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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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How veterans are doing in school

How veterans are doing in school

The new GI Bill helps pay school costs for vets of Iraq, Afghan wars.

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STEP-UP helps students prep for job interviews

STEP-UP was created in 2004 and partners with local businesses to provide work experience to city students between the ages of 14 and 21. Program staff member Amy Shapiro says the exercise is designed to give young people a sense of what they'll need for future job interviews.
by Tim Post

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Deadline Friday for Mpls. teachers' contract vote

Negotiators for the district and the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers struck a deal earlier this month, setting the stage for the vote. If the contract is ratified by teachers, the school board will vote on the agreement April 8.
by Tim Post

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Study: Higher literacy rates found in kids tutored by AmeriCorps

A study from the Corporation for National and Community Service shows kindergarten through 3rd grade students tutored by Minnesota Reading Corps tutors did twice as well on literacy tests than students without a tutor.
by Tim Post

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University of Minnesota president praises Hausman’s bonding ideas

Just got this announcement from the U. Apparently the proposal is more of a “dream list,” and the formal bill hasn’t been released yet: Chair’s bonding bill for U of M a ‘strong boost’ for Minnesota’s economy University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler today called House Capital Investment Chair Alice Hausman’s bonding proposal for the Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

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Vexed by winter school cancellations, districts eye spring break

Vexed by winter school cancellations, districts eye spring break

Minneapolis expects 2,800 students from kindergarten to eighth-grade to attend Spring Break Academy and some Stillwater school leaders are asking kids to take a practice version of the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment tests online.
by Tim Post

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Study-abroad bill would require safety reporting

Study-abroad bill would require safety reporting

A Senate committee has approved a bill requiring colleges to report how safe their study-abroad programs are. The measure, discussed Thursday, would require schools to provide safety records — details on deaths, accidents and illnesses of students participating in sanctioned study-abroad programs. Elizabeth Brenner, the mother of Minnetonka student who died during a 2011 study-abroad Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Russian plagiarism, campus debt and grad speakers

Russia’s plagiarism problem: Even Putin has done it!  So many businessmen, academics and high-ranking government officials — President Vladimir Putin included — have been found to have plagiarized their college and doctoral theses that Russia’s education minister just denounced the revelations, saying they were hurting Russia’s reputation. (The Washington Post) The Hidden College Problem: When Universities, Read more →
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