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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.

College Board 'concerned' about low SAT

The College Board, sponsor of the SAT, says latest scores show that roughly 6 in 10 college-bound high school students who took the test were so lacking in their reading, writing and math skills, they were unprepared for college-level work.

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Children's book author Kate DiCamillo at Fitzgerald Theater

Children's book author Kate DiCamillo at Fitzgerald Theater

Award-winning children's book author Kate DiCamillo is interviewed by MPR's Cathy Wurzer at the Fitzgerald Theater in downtown St. Paul September 24,2013. DiCamillo's newest book "Flora & Ulysses, the Illuminated Adventures" is nominated for a National Book Award.

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Union workers rally against health care changes at the U

Union workers rally against health care changes at the U

Union clerical workers at the University of Minnesota rallied on Northrop Plaza today to protest proposed rate increases to their employee health care plans. About 200 people gathering in front of Morrill Hall, the main administration building — some carrying signs saying, “Stop cost shifting to employees” and “Wal-Mart U / Rolling Back Benefits.” They opposed a Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

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University of Minnesota union to hold health care rally today

University of Minnesota union to hold health care rally today

The union representing University of Minnesota clerical workers plans to rally today to protest planned health care increases. The noon gathering on Northrop Plaza will oppose what the union says is a $1.8 million overall increase in the form of higher premiums, co-pays, deductibles and other changes. They instead propose an employee health care plan Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

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Why extra credit has become fairer at the University of Minnesota

Why extra credit has become fairer at the University of Minnesota

Tina Falkner, director of compliance and continuity at the University of Minnesota, tells the Minnesota Daily why faculty are more consistent these days determining when to reward students with extra credit: “We had heard from students that extra credit was being inconsistently offered. It was being offered to those who asked for it, but other Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Fear, The Big Bang Theory and the flaw in STEM

Adjuncts, Class, and Fear Many adjuncts feel paralyzed by a deeper, unspoken fear, one that is primarily internal and fraught with complexities that Working-Class Studies can help illuminate and overcome.  This fear stems from the tension, well-documented and long-discussed, between adjuncts’ nominal professional status and the actual workplace conditions that place us in the category of the Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

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Two Minnesota lawmakers want better reporting of study abroad dangers

Two Minnesota lawmakers want better reporting of study abroad dangers

Parents send their children off to increasingly popular study abroad programs, but they often don’t think about the potential for danger. A Minnesota foundation for study-abroad safety estimates more than 400 American students — mostly college students — have died on such programs over the past 15 years in cases such as drownings, hiking accidents Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

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