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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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Is civic literacy essential to vote?
Midmorning asks what a well-informed citizen should know about America while preparing to vote, and whether, as some have suggested, such civics knowledge should serve as a prerequisite to casting a ballot.
I'm a college student - where should I vote?
With just four days to go until November 4, we've created an Election Day Survival Guide to answer your voting questions. If you're a college student, and you're wondering where to vote, here are the answers.
The Bush administration has issued new rules for the No Child Left Behind school law. That's likely to mean a significant drop in Minnesota's graduation rate.
Haunted basement attracts while it scares
People are flocking to the Soap Factory gallery in Minneapolis to be scared. The gallery, just across the river from downtown, is making use of its 125-year-old building to present an artist-designed Haunted Basement.
Gov. Tim Pawlenty used a conference of rural educators Thursday to renew his push for a list of proposals, including summer school for 8th graders and online classes.