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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.

Notes in the Margins: Cocaine, poor kids and an admissions goof

For Some Vassar Applicants, Joy Then Misery as College Corrects Mistake Scores of early-decision applicants to the college were mistakenly told they had been accepted. (The New York Times) Is college not for poor kids? A few weeks ago, we read about a group of students who were promised in 1988, when they were in elementary school, that…
by Alex Friedrich

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Last in, first out?

Last in, first out?

Is eliminating seniority-based teacher layoffs an effective way to reform education and save schools money?

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Teacher seniority, NCLB top education issues in low-key legislative session

Teacher seniority, NCLB top education issues in low-key legislative session

GOP lawmakers are pushing legislation that would change several rules regarding teacher seniority and layoffs, one of several education-related proposals they hope to pass this year.
by Tom Weber

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Kaler: Outside reviewers coming to UMN Academic Health Center

Kaler: Outside reviewers coming to UMN Academic Health Center

This is on the University of Minnesota’s Web site today. The crux: A recent internal review of the Academic Health Center doesn’t get to larger issues that Kaler wants answered — among them whether the center is structured correctly. (Note: I find that interesting, since the report’s executive summary lists “mission, functions and administrative responsibilities…
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Financial aid analyst: Would Stafford Loan interest cut hurt Pell Grants?

Financial aid analyst: Would Stafford Loan interest cut hurt Pell Grants?

College finance expert Mark Kantrowitz of FinAid.org isn’t too hot on the the bill cosponsored by U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minneapolis) that would freeze the interest rate on Stafford Loans at 3.4 percent. A 2007 law cut the rate from its original 6.8 percent, and when the provision expires in July, the rate is set…
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What Ellison said about the Stafford Loan rate freeze bill

What Ellison said about the Stafford Loan rate freeze bill

I spoke this morning with U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison about the bill he said he has helped introduce that would prevent the Federal Direct Stafford Loan’s 3.4 percent interest rate from doubling this year. (The rate used to be fixed at 6.8 percent, but was reduced back in 2007. It’s scheduled to return to 6.8…
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Notes in the Margins: Obama, freshman politics and benefits of big-time sports

College presidents wary of Obama cost-control plan President Barack Obama’s new plan to force colleges and universities to contain tuition or face losing federal dollars is raising alarm among education leaders who worry about the threat of government overreach. Particularly sharp words came from the presidents of public universities; they’re already frustrated by increasing state budget…
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College presidents wary of Obama cost-control plan

College presidents wary of Obama cost-control plan

President Barack Obama's new plan to force colleges and universities to contain tuition or face losing federal dollars is raising alarm among education leaders who worry about the threat of government overreach.

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Behind Obama's financial aid 'shopping sheets'

President Barack Obama wants to make it easier to size up the cost of college.

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Some bits from Kaler's address to reporters

Some bits from Kaler's address to reporters

University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler told reporters today that this legislative session he’ll push for more money to maintain aging buildings and offset tuition. It was a wide-ranging forum, and I’ll try to get some more details later. But here’s what I’ve got so far on these topics: Maintenance. After last year’s bonding request,…
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