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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.

How to add a little spice to a campus tour

How to add a little spice to a campus tour

Just what does it take to sell a college to a student visiting campus? Looks like it helps to make the tour more memorable, so some schools are adding a few gimmicks, USA Today reports. Alfred University uses a 7-person bike (see video above) on its rounds,  Brigham Young University uses golf carts, California Polytechnic…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Patents, hackers and mental health

Patents, Not Just Politics, Create Obstacles to University Stem-Cell Research A new study indicates that overly complicated and restrictive patenting practices, and scientists who do not fully share information and materials, are creating a research bottleneck at the corporate level that could soon hinder work at dozens of universities. (chronicle.com) What Degrees Should Mean The…
by Alex Friedrich

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A's for everyone? The problem of grade inflation on college campuses

A's for everyone? The problem of grade inflation on college campuses

A high GPA is a lot easier to come by than it used to be thanks to grade inflation. What's wrong with an easy A? Well, when every class is an easy A students do less work and a 4.0 tells potential employers nothing about a student's actual ability.

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Anoka-Hennepin school district to approve $3.2 million in cuts

Anoka-Hennepin school district to approve $3.2 million in cuts

Leaders of the state's largest school district are expected to sign off on $3.2 million in cuts Monday night. All of the cuts this round will be in operational costs, not classroom costs.
by Tom Weber

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Mpls. teachers approve new contract, until summer

Minneapolis teachers have approved a new contract with the district. Leaders for the teachers union said 87 percent of teachers who voted approved of the new deal.
by Tom Weber

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What happens when everyone gets an A?

What happens when everyone gets an A?

Check out this segment on tomorrow’s Midmorning program on MPR. I’ll try live-blogging it — or at least covering it as it happens. It’s a good companion piece to today’s program on students’ lack of learning in college. A’s for everyone! The problem of grade inflation on college campuses A high GPA is a lot…
by Alex Friedrich

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MnSCU introduces itself to the state Senate

Tame Senate hearing today for the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system today. It was mostly an introduction for members of the Senate’s committee on higher education. System leaders laid out stats, what MnSCU does, the students it serves, its successes, etc. There were a few words on the challenges, but most of the…
by Alex Friedrich

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Heading to the Capitol

Going to listen to the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system give the Senate an overview of how it works today. We’ll see what kinds of questions the legislators ask. I’ll be tweeting the highlights, so feel free to follow me on Twitter: @MPRAFriedrich.
by Alex Friedrich

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Why colleges are responsible for students' lack of learning

In today’s Midmorning program, “Is higher education losing its meaning?” host Kerri Miller talks about a new book — Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses — that says college students aren’t learning much in their years on campus. The research in the book indicates that more than a third of college students showed no…
by Alex Friedrich

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Minn. education advocacy group pushes new education proposals

A new education advocacy group plans to push lawmakers this spring for two teacher-related proposals that will encourage a more robust teaching evaluation system and hopefully close the achievement gap between white students and students of color.
by Tom Weber

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