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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.

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School lunch debate: What's at stake?

School lunch debate: What's at stake?

GOP leaders, as well as the School Nutrition Association, which represents school food service directors and several companies that supply school cafeterias, say the upcoming requirements are unworkable. They claim that kids don't want the healthy options and, as a result, too much food is being wasted. They also say that the cost of reducing sodium and other preservatives are placing an undue burden on schools.
by Allison Aubrey and Jessica Pupovac

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College for free: Tulsa's radical idea

College for free: Tulsa's radical idea

The promise of some -- emphasis on "some" -- student loan relief down the road isn't enticement enough for many kids to spend big on a college education. The fact is, lots of them have simply been priced out of higher ed. But what if the first two years of college could be tuition-free, for everyone?
by Claudio Sanchez and Cory Turner

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LIVE National Press Club: M. Night Shyamalan on education

LIVE National Press Club: M. Night Shyamalan on education

Indian-American Hollywood filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan speaks at the National Press Club in Washington about ways to improve education for struggling children and close the achievement gap. He's out with a book titled, "I Got Schooled."

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Franken: Student debt stymies the U.S. economy

Franken: Student debt stymies the U.S. economy

Student debt is in the spotlight this week in Washington. On Monday, President Obama signed an executive order that allows more borrowers to cap student loan payments at 10 percent of their monthly income. MPR's Phil Picardi spoke with Sen. Al Franken about the proposal.

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MnSCU trustee to chairman: Don’t speak for me

MnSCU trustee to chairman: Don’t speak for me

The state college and university system’s chief trustee seems to have raised a few eyebrows with Monday’s blanket statement of support for Chancellor Steven Rosenstone. In response to a list of faculty union complaints about Rosenstone’s performance, board Chairman Clarence Hightower said trustees gave him their full support “unanimously,” and that it was “unwavering.” But at…
by Alex Friedrich

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The one thing Obama didn't say about student loan repayment

The one thing Obama didn't say about student loan repayment

Last year, enrollment in the loan replayment program did grow almost 40 percent. But the total number of borrowers now signed up is still just 1.6 million. Remember -- 37 million Americans are carrying some kind of student debt. That means quite likely the vast majority of those who could get help paying off their loans just aren't asking for it.

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Teachers at embattled charter school to take union vote

Teachers at embattled charter school to take union vote

School personnel have filed five charges of unfair labor action against Chang with the National Labor Relations Board. Education Minnesota also filed a charge, claiming the superintendent interfered with employees' right to organize.
by Tim Post

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