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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 to scare humanities majors

How to scare humanities majors

Remember “Scared Straight,” that late-1970s documentary in which prison inmates warned juvenile delinquents against turning to a life of crime? Watch Buzzfeed’s take for the college crowd: “Scared Straight: Liberal Arts Edition.” You can guess what happens: Down-and-out college grads with arts and humanities degrees get in the faces of a crop of liberal-arts students, yelling Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Big Med, transportation and Canadian research

The Collapse of Big Law: A Cautionary Tale for Big Med Medicine lags behind the law by several decades, but it is now proceeding down the same path. Rankings are playing an increasing role in how medical schools and hospitals assess their performance. (The Atlantic) Occidental College bans investments in assault weapons companies In a move that Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

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Battle Creek Elementary closed due to heating problem

Classes at Battle Creek Elementary School in St. Paul were canceled Tuesday because of a broken heating system, according to St. Paul Public Schools spokeswoman Toya Stewart Downey.

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Notes in the Margins: Trapped interns, sidelined profs, and student debit cards

Professors, We Need You! Some of the smartest thinkers on problems at home and around the world are university professors, but most of them just don’t matter in today’s great debates. (The New York Times) Making online teaching click Why a classroom veteran waited 17 years to join the digital pedagogues. (Times Higher Education) For Interns, All Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

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A push to boost computer science learning, even at an early age

A push to boost computer science learning, even at an early age

A handful of nonprofit and for-profit groups are working to address what they see as a national education crisis: Too few of America's K-12 public schools actually teach computer science basics and fewer still offer it for credit.
by Eric Westervelt

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