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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.

Notes in the Margins: Drug testing, European interns and those dudes in the department

Student-Loan Straitjacket Filing for Bankruptcy Usually Ends Up Increasing School-Debt Balances (The Wall Street Journal) Don’t be that dude: Handy tips for the male academic There are a lot of guys out there that are supportive, but don’t realize that many of their everyday actions (big and small) perpetuate inequality. (Tenure, She Wrote) European Interns Resist Working Free A Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

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The 'Big Bang' in a childhood brain

The 'Big Bang' in a childhood brain

Brain scientists say in the first five years of life there is an explosion in your brain that stays with you all your life. The co-directors of the Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences at the University of Washington told a 2013 Aspen Ideas Festival audience we're in the midst of a revolution in our understanding of development of the early brain.

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Ex students sue Globe University / MN School of Business

A Minneapolis attorney has filed a consumer fraud lawsuit on behalf of five former and current students who say they were misled by Globe University / Minnesota School of Business. Clayton Halunen asked the Hennepin County District Court to grant the suit class-action status. The suit seeks to cover students enrolled since September 2007. In Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

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MnSCU IT workforce exec: We’re not that far apart on education

MnSCU IT workforce exec: We’re not that far apart on education

Bruce Lindberg, who runs the MnSCU-affiliated organization Advance IT Minnesota, comments in On Campus that the gap between the Inter Faculty Organization and Chancellor Steven Rosenstone on how to educate students isn’t necessarily all that large: With some clarification, I would suggest that the IFO positions are not that far off from the intentions of Read more →
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A high-school counselor’s trek through colleges

A high-school counselor’s trek through colleges

A few days ago, I wrote about Macalester College‘s apparent obsession with squirrels. A quote from a Mac student about that subject came from a little blog written by a Massachusetts high-school counselor who was traveling the country visiting colleges where her school’s graduates had enrolled. She briefly profiles each campus — including a few in Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Resimuters, undocumented students and a whistle-blowing president

More universities now admitting undocumented students Universities such as Dartmouth, Stanford, Duke, and the University of Chicago have explicitly stated they welcome undocumented students’ applications and they currently have undocumented students enrolled. These universities also say that undocumented students are eligible for financial support. (CNN via NAICU) How to be a college ‘resimuter’ There is a growing population Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

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Two dozen Minn. schools reduce achievement gaps

New accountability ratings released Tuesday show 17 schools will no longer carry the lowest-performing "priority school" label. Another 10 schools were removed from the so-called "focus" list of schools struggling with wide performance disparities among student racial groups.
by Tim Pugmire

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University of Minnesota pushes science in facilities request

University of Minnesota pushes science in facilities request

As University of Minnesota officials gear up to ask the Legislature for $233 million in funding to renovate and construct buildings, they’re driving home one theme: It’s all about STEM — Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. University government relations adviser Jason Rohloff told reporters during a campus facilities tour today that all but one of Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

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How the federal shutdown will affect the University of Minnesota, MnSCU

How the federal shutdown will affect the University of Minnesota, MnSCU

Just got this from the U. Summary: Minimal impact in the short run, though long-term picture is still unclear. Financial aid not affected. New federal grants will be delayed. I have a call in to MnSCU as well. (Updated. MnSCU’s response follows the U’s press release.) Statement from the University of Minnesota regarding effects of…
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