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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 med-student debt could lead to a primary care shortage

Fine, so financial complaints by soon-to-be-highly-paid young physicians might not seem the most pressing issue in this recession. But the Supreme Court’s ruling that medical residents must pay Social Security raises the issue of a possible connection between their debt burden and the shortage of primary care for the rest of Americans. The Court had…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Record apps, humanities and longform

Charles Kolb: Reforming American Postsecondary Education Are we about to enter an era of postsecondary education reform comparable to what we’ve seen in the K-12 arena for almost 30 years? (Huffington Post) Dartmouth College, University of Chicago Get Record Undergrad Applications – Bloomberg Dartmouth College and the University of Chicago reported all-time highs in undergraduate…
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Med residents are taxable employees, Supreme Court rules

Got this today from the Associated Press. University of Minnesota’s response follows. (Note: Residents won’t be paying any more than they already have. See last paragraph in U’s response.) The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that medical residents should be considered employees when it comes to collecting Social Security taxes. The high court said that the…
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Best of Youth Radio 2010

Best of Youth Radio 2010

Midday presents six stories from MPR's Youth Radio series from the past year, including updates from some of the reporters on what's changed since their stories were first broadcast.

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Education Minnesota recommends education reforms

Minnesota's influential state teachers union will release its recommendations for several education reforms, including for shrinking the achievement gap between affluent white students and poorer minority students.

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St. Paul schools plan emphasizes neighborhood schools

St. Paul schools plan emphasizes neighborhood schools

St. Paul school superintendent Valeria Silva is unveiling a new three-year strategic plan for the district Tuesday that calls for some programs to be moved, retooled or even eliminated -- but also includes the reopening of some previously shuttered buildings.
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How one MN blogger sees the rankings

Just had to chuckle when I came across this Minnesota blogger’s home-brewed set of university rankings. Comprehensive. Scientific. Unbiased. 1. St. Cloud State University; St. Cloud, Minnesota 2. University of North Dakota; Grand Forks, North Dakota 3. Harvard University; Cambridge, Massechusetts 4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cambridge, Massechusetts 5. Northwestern University; Evanston, Illinois 6. Stanford…
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Mpls. school board adds five new members

The Minneapolis School Board will add five new members and make some Tuesday night.

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Southwest Minnesota State goes tobacco-free

Southwest Minnesota State goes tobacco-free

xavierla via Flickr No tobacco here Southwest Minnesota State University freshman Samantha Abens tells the Marshall Independent what she thinks of the campus’ new tobacco-free policy, which kicked in Jan. 1: “I like the new policy a lot. A lot of students come into class smelling like smoke, or they’d be smoking right by the…
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