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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.

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

What drove 16 U of M freshmen from their dorms

What drove 16 U of M freshmen from their dorms

At the University of Minnesota, you never know what kind of roommate you’ll have during Move-In Week. The Star Tribune reports that mold made its way into Frontier Hall when freshmen set up their digs at the beginning of the term. Someone found it Sept. 23, at which point: The department tested 35 rooms, found Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

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Police investigating this hate crime at Gustavus Adolphus College

Police investigating this hate crime at Gustavus Adolphus College

The Free Press of Mankato reports that St. Peter police are investigating what they’re calling a hate crime on the campus of Gustavus Adolphus College. Police are releasing few details, but say someone spray-painted a racial slur and a student’s name on a campus sidewalk during Homecoming weekend, which was Sept. 28 and 29. Glen D. Read more →
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USA Today: Minnesota student debt is “out of control”

USA Today: Minnesota student debt is “out of control”

I’ve already covered Minnesota’s status as a high-debt state for students, but just FYI USA Today has it in its list of eight states where student debt is out of control. Here’s what the paper has to say about us: 3. Minnesota The bronze medal goes to Minnesota, the home of the Golden Gophers. The Read more →
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U.S. adults score below average on worldwide test

In math, reading and problem-solving using technology, American adults scored below the international average on a global test, according to results released Tuesday.

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Notes in the Margins: Apprenticeships, government majors and a British invasion

Students in Britain Are Drawn to U.S. Colleges The U.S.-U.K. Fulbright Commission’s American college fair was once a sleepy single-day event. No longer. This year, more than 5,000 visitors registered for the fair. (The New York Times) Students re-evaluate government majors during shutdown The government shutdown and recent gridlock has many students questioning how they can make Read more →
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27 struggling schools see improvement under state's new rating system

27 struggling schools see improvement under state's new rating system

Supporters credit the Multiple Measurement Ratings system, Minnesota's alternative to the federal No Child Left Behind program, for offering more help and fewer penalties to boost struggling schools. Critics worry schools are being let off the hook before real improvement is shown.
by Tim Post

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What are Multiple Measurement Ratings?

Multiple Measurement Ratings, also known as MMR, represents an alternative ranking system that state officials presented to the U.S. Department of Education when they asked to opt out of the requirements of No Child Left Behind in 2011.
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Why aren’t programs helping lower student-loan default rates?

Why aren’t programs helping lower student-loan default rates?

When I spoke to state Office of Education analyst Tricia Grimes on Friday about the increase in the student-loan default rate, I mentioned that Lumina Foundation’s Zakiya Smith had expressed alarm over the issue. Smith had told the higher ed publication  Diverse that the defaulting students had begun their repayment period while the feds were trying Read more →
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Why one student likes Capella’s new competency-based courses

Why one student likes Capella’s new competency-based courses

St. Paul banking employee Amee Gullickson tells the Star Tribune what she thought of her four-week business-ethics course in Capella University’s new FlexPath program, one of the first “competency-based” education programs in the country: “It was definitely a benefit, because I’m able to get through these classes faster. There’s not a lot of interaction, and Read more →
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