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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.

Stay informed about local education events, policies and more happening in schools and colleges across Minnesota.

Union votes at two charter schools could open door to others

Union votes at two charter schools could open door to others

In a state that pioneered the charter school movement, the two Twin Cities unionized charter schools stand out. Whether those votes mark a new era for the state's teacher's union is up for debate.
by Catharine Richert

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5 creative ways to pay for college

5 creative ways to pay for college

With the price of tuition showing little sign of falling from its peak, we're taking an alternate route. Two experts join us to talk about creative ways to pay for school.

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Can science be sexy?

Can science be sexy?

We look at how to make science approachable to the public.

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UMN crime slows after fall surge; summer up

UMN-area robberies 2013-14 Avg ’09-’13 Total 59 41.5  (7 on campus)  (3.25 on campus) Academic Year 46 35.75 Summer 13 5.75 Fall 26 17.25 Winter 9 8.75 Spring 11 9.75 W+S 20 18.5 This past year, the University of Minnesota community saw a 28 percent increase in robberies compared to average annual totals from the…
by Alex Friedrich

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Carleton tops MN colleges in sex-offense reporting rate

Just pulled this from Sunday’s Washington Post report on campus sexual-assault data. The paper’s notes on the data come after the table below. You can view the paper’s full list of campuses here. According to the data, the school with the highest number of alleged offenses reported per 1,000 students in 2012 was Carleton with 3.41. It was…
by Alex Friedrich

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Campuses not meeting spending, grad expectations

Campuses not meeting spending, grad expectations

Minnesota’s universities are not graduating as many students as they should — and are spending a higher-than-average amount of money to educate them, according to a draft report by the Midwestern Higher Education Compact in Minneapolis. In contrast, the report says, the state’s community and technical colleges are performing about as well as their national…
by Alex Friedrich

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Rape, guns and the American illusion

Stopping Campus Rape Colleges could embrace a more limited version of the old “parietal” system, in which they separated the sexes and supervised social life. This need not represent a return to any kind of chastity-based ethic. (The New York Times) How colleges vary in reports of sex assault and other sex offenses A Washington Post analysis of…
by Alex Friedrich

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