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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.

Stay informed about local education events, policies and more happening in schools and colleges across Minnesota.

Law student: Give me my money back

I’d like to propose a solution to this problem: I am willing to leave law school, without a degree, at the end of this semester. In return, I would like a full refund of the tuition I’ve paid over the last two and a half years. … This will help BC Law go up in…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: College-choice secrecy, security and accreditation

College Impact 101: Economics In a  2007 study, Lake Superior College added an estimated $98 million dollars to Duluth’s economy. A similar 2009 study by the University of Wisconsin Superior shows that school generated $41.2 million dollars in spending and income for Superior and Douglas County.  But when you break it all down, you’ll find…
by Alex Friedrich

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Student threatens Minneapolis college nursing instructor

Officials at Minneapolis Community & Technical College are investigating a threatening e-mail that a failed student has sent to a faculty member in the nursing department. College spokeswoman Dawn Skelly said that a student was unhappy over being asked to leave the program and sent a letter to the instructor, director of nursing, dean of…
by Alex Friedrich

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What the Students for a Democratic Society will be protesting tomorrow

From a press release: Tomorrow at noon at the University of Minnesota’s Northrop Plaza, the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) will announce demands that the group is bringing to University President Robert Bruininks. The organization participated in the Oct. 7 protest over the rising costs of tuition and larger class sizes. It continues to…
by Alex Friedrich

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U-Minnesota's Chi Psi to get house dad

U-Minnesota's Chi Psi to get house dad

If Chi Psi needs a firm hand, I wonder whether it’s about to get it. Its University of Minnesota chapter, which is on probation for alcohol problems and made the news recently for an alleged sexual assault (recently dropped for lack of evidence), has taken on a live-in house dad, the Minnesota Daily reports. Starting…
by Alex Friedrich

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Hundreds urge reprieve for North High

Hundreds urge reprieve for North High

Supporters of saving North High School in Minneapolis say shutting the school down would affect the entire city. Superintendent Bernadeia Johnson says low enrollment and poor student achievement justify closing the school. But more than 200 people spoke out against the plan at a community forum last night. Some claimed the district set North up to fail, in part, by closing the elementary and middle schools that fed into the high school.
by Cathy Wurzer and Tom Weber

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A walk through the Troubled Waters controversy

A walk through the Troubled Waters controversy

The whole film flap in six easy bites For those of you coming late to the University of Minnesota’s Troubled Waters drama — and/or trying to understand the e-mail dump I chronicled on Friday — here’s a boiled-down version of the story and its main issues — with links: What “Troubled Waters” is: An environmental…
by Alex Friedrich

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VP Himle: Troubled Waters = Michael Moore

VP Himle: Troubled Waters = Michael Moore

I remember walking out of Troubled Waters thinking it was nothing like a Michael Moore film — no grand-standing, no tear-jerking, no milking the subject. Looks like Karen Himle, the University of Minnesota’s VP for university relations, disagrees vehemently. I’ve posted a document or two showing that she called the Troubled Waters film “propaganda,” and…
by Alex Friedrich

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At meeting, public criticize closing of North High

At meeting, public criticize closing of North High

Dozens of students, alumni, and residents spoke out last night against the proposed closure of Minneapolis's North High School.
by Tom Weber

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Mankato prez sends note to LGBTQ community

Here’s a memo sent out by the president of Minnesota State University – Mankato in light of the recent spate of suicides by youths bullied for their sexual orientation. (For those unfamiliar with the term LGBTQ, it’s an initialism for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer members of society. One variation is GLBT, but without Read more →
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