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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Schools

Lessons from the 8th grade

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 16, 2011, 2:54 PM May 16, 2011
1

The world is full of people who see wrongdoing and do nothing about it. Where do people learn to just keep their mouths shut?

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Surveys and trivia

Is college worth it?

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 16, 2011, 10:46 AM May 16, 2011
14

A survey today tells us nothing about why people don’t value a college education.

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What makes a good teacher?

David CazaresDavid Cazares March 1, 2011, 3:44 PM Mar 1, 2011
5

[View the story “What might teachers without traditional training bring to the profession?” on Storify]

College tuition and the search for the easy answer

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 22, 2011, 12:00 PM Feb 22, 2011
6

At the beginning of a Capitol rally in St. Paul today, Gov. Mark Dayton apologized to protesting higher education students for what his generation “did to financial aid.” Presumably my colleague, Alex Friedrich, is going to jump into this on his excellent On Campus blog, but what exactly did Dayton’s generation do to financial aid? Read more →

Teacher’s anti-student rant becomes a cause

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 16, 2011, 10:13 AM Feb 16, 2011
21

Should a teacher be able to criticize her students if she does it on her own time?

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The achievement gap in black and white

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 25, 2011, 11:08 AM Jan 25, 2011
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Student achievement for black students in Minnesota and nationwide falls woefully short of white students.

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What do you know and why do you know it?

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 24, 2011, 10:26 AM Jan 24, 2011
6

Why do so few students learn anything in college?

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Academically adrift

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 19, 2011, 12:02 PM Jan 19, 2011
5

What does a college education buy? For one in three students, a new book says, nothing.

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Cheating 101

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 18, 2010, 2:20 PM Nov 18, 2010
8

A business professor in Florida has figured out that several hundred of his students have been cheating, so he gave them a lecture they may remember.

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Crackdown on anti-gay remark earns teacher a suspension

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 16, 2010, 1:47 PM Nov 16, 2010
5

The limits of free speech vs. the acceptance of gay students is a battle on display in Michigan this week.

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Can bullying be stopped?

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 13, 2010, 2:32 PM Oct 13, 2010
8

A couple of state legislators say they intend to use the special session on flood relief to reintroduce a bill on bullying. It won’t do much good.

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Dear parents, Take the foot off the gas

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 24, 2010, 10:18 AM Sep 24, 2010
3

Is one reason there’s a high number of suicides among teenagers the pressure parents put on their kids?

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Considering dropouts

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 9, 2010, 11:17 AM Sep 9, 2010
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If the key to getting a dropout back in the classroom is Slug or at least a message the kids can relate to, what the key to keeping them there in the first place?

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A ‘Race to Nowhere’?

dgaraets August 31, 2010, 2:37 PM Aug 31, 2010
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No Child Left Behind. Race to the Top. Race Your Child to the Top Before They’re Left Behind. School’s just starting and the debate over education policy already sounds more intimidating than AP chemistry.

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Wait wait … don’t edit me!

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 17, 2010, 10:27 AM Aug 17, 2010

NPR Peter Sagal’s run-in with Texas school officials.

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