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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.

Stuffing in those frosh at St. Thomas

Stuffing in those frosh at St. Thomas

Nationaal Archief via Flickr Rise and shine, Tommies Almost 200 more freshman than expected have chosen to enroll at St. Thomas this fall, and the upcoming surge has administrators scrambling. The largest freshman class in St. Thomas history (1,522) will change class sizes, faculty-student ratios and class registration, which might prompt the university to hire…
by Alex Friedrich

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Former Ed. Dept. official under scrutiny for outside contracts

Former Ed. Dept. official under scrutiny for outside contracts

State officials are investigating a former top Education Department official for her role in negotiating a state contract. Chas Anderson was the No. 2 person in the department until she resigned last month.
by Tom Weber

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Why so many college Web sites are lame

Scoot Williams via Wikimedia Commons Better whip those graphics into shape In a recent Huffington Post piece, Florida Atlantic University newspaper adviser Michael Koretzky slams college newspaper Web sites, calling them “so damn boring” and the content mere “shovelware” poured into templates. That’s odd news to this former newspaper hack, who has read countless industry journal…
by Alex Friedrich

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Trying to keep your new grad in MN? Show this.

Minneapolis is the 6th best U.S. city for those just out of college and looking for jobs, according to this year’s ranking by Bloomberg Businessweek. At #1 was Houston, followed by Washington, Dallas, Atlanta, and Austin, Texas. The profiles are in a slide show, but the full list also appears in Twin Cities Business. Biggest loser?…
by Alex Friedrich

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Education Secretary Arne Duncan live at the National Press Club

Education Secretary Arne Duncan live at the National Press Club

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan discusses the outlook for education reform. Duncan speaks live at a National Press Club luncheon in Washington, D.C.

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St. John's medieval find

St. John's medieval find

One of St. John’s medieval Spanish Bibles Scholars at the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library at St. John’s University recently realized that the microfilm copies the library has of two early medieval Spanish Bibles are actually the only ones in existence. That’s big stuff, considering that the Bibles, Codex Complutensis I and Codex Complutensis II, were practically destroyed during the Spanish Civil War…
by Alex Friedrich

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Students scoring higher on standardized science test

The test is only in its third year, but there's already been a nearly 10 point gain in the number of kids considered proficient.

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Notes in the margins: A roundup

1) Take that, Stanford: Our women golfers aren’t fools. The ones at Gustavus Adolphus and Concordia University had higher cumulative GPAs than their counterparts at both the elite California college and Northwestern. 2) No smoke here: South Central College has gone tobacco-free on both its Faribault and North Mankato campuses, making it the 11th campus to do so in…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why Macs are expelling PCs on MN campuses

Why Macs are expelling PCs on MN campuses

Parents who pay the tab for their children’s computers might keep this in mind: My ol’ PiPress colleague, Julio Ojeda-Zapata, has written how Macintosh computers are losing their underdog status at four Minnesota colleges: Winona State, St. Olaf, Macalester, St. John’s University and the College of St. Benedict. The MacBook Pro Once the niche choice of the…
by Alex Friedrich

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Carlson biz undergrad program ranking slips

The U of M’s Carlson School of Management has slipped from from #55 last year to #67 this year in Bloomberg Businessweek’s ranking of undergraduate business schools. The slippage caused the snarky local U blog, The Periodic Table, to crack the whip and say: The Morrill Hall Gang had better start taking care of business…
by Alex Friedrich

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