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Head of national teachers union speaks at the Commonwealth Club

Head of national teachers union speaks at the Commonwealth Club

American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten speaks at the Commonwealth Club of California. She discusses recent efforts to curb teacher compensation and limit their ability to collectively bargain.

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Why grad assistants are trying to organize at Univ. of Minn.

Why grad assistants are trying to organize at Univ. of Minn.

Organizers of the unionization of University of Minnesota’s graduate assistants say they’ll be working through the summer to boost even higher the number of student cards calling for a union election. Supporters say they want collective bargaining for pay and benefits, and want a better way to resolve work issues. The Minnesota Daily reports the…
by Alex Friedrich

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Who's trying to get Winona to ban plastic bags

Who's trying to get Winona to ban plastic bags

“I don’t know if (the ordinance) is something I’ll see when I’m here, but I would come back to see whatever does happen with it.” — Winona State University senior Laura Senefeld, who is on a campaign to have single-use plastic bags banned from the city. She has shown the documentary Bag It on campus…
by Alex Friedrich

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What Univ. of Minnesota mental health counselors are seeing

Spokesman Dave Golden of the University of Minnesota’s Boynton Health Service — which recently upped staff to cover a backlog of mental health cases — tells the Minnesota Daily what health officials are seeing there: “Our demand is up, our patient visits are up, but diagnosis [of depression] on campus is down.” MPR’s Tim Post…
by Alex Friedrich

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New at the U: Ag Awareness, Beautiful U and the Dalai Lama

New at the U: Ag Awareness, Beautiful U and the Dalai Lama

Minnesota farm animals invade the U’s East Bank for the second annual Ag Awareness Day, cyclists take over Northrop Plaza on “Beautiful U” Day and we preview the Dalai Lama’s May 7-8 visit to campus. Visit the YouTube page here.
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Scotland, social media and rating teacher colleges

Social Media in the M.B.A. Classroom Elite business schools are weaving social media instruction into their curricula. (U.S. News & World Report) Teacher colleges balk at being rated A controversial review of America’s teacher colleges has met resistance in Wisconsin, where education school leaders in the public and private sector say they will not voluntarily…
by Alex Friedrich

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State taking steps to shut down underperforming charter school

The Education Department says BlueSky Online's curriculum doesn't meet state standards. It's the first time the state has made such a move.
by Tim Post

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How Central Lakes is expanding in a tough economy

How Central Lakes is expanding in a tough economy

So amid all the financial doom and gloom and rumors of campus closures, I see this on pineandlakes.com: CLC plans to offer college classes in Pine River It appears Central Lakes College is setting up a satellite “campus” of sorts in Pine River to offer general-education courses to the community beginning this fall. “It’s kind…
by Alex Friedrich

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Univ. of Minn. profs begin grappling with CLA consolidation

Univ. of Minn. profs begin grappling with CLA consolidation

lapillus via Flickr Merge, consolidate, streamline University of Minnesota professor John Mowitt tells the Minnesota Daily that a proposed merger of 12 College of Liberal Arts departments into three interdisciplinary clusters wouldn’t likely save money or improve academics: “It will necessarily produce these relationships in which certain aspects of departments are just kind of left…
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MnSCU gives 4 faculty top educator honors

The trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system have given the system's highest honor, the Educator of the Year award, to four faculty members.

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