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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January 29, 2010 2:40 PM

Group of schools says early start could improve performance

Minnesota has long had a law that prevents pre-Labor Day starts, but education officials say student performance is too important to be limited by such a ban.

by Tom Weber

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January 29, 2010 10:18 AM

Education leaders preview key issues in 2010

The superintendent of Minnesota's largest school district and the president of Minnesota's teachers union discuss they key funding and education policy issues the legislature will address in the 2010 session starting February 4th.

by Tom Dooher

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January 28, 2010 7:43 PM

Minn. college students evacuated from Machu Picchu

A group of Gustavus Adolphus College students and faculty who have been stranded near Machu Picchu in Peru have been airlifted to a nearby city.

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January 28, 2010 4:02 PM

New federal budget ups spending on education

One area of the federal government that could see more money is education as the president is proposing to spend as much as $4 billion more nationally next year on schools.

by Tom Weber

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January 28, 2010 3:00 AM

Growing charter school teaches with culture, language

A charter school on the White Earth Indian Reservation is using traditional culture and language to get kids and parents excited about education.

by Dan Gunderson

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January 26, 2010 3:00 PM

A novel resolves childhood memories of the Ethiopian revolution

The experience of leaving Ethiopia was so traumatic for her, author Maaza Mengiste has very clear memories of what happened. Now, in an attempt to give those memories some context, she has written a critically-acclaimed novel "Beneath the Lion's Gaze."

by Euan Kerr

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January 26, 2010 2:00 AM

College officials expect deep cuts in higher education funding

The future of the state's higher education budget is on the agenda at a hearing Tuesday at the Capitol, and College officials fear deep cuts in state funding in the next three years.

by Tim Post

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January 25, 2010 6:20 AM

Minnesota State-Mankato eyes program eliminations

Administrators at Minnesota State University in Mankato have proposed eliminating the school's aviation, computer science, undergraduate music programs and others as they look to a likely $6 million to $10 million deficit in 2012.