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February 8, 2014 3:27 PM

St. Paul teachers union might take strike vote

District spokesman Matt Mohs says both sides share core values, but they disagree about policy and funding.

by The Associated Press

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February 8, 2014 12:29 PM

UM Duluth's share of state money drops

Democratic state Rep. Mary Murphy says the state needs to make sure Duluth gets a bigger share of the money.

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February 7, 2014 1:48 PM

Cause of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning in students remains unknown

There was no evidence found of carbon monoxide, natural gas or organic compounds or chemicals in the school, CenterPoint Energy spokeswoman Becca Virden said.

by Liala Helal

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February 7, 2014 6:06 AM

College of St. Scholastica expanding into Arizona

The College of St. Scholastica has announced it’s expanding into Arizona — making it one of the few Minnesota private nonprofit colleges to have sites out of state. Scholastica’s vice president for strategic initiatives, Don Wortham, says the Duluth-based school has opened its first out-of-state site at a higher-education center in a suburb of Phoenix. Read more →

by Alex Friedrich

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February 7, 2014 2:07 AM

Study: University of Minnesota – Duluth seventh in per-capita drug and alcohol arrests

The University of Minnesota – Duluth has the seventh-largest number of on-campus arrests per capita for drug and alcohol violations, according to a study publicized in The Huffington Post. The campus logged 14.3 arrests per 1,000 students — behind first-place University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh, which had 22.41. The data is limited — and a little Read more →

by Alex Friedrich

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February 7, 2014 1:48 AM

Notes in the Margins: Marketization, Islamic frats and an admin boom

The marketisation of our universities is fragmenting the academic workforce at the students’ expense Business criteria, not education or the public good, drive what marketised universities do. Universities are restructuring for the new era, ploughing money into marketing and glitzy buildings, designed to appeal to applicants as much as function for those that use them. (Impact of Social Sciences) New Read more →

by Alex Friedrich

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February 6, 2014 5:56 PM

Education summit on achievement gap exposes divide

Minnesota has one of the biggest achievement gaps in the country on metrics such as test scores and graduation rates. Some high profile education reform groups have laid some of the blame for the gap on bad teachers, causing tension with teachers unions.

by Tim Post

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February 6, 2014 4:53 PM

Kati Haycock with good news/bad news about the achievement gap

The president of The Education Trust, Kati Haycock, gives a keynote address at an education summit organized by the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce February 6th. She says the racial achievement gap is narrowing in early grades, but is widening later, and we are squandering the extraordinary diversity that should be one of our most important strategic advantages in the world economy. Lack of educational success for poor and minority children threatens social cohesion, economic mobility and the health of our democracy.

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February 6, 2014 5:36 AM

Students: Feds keep colleges from telling us of thrifty state loan option

Student advocates want to change a federal law that they say prevents many Minnesota college students from finding out about a low-cost, state-run student-loan program. Since 2010, colleges have been required to vet private lenders thoroughly before recommending them to students. Many schools say that’s too cumbersome, so they don’t recommend any lenders at all. Read more →

by Alex Friedrich

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February 6, 2014 4:48 AM

Macalester, St. Olaf warned about misleading financial-aid language

This week, Macalester and St. Olaf colleges made U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings’ (D-Md) list of 111 colleges that were breaking federal financial-aid regulations. The schools on the list apparently weren’t being clear with students about financial-aid requirements. They led many applicants to believe it was necessary to complete an extra form and pay a fee Read more →

by Alex Friedrich

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