advanced Placement

Why do administrators want to cut some college costs and not others? Let the people most affected by the cost savings decide where to spend the additional revenue themselves. (More or Less Bunk) Business leaders mixed about hiring graduates from for-profit schools Business leaders are often divided, with some firm believers that some for-profit schools provide fully trained…
by Alex Friedrich

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Rachel Simmons on the hidden culture of aggression in girls

Rachel Simmons on the hidden culture of aggression in girls

Noted author and educator Rachel Simmons speaks live at the Westminster Town Hall Forum about the phenomenon of aggression in the lives of adolescent girls. She's the co-founder of the Girls Leadership Institute and the author of "Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls."

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