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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.

Notes in the Margins: a roundup

Big Fish:The U’s Presidential Search Advisory committee has more than 100 nominees to succeed Robert Bruininks. It could also appoint two to four new regents, because some won’t be seeking another term. Education, Inc.: USA Today slams for-profit schools, saying they “are less a business model than a scam.” The Career College Association defends them, saying they don’t receive a disproportionate share of…
by Alex Friedrich

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The case against summer vacation

The case against summer vacation

Summer vacation is an ingrained element of American childhood. But research on summer learning loss indicates that many lower class students are being hurt by an extended period away from school. Are summer enrichment programs the answer, or do we need to rethink the school year?

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What the candidates say about higher ed

What the candidates say about higher ed

MPR/Jeffrey Thompson Relatively quiet on higher education You might think that with budget cuts and layoffs shrinking state universities, and with impending leadership changes influencing how they’ll do business, gubernatorial candidates would be speaking out about how to handle it all. Hardly. Their voters are pressing them to engage in the education battles at the lower levels,…
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Obama wants to boost grad rates

Here’s CNN’s preview of his speech today. Here’s the job ahead of him: … the U.S. would need to add more than 10 million college graduates over the next 10 years. And here’s a mechanism he wants to use: The administration plans to fund the initiative by eliminating “middleman” banks from the loan process and…
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Oberstar, St. Thomas in overly cozy endowment?

Oberstar, St. Thomas in overly cozy endowment?

  Oberstar First we read that university endowments are taking a beating. Now it looks like some are the tools of corporations looking to get cozy with politicians. One wonders whether that’s the case with Democratic U.S. Rep. James Oberstar and the University of St. Thomas. Both are in a New York Times article about potential conflicts of interest between…
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Princeton Review's Best Midwestern Colleges

I noticed a few Minnesota colleges tooting their horns last week about making Princeton Review’s list of Best Midwestern Colleges. It’s part of the 2011 Best Colleges: Region by Region list, which is a separate list from the rankings I posted last week. The list on the Princeton Review’s Web site has been practically inaccessible (at least for me)…
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Kindergarten could be a kingmaker

Kindergarten could be a kingmaker

Recent research suggests that how much a child learns in kindergarten will translate to higher earnings in adulthood than students who had low quality early education.

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U of Phoenix in GAO muck

Looks like the University of Phoenix — the national for-profit university that has branches in Woodbury and St. Louis Park — may have been snagged in that GAO inquiry into deception at for-profit institutions. The document and video didn’t appear to name names. But now the university’s owner, Phoenix-based Apollo Group Inc., has launched an…
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Feds questioning Capella U's owner

Looks like the federal hearings into activities by for-profit colleges has reached Minnesota. Earlier this week the General Accounting Office released results of its investigation into fraud at for-profit schools. Minnesota was not one of the states the GAO targeted. Now, the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions has asked Capella Education Company of Minneapolis,…
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Worst orientation video ever?

Worst orientation video ever?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GJVxFP19Gs Note to Minnesota colleges getting into video: This is not how to do it. If you do, you’ll be the laughing stock of the Web and the Chronicle of Higher Education. Yes, yes, this is my alma mater. Not my proudest moment. UPDATE: I almost forgot. What makes this even more embarrassing is that it comes…
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