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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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Charter school embezzler sentenced to 10-year term

Charter school embezzler sentenced to 10-year term

Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said Joel Pourier used a complicated scheme to steal $1.3 million from the Heart of the Earth school in Minneapolis.
by Brandt Williams

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What athletic chiefs cost MnSCU universities

Following news of how budget problems may force St. Cloud State to cut football — and possibly athletics administrators — the St. Cloud Times has dug up information on what it pays its chiefs in sports administration. Here it lays out a comparison of the salaries of the university’s six athletic directors with the salaries of coaches at other Minnesota State College…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why the University of Minn. wants to renovate Northrop

Why the University of Minn. wants to renovate Northrop

AlexiusHoratius via Wikimedia Commons It’s not the outside that’s the problem If you didn’t catch Tim Post’s MPR piece on the planned renovation of Northrop, here’s a link to the Web story and the audio. It’s a huge undertaking — $80 million — especially considering the U’s budget problems. The planned change is dramatic, the way Post…
by Alex Friedrich

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Minn. firm that lost data now handling California student loans

Minn. firm that lost data now handling California student loans

rpongsaj via Flickr It’s safe with us   If you’ve read the news about the Oakdale firm that’s now handling California student loan accounts, the name of the company — Educational Credit Management Corporation — might sound familiar. That’s because it made the news in March after someone stole personal data — including Social Security numbers…
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: A news roundup

Paying to snag an internship: Students find they’re having to pay companies thousands of dollars to get hooked up with an internship and housing for the summer. Biz school offers free e-books: Virginia State University is giving free e-textbooks to students in its business school for eight core courses. Credit card firms cautious: The recent federal reform bans…
by Alex Friedrich

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St. Paul schools expand takeout breakfast program

When St. Paul students return to school Sept. 7, they'll find another dozen schools offering the district's unusual breakfast-to-go program.

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U of M officials propose $80M plan to save aging Northrop Auditorium

U of M officials propose $80M plan to save aging Northrop Auditorium

Officials at the U of M are proposing an $80-million plan to save the aging and rarely-used Northrop Auditorium and to reinvent it as a new destination for students and faculty.
by Tim Post

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Chief: None seeking charges yet in Elk River case

Police investigating hazing in the Elk River High School football program said Friday they have not found any players interested in pursuing criminal charges.

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Edu-swag at the State Fair

Edu-swag at the State Fair

MPR/Alex Friedrich Come and get it at St. Thomas At the State Fair they’ll line up for anything. Make any ol’ doohickey, slap a college logo on it and they’ll stand around for half an hour till the line stretches out the door. Because it’s Minnesota edu-swag: bandannas, tote bags (“tohht baygs”) and lanyards. MPR/Alex…
by Alex Friedrich

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Midmorning chat: Students study less

Midmorning chat: Students study less

  bjosefowicz via Flickr Yeah, I bet that’ll build your critical thinking Check out the Midmorning page and listen to the audio of a chat with Philip Babcock of the University of California Santa Barbara and Jen Day Shaw of the University of Florida. Students are studying far less than they did decades ago, and that…
by Alex Friedrich

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