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.

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Mastermind of the Varsity Blues college admission scandal is about to learn his fate
Rick Singer pleaded guilty in 2019 to selling what he called "a side door" into top universities. The scheme snared dozens of wealthy clients, from actors to business titans and big-shot lawyers.
Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong - A special radio presentation
Listen to an exposé of how educators came to believe in a wrong idea of how children learn to read. MPR News with Angela Davis presents a three-hour radio version of American Public Media’s investigative podcast “Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong.”
Winter storm updates: Big winds, bitter cold mess with travel, schools, life
State transportation officials issued a no-travel advisory for a wide swath of southcentral and southwest Minnesota on Thursday night, including the overnight closure of many state highways, as blizzard conditions swept into the region.
The pandemic made learning harder for many students, but we see evidence that it accelerated learning loss for students who were behind in school before we knew about COVID-19. What is being done to help kids catch up? Listen in.
U students want Sviggum to quit regents over Morris remarks, 'insincere' apology
After University of Minnesota regent Steve Sviggum apologized for remarks suggesting racial and ethnic diversity on the U’s Morris campus might be a marketing problem, he accepted an invitation to come to Morris and meet with students. That gathering reportedly did not go well.
The best books to give kids this holiday season, from a bookseller and librarian
MPR News host Angela Davis talks with a local bookseller and a librarian about the best books for that special child or teenager in your life.