Education News

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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Students and scholars in tweet harmony How to align expectations in the social media age (Times Higher Education) With So Many Job Openings, Why So Little Hiring? What explains the yawning gap between jobs open and jobs filled? (Bloomberg) How MOOCs Will Revolutionize Corporate Learning And Development Three MOOC elements are particularly well-suited to corporate learning & development.…
Aspen Ideas Festival: Education reform and the Common Core curriculum
The widespread adoption of the Common Core education standards was the topic of a panel discussion at the Aspen Ideas Festival. Two former big city school superintendents, and a top congressman talk about the Common Core education standards and what they mean for teachers, students, and parents.
A law enacted in 2010 authorizes the state Department of Public Instruction to require a school district to change its race-based nicknames if one formal complaint is filed.
Higher ed emails probe broadens, prompting review The latest open records query by the research arm of the Legislature seeks every email to or from the 10 presidents of North Dakota’s public universities and colleges since July 2012, a massive request that officials think will take until the end of the year to fulfill. (The…