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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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How community colleges hope to grab the online market

How community colleges hope to grab the online market

Community colleges trying to get a better share of the online degree market have a new tool to help them fight through the clutter: OnlineCommunityColleges.org. It’s the fledgling product of an online education consortium comprising American Association of Community Colleges member colleges, Community College Times reports. When it launches late this year, it should put…
by Alex Friedrich

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Graphic: The Student Loan Scheme

Graphic: The Student Loan Scheme

Just looked interesting.
by Alex Friedrich

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St. Paul neighborhood begins planning for student achievement boost

This week, about 150 volunteers begin planning on a project to boost student achievement in a 250-block section of St. Paul, after the neighborhood won a competitive grant from the Obama administration.

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When student loans count as income

Student finance writer Zac Bissonnette writes why students under 21 have continued to get credit cards despite not having independent proof of income or a co-signer : A survey conducted at the University of Houston Law Center found that … 29% of the under-21-year-old respondents who had signed up for cards since starting school in…
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Why faculty don't use family-friendly work policies

So much for an enlightened profession. UC Berkeley professor Mary Ann Mason explains one reason few of the university’s faculty have taken advantage of parental benefits such as teaching relief: … Many mothers and fathers did not use the benefits (because of) their concern that they would be considered less-than-serious players if they took time…
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Notes in the Margins: Threats, fees and bogus statistics

Governing Boards Get Serious About Presidential Reviews At a time of tight budgets and heightened pressure to adapt to a changing environment, boards do not have the luxury of waiting to see if problems emerge. A growing number of boards are reviewing college presidents on a systematic basis, and some are doing it earlier than…
by Alex Friedrich

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High school perspectives on "Huckleberry Finn"

Even some students question whether they'd want to hear the N-word in a classroom setting.

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Walker program aims to help with Alzheimer's challenge

Walker program aims to help with Alzheimer's challenge

When most institutions talk about accessibility it's about how easy it is to get around their buildings. However the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis is working on a different kind of accessibility - programming for people with Alzheimer's and the people who take care of them.
by Euan Kerr

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Three Catholic schools to close in Twin Cities archdiocese

Three Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis will close after the 2010-2011 school year.
by Sasha Aslanian

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Parents want new location for Four Seasons Elementary

A group of St. Paul parents will meet tonight to discuss ways to save Four Seasons Elementary, the only school slated to close entirely under a plan the district released this week.
by Tom Weber

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