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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.

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

Why you should reconsider that donation to your rich college

Soon after a Macalester College alumnus wrote about why he finds it hard to give to his alma mater, higher-education economist and Bloomberg columnist Richard Vedder writes in the Star Tribune why people shouldn’t donate to elite colleges: Before endowments were large, professors sometimes had to earn their salaries by collecting tuition fees from students. Read more →
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Notes in the Margins: Racial tension, legal hiring, and targeting rich alumni

Colorblind Notion Aside, Colleges Grapple With Racial Tension The notion persists that millennials — born after the overt racial debates and divisions that shaped their parents’ lives — are growing up in a colorblind society. But interviews with dozens of students, professors and administrators at the University of Michigan and elsewhere indicate that the reality is far Read more →
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Pay raise, smaller class sizes included in St. Paul teachers contract agreement

Superintendent Valeria Silva says the district is moving funds around to pay for many of the proposals teachers and the district wanted. But she admits not all of the issues that were on the negotiating table are in the agreement.
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U of M football coach tackles issue of pay equity

U of M football coach tackles issue of pay equity

University of Minnesota head football coach Jerry Kill said Monday he appreciates the restructured contract that has almost doubled his pay to $2.1 million this year. At his first press conference after Saturday’s announcement of the pay raise, he said such salaries are part of the entertainment business and will continue to climb. But Kill Read more →
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Notes in the Margins: Transparency, beer bongs, and Canadian internships

College Uses Test Data to Show Value Cash-Conscious Families Clamor for Numbers on How Much Students Learn (The Wall Street Journal) Drawing Boundaries Around Internships Student internships have come in for criticism in Canada, as elsewhere, over the past year, drawing fire for putting pressure on students to work long hours for little or no pay. (The New Read more →
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University of Minnesota campuses debate existence of funding imbalance

University of Minnesota campuses debate existence of funding imbalance

As the University of Minnesota – Duluth faces $12 million in budget cuts over the next five years, questions have been growing over how the University of Minnesota system distributes funding among its campuses. During a town forum by Gov. Mark Dayton in Duluth last month, several audience members told Dayton their campus wasn’t getting Read more →
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Minnesota college enrollment rate jumps

Significantly more Minnesotans who graduate high school are continuing on with some form of postsecondary education, according data released by the state Office of Higher Education. In its most recent Minnesota Measures report, 78 percent of the Class of 2011 enrolled in a college program within two years — a big jump from the 68 Read more →
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St. Paul teachers union, school district avert strike

St. Paul teachers had threatened to strike over class sizes, testing and support staff levels. During the nine-month talks, district officials said they agreed with those issues, but that implementing all would be too expensive.
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