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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.

Why many Inver Hills students haven’t received textbooks this term

Why many Inver Hills students haven’t received textbooks this term

Glitches in Inver Hills Community College‘s move to online-only textbook sales left many students without books for the first two weeks of the semester, faculty and students say — and some students still don’t have all their materials. Faculty have had to push back assignments and scale back on lab activities because students haven’t had Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

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How Totino-Grace discovered, then fired gay veteran teacher

It's the second high profile departure from Totino-Grace High School in recent months. The school's president resigned this summer after announcing he was in a same-sex relationship. Such incidents are happening across the country as church doctrine collides with changing views on marriage.
by Tim Post

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The misery of the Ph.D job market

The misery of the Ph.D job market

Ph.D holder J.D.J. Plocher, an alumnus of Macalester College and the University of Minnesota, blogs about how the misery of a failed job search may have forced him to give up his dream of becoming a music academic: “…I told myself that I was worthless, that I’d thrown away seven years of my life chasing Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

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What the Tommies’ prez thinks about being inclusive of gays and lesbians

What the Tommies’ prez thinks about being inclusive of gays and lesbians

Catholic Education Daily writes that University of St. Thomas President Julie Sullivan received a burst of applause when she said this during her recent convocation speech: “Our Catholic identity and mission call us to recognize and respect the dignity of every human person as a child of God and as created in God’s image. Thus, Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

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Notes in the Margins: Handguns, commercial training and severed ties with the state

U-Va. should break some ties with state, panel says in preliminary report A University of Virginia panel has proposed that the institution break many of its ties with the state government and operate more like a private school.Such an arrangement would allow Virginia’s flagship public school the freedom to more easily increase tuition and accept more Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

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Minneapolis schools settle with Broadway teen moms over unlicensed teachers

Minneapolis Public Schools has set up a compensation fund for students who lost credits toward graduation after the district discovered unqualified teachers leading classes at Broadway High School three years ago.
by Jon Collins

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What’s pushing Minnesota’s drive for more foreign students?

What’s pushing Minnesota’s drive for more foreign students?

Yesterday afternoon, a group of Minnesota schools and colleges announced they were teaming up to lure more foreign students to the state. For more details, I talked today to Christina Hilpipre-Frischman, who is chairwoman of the the new 21-member group, called “Study Minnesota.” She said the schools have been talking about teaming up for a Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

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A great little first-day-of-class prank

A great little first-day-of-class prank

What looks like an upperclassman from the University of Rochester’s radio station pulled this little stunt recently — posing as the professor of a freshman chemistry class. The real professor eventually showed up. (h/t The Huffington Post)
by Alex Friedrich

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How seriously does Hamline University take the U.S. News rankings?

With some media outlets groaning yet again about the U.S. News & World Report rankings – a system they say provides perverse incentives that prompt schools to cheat in what’s really an academic beauty contest — I asked Hamline University President Linda Hanson what she really thought of them. She said they’re a good source of data such Read more →
by Alex Friedrich

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