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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.

How Pogemiller was received by Senate higher-ed officials yesterday

“Clearly this office has done great data collection. But my interest in the past and continues to be to utilize those markers in a way to create meaningful reform.” — State Sen. Kathy Sheran (DFL-Mankato) Thursday at the Senate higher-ed committee’s confirmation hearing for Larry Pogemiller as director of the state Office of Higher Education.…
by Alex Friedrich

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UMN Regents' update on Sviggum case expected today

UMN Regents' update on Sviggum case expected today

The University of Minnesota Board of Regents will discuss today how it will handle concerns that regent Steve Sviggum might face a potential conflict of interest with his job with the Senate GOP. Here’s a quick roundup of the situation, and here’s a list of areas the U thinks Sviggum’s GOP job might be violating…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Endowments, colleges in fiction and so-what to rankings

Employment Rate For Young Adults Lowest In 60 Years, Study Says Just 54 percent of Americans ages 18 to 24 currently have jobs, according to a Pew Research Center study. That’s the lowest employment rate for this age group since the government began keeping track in 1948. (The Huffington Post) Colleges obsess over rankings; students shrug U.S.…
by Alex Friedrich

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Concerns, praise over Minn.'s NCLB waiver

Federal education officials are granting waivers to 10 states, including Minnesota, from the current requirements of the No Child Left behind Law.
by Tim Pugmire

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Minnesota among 10 states to get No Child waiver

President Barack Obama on Thursday will free 10 states including Minnesota from the strict and sweeping requirements of the No Child Left Behind law, giving leeway to states that promise to improve how they prepare and evaluate students

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How MnSCU's chancellor is approaching job training

How MnSCU's chancellor is approaching job training

“He’s more like a CEO than an academic. So far, he’s got people listening.” — Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system trustee Duane Benson to the Star Tribune regarding Chancellor Steven Rosenstone and his efforts to work with state industry to expand training programs for Minnesota’s work force. Read the full story here.
by Alex Friedrich

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Today's Question: Should we have to produce a photo ID to vote?

Today's Question: Should we have to produce a photo ID to vote?

I think the proposal is clearly aimed at stopping college students and other youth from voting and is quite unfortunate. I think we should be encouraging our youth to be involved in governance, not discouraging it, for not only their own good but for the future of our nation. — MPR News reader Larry M.…
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Court arguments in the University of Minnesota Facebook case

“Why not give deference (to university discipline)? Because, after all, they’re the university, and they have to provide for the safety of their students.” — Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Paul H. Anderson to the attorney representing Amanda Tatro, a University of Minnesota mortuary-science student disciplined over possibly disturbing comments she made on Facebook involving a cadaver.…
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Notes in the Margins: Grade tampering, hiring and what a scientist looks like

This is What a Scientist Looks Like Change the perception of who and what a scientist is or isn’t. (lookslikescience.tumblr.com) Will Tuition Hikes Affect College Applications? When the House of Commons approved a bill allowing universities to increase undergraduate tuition in England to more than $14,000 a year, the effect was reflected in an overall drop of…
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