Education from Minnesota Public Radio

Payment shift makes rough waters for charter schools

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0600

Charter schools in Minnesota are bracing for a cash flow crunch that could determine whether some survive.

Conference investigates issues American Indian students face

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:05:46 -0600

Educators from around the country are brainstorming about American Indian college students in Moorhead on Friday.

Feds stimulating research at Minnesota schools

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0600

If ever there was a time for scientists to feel giddy, it's now. Federal stimulus money for research has started rolling into Minnesota colleges.

In Moorhead, school funding woes concern entire city

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0600

Nine of every 10 Minnesota schools now depend on voter-approved tax increases to pay their bills. But what happens when voters reject a tax increase and schools make deep budget cuts? That's what happened in Moorhead, and budget woes for schools are affecting the entire city.

Charter school fined $140K for license violations

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:45:53 -0600

Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy, a charter school which caters to Muslim students, was found to have eight teachers on staff who didn't hold valid teaching licenses. State money will be withheld from the school starting Dec. 15.

Re-vote on Anoka-Hennepin school closures starts tonight

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:30:01 -0600

The district's vote to close six schools and reconfigure two others didn't follow proper procedures, which created the need for a 'do over.'

MnSCU reports surge in underrepresented students

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:32:38 -0600

The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system is reporting a surge in the sort of students who in the past often didn't attend college.

The domestic scientific brain drain

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600

U.S. colleges are graduating as many scientists and engineers as ever, yet employers say they are facing a shortage. Midmorning looks into the motives behind their migration into other fields like finance and what incentives are necessary to keep scientists doing the work they were trained for.

Students help Minn. take aim at new standardized test

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:05:16 -0600

Minnesota students will be taking a new version of the standardized test help the state develop get ready for the new test's roll out in two years.

Twin Cities students attend shuttle launch

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:23:14 -0600

Ten junior high and high school students from Urban Ventures in Minneapolis are at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida Monday to watch the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis.

St. Paul superintendent list down to three

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:47:02 -0600

Three finalists have been named for the top job of St. Paul schools superintendent -two are from the metro area and one is from outside the state.

College scholarship winners struggle to fit in

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600

When Sharhea Wade arrived at Bryn Mawr College from a big-city high school, it seemed as if every other student on the quiet, leafy campus had graduated from an exclusive private school.

U of M seeing larger transfer population

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:00:27 -0600

In a report to the Board of Regents Thursday, university officials said more than 2,700 students transferred to the U, a population of students the U of M doesn't know a lot about. But this year the school hopes to study who they are and why they come to the U.

'Workplace U' from American RadioWorks

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:52:58 -0600

A good education can be the ticket to a good job. But for many students conventional school isn't working, and thousands drop out of high school every day. A new documentary from American RadioWorks reports on a growing movement to turn workplaces into classrooms, and marginal students into productive workers.

U of M records second-largest year for donations

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:25:10 -0600

The University of Minnesota brought in $267 million in gifts and pledges in the past year, the second-largest amount ever collected, officials said Thursday.