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New federal budget ups spending on education
One area of the federal government that could see more money is education as the president is proposing to spend as much as $4 billion more nationally next year on schools.
A novel resolves childhood memories of the Ethiopian revolution
The experience of leaving Ethiopia was so traumatic for her, author Maaza Mengiste has very clear memories of what happened. Now, in an attempt to give those memories some context, she has written a critically-acclaimed novel "Beneath the Lion's Gaze."
Administrators at Minnesota State University in Mankato have proposed eliminating the school's aviation, computer science, undergraduate music programs and others as they look to a likely $6 million to $10 million deficit in 2012.
The Minnesota State Colleges board of trustees will kick off a series of meetings to gather public input Thursday.
Bernadeia Johnson has been tapped to lead the Minneapolis public schools. Johnson, who is the district's deputy superintendent, was named the only finalist for the job at Tuesday night's school board meeting. Johnson talked with MPR's Cathy Wurzer.