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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.

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September 4, 2013 2:31 AM

5 X 8: The key to smarter kids: More play

Less work and more play, in defense of the gamers, banishing parade squatters, idiocy in the news, and teaching cancer to cry.

by Bob Collins

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September 4, 2013 2:23 AM

Notes in the Margins: Falling enrollment, drinking games and purposeless universities

Census: College enrollment fell sharply in 2012 After five years of gains, undergraduate college enrollment fell nearly 3 percent in fall 2012, according to a new U.S. Census report that sheds fresh light on the recruiting challenge facing many colleges and universities. (The Washington Post) Penn State Scandal Prompts Major Rewrite Of Polices At Colleges Nationwide As Read more →

by Alex Friedrich

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September 3, 2013 3:00 PM

After Sandy Hook, school year begins with security

Does a welcoming learning environment post guards at the door?

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September 3, 2013 2:40 PM

Education Week: Jonathan Kozol on inequality in education

Award-winning author and teacher Jonathan Kozol, speaking at the College of St. Scholastica in June about education in America. He says we still have separate and unequal education, and only the highest level of free and equal public education will close the gap between races and classes in the United States.

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September 3, 2013 9:44 AM

Memorable moments in going back to school

While some school districts started school earlier, today marks the start of school for most around Minnesota. A number of traditions and new events make it memorable.

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September 3, 2013 9:20 AM

Minnesota attorney general seeking info from Corinthian Colleges

Looks like Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson is looking into the activities of Corinthian Colleges, a publicly owned, for-profit education chain based in Santa Ana, Calif. From Corinthian’s most recent 10-K report: On July 8, 2013, the Company received a civil investigative demand from the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office (the “MN AG”) seeking information on Read more →

by Alex Friedrich

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September 3, 2013 7:20 AM

Video: How physicists competed in their physics slam

For those who couldn’t make last month’s “Physics Slam on Ice” at the University of Minnesota, here’s a video of the show. It’s no circus, but it’s not all equations, charts and graphs, either. It has a little Homer Simpson, a little Sound of Music — and even an evil penguin conspiracy. (Vladimir Savinov of Read more →

by Alex Friedrich

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September 3, 2013 4:00 AM

Minneapolis schools pay tribute to Hussein Samatar

Hussein Samatar became the first Somali-American elected to public office in Minnesota when he won a seat on the school board three years ago, providing a strong voice for immigrant families and children. The 45-year-old died last week of complications from leukemia.

by Laura Yuen

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September 3, 2013 3:26 AM

How Concordia University is faring after slashing tuition by a third

Kristin Vogel, director of undergraduate admission for Concordia University in St. Paul, tells the Star Tribune the university’s decision last year to cut tuition by $10,000 has turned out to be a good one. She says the number of new students has increased 65 percent, and the school benefitted financially. “This was the right move for a Read more →

by Alex Friedrich

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September 3, 2013 2:58 AM

Notes in the Margins: Gainful employment, community-college rankings and the modern university

Feds resume effort to regulate for-profit colleges on their ‘gainful employment’ record The Obama administration resumed a controversial effort Friday to regulate for-profit colleges and certain others that offer career-training programs to help graduates obtain “gainful employment.” (The Washington Post) U.S. News Data: Online Education Isn’t Always Cheap Investment in technology and faculty training can make online ed Read more →

by Alex Friedrich

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