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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.

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What rules does the U think Sviggum might be breaking?

What rules does the U think Sviggum might be breaking?

Much of this conflict-of-interest talk surrounding the decision by University of Minnesota regent Steve Sviggum to take a Republican Senate staff job has been a little general. Just what regulations does the university think he might be violating? After all, Sviggum said the Board of Regents’ conflict-of-interest policy doesn’t list his job as one that’s…
by Alex Friedrich

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Anoka-Hennepin tries again on sexual orientation policy

Anoka-Hennepin tries again on sexual orientation policy

A newly revised policy on how teachers should handle contentious issues surrounding sexual orientation when they come up in class appears to be gaining support in the state's largest school district.
by Tom Weber

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Do Minnesota businesses really need training incentives?

Do Minnesota businesses really need training incentives?

I’m intrigued by Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s mention in the Rochester Post-Bulletin of a proposal for feds to work with businesses on what I assume will be training programs: I’m working right now to develop federal legislation that would, among other things, build on the success in Alexandria (Technical and Community College) by providing incentives for small…
by Alex Friedrich

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The urban bubble phenomenon in Minnesota job skills

While describing what Alexandria Technical and Community College is doing to help decrease Minnesota’s job-skills mismatch, the Echo Press explains one of the dynamics involved: It’s an urban “bubble” phenomenon: for each hour that you drive away from the Twin Cities and into rural areas, manufacturing’s workforce gap widens. Read the full story here.
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Free courses, president-profs and on-campus recovery

University presidents pitch in as professors You roll into class with your cup of coffee, grab a seat and open up your laptop. The professor at the front of the room is one of the most well-known and powerful people on campus, the university president. (The Washington Post) Free courses may shake universities’ monopoly on…
by Alex Friedrich

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What MN students are eyeing this legislative session

As I try to get a view of what might be discussed this legislative session, I thought I’d talk to representatives from the two groups representing students in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system. I spoke recently with Jonathan Bohn of the Minnesota State University Student Association, as well as Geoff Dittberner and…
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University of Vermont: Provost Tom Sullivan wants to be our prez

University of Vermont: Provost Tom Sullivan wants to be our prez

Outgoing University of Minnesota Provost Tom Sullivan is a finalist for the presidency of the University of Vermont, the university in New England has announced. Sullivan, who is reportedly scheduled to interview there on Wednesday and Thursday is apparently one of five finalists — yes, five and not just one — each of whom is…
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U ag dean Levine: Why Yahoo! blogger has no idea about agriculture

U ag dean Levine: Why Yahoo! blogger has no idea about agriculture

Agriculture is a far different industry than it was 50, 30, or even 10 years ago, and agricultural education has changed in similar ways. To make assumptions based on outdated stereotypes about agriculture unfairly misleads young people. — University of Minnesota Dean Al Levine of the College of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences on a…
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Student paper: Board of Regents becoming politicized

“Now that Sviggum’s job has drawn public criticism, we hope the board will act diligently to guard against partisan influence.” — A Minnesota Daily editorial, saying Sviggum’s recent attempt to hold his regent’s post and new Republican job, along with last year’s selection of former Republican legislator Laura Brod as regent, is politicizing the Board…
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