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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Schools

Crime and Justice

Flag ban decision shows depth of desperation in America’s schools

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 28, 2014, 11:11 AM Feb 28, 2014
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The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a school district in California was within its rights when it ordered kids who wore T-shirts adorned with the American flag to turn them inside out. Read more →

Five by 8 · Sports · Weather

Tearing down skyways, canceling school, and the drone war of Lake Mille Lacs (5×8 – 1/31/14)

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 31, 2014, 7:06 AM Jan 31, 2014
15

Should the skyways of Nicollet Mall be destroyed, what does it take to cancel school around here (and elsewhere), the commercial drone war has already started, Rod Carew’s mission, and the growing legend of Derrick Coleman. Read more →

Five by 8

5 x 8: The cover boy

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 17, 2013, 7:21 AM Jul 17, 2013
17

On the cover of the Rolling Stone, the rise of the baseball scorecard, why can’t a lemonade stand just be a lemonade stand, a step toward racial equality in Saint Paul, and the return of the bookmobile. Read more →

An education statistic that should really worry us

Paul TostoPaul Tosto May 30, 2013, 2:00 PM May 30, 2013
2

“Some college, no degree” is not going to cut it.

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When scientists defend their own

Nate Minor May 2, 2013, 10:06 AM May 2, 2013
2

A Florida teen, known among school staff for her stellar record at Bartow High School, was a little too curious on Monday morning.

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Arts & Culture · Education

Ode to the ‘band kids’

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 1, 2013, 1:05 PM Mar 1, 2013
8

You don’t usually hear about the kids in the school band getting into trouble. They tend not to jump on tables at lunch doing the Harlem Shake, or suspended from band for making sex tapes, and they’re not usually the schoolyard bullies. Band — music programs — must be doing something right, or the programs just seem to attract a decent brand of child.

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The ‘new’ math

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 22, 2013, 12:34 PM Feb 22, 2013
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A teacher had students write math problems, the students wrote math problems about slaves, the teacher handed out the problems, and there are some parents — some parents — who wonder what the big deal is?

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A clear case of pedophobia

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 15, 2013, 1:54 PM Jan 15, 2013
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Is fear of young children a legitimate phobia or a good reason to try to shake down a school district? We’re about to find out.

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Who is Michelle Rhee and why do we care what she thinks about Minnesota schools?

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 8, 2013, 1:20 PM Jan 8, 2013
9

A failing grade for Minnesota schools has more to it than meets the eye.

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Write the new Minnesota patriotism standards

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 20, 2012, 3:45 PM Dec 20, 2012
7

MPR’s Tim Pugmire reports today several House GOPers are urging Gov. Mark Dayton to reject new Department of Education social studies standards because they do not stress the value of American patriotism.

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U’s greatest enrollment increase comes from China

Paul TostoPaul Tosto December 14, 2012, 10:52 AM Dec 14, 2012
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China and Illinois have been recruiting targets for the U for a few years now. The five-year trend maps, though, show just how important that growth has become.

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Why they knit

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 3, 2012, 11:35 AM Dec 3, 2012
2

Maybe there’d be less violence in the news if more people knit.

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Talking to your kids about depression and grief

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 2, 2012, 1:00 PM Nov 2, 2012

There have been a couple of suicides at Hastings High School in the last week or so, a subject that requires an honest and somewhat clinical look at the cause.

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On student loan delinquencies, Minnesota looks good

Paul TostoPaul Tosto September 24, 2012, 3:30 PM Sep 24, 2012
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The economy’s been lousy for four years and the level of student debt topped $1 trillion last year. It’s a combination that, nationally, has turned many young Americans into student loan delinquents. If there’s good news here, it’s that Minnesota institutions are showing the lowest levels of student loan delinquencies, The Federal Reserve Bank of Read more →

The right to read?

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 13, 2012, 12:49 PM Jul 13, 2012
7

If you’re a public school student, and you aren’t reading at grade level, have you been denied an education?

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