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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Schools

A month and millions to improve schools

dgaraets July 29, 2010, 1:57 PM Jul 29, 2010

Nineteen of Minnesota’s consistently lowest-achieving schools will share nearly $24.5 million of $3.5 billion in federal funds to help turn around student performance.

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In spending race, college athletics easily outpace academics

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 18, 2010, 3:43 PM Jun 18, 2010
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The Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics today released a report comparing university spending on athletes vs. those whose primary role at college is academics. Athletes won, the report says.

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Live-blogging: The Great Textbook War

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 3, 2010, 11:00 AM Jun 3, 2010

I’m not entirely sure, yet, how we’re making the transition from the 11 a.m. documentary, “The Great Textbook War,” to the subsequent follow-up conversation, ” What should our kids learn in school?”

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Health

Multiple suicides plague some area schools

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 2, 2010, 1:14 PM Jun 2, 2010
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A 17-year Woodbury High School student killed himself yesterday, the second student suicide there in the last month.

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Preview: The Great Textbook War

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 2, 2010, 12:01 PM Jun 2, 2010
4

It’ll be impossible not to think about current events when you listen to a documentary on Minnesota Public Radio tomorrow about a controversy over textbooks that erupted in West Virginia in 1974.

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Minnesota education: Not up to standards

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 25, 2010, 4:06 PM May 25, 2010
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Only 23 percent of black high school juniors can read at grad standard level.

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Closing the educational gulag

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 15, 2010, 12:08 PM Apr 15, 2010
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A deal is announced to close New York’s infamous ‘rubber rooms.’

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Watching the wrecking ball

kenpaulman March 11, 2010, 12:30 PM Mar 11, 2010
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Higher education reporter Tim Post provides a demolition picture taken at the University of St. Thomas.

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Covering Shakopee

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 8, 2010, 3:55 PM Mar 8, 2010
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A proposal for a school dress code reveals a deeper issue.

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Mary and Bob

Fresh Eye on the Radio: Exit the bully

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 3, 2010, 4:38 PM Mar 3, 2010
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A Justice Department study says bullying in school is declining.

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Abuse or protection?

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 2, 2010, 12:16 PM Mar 2, 2010
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Should schools be required to adopt a policy on when students can be restrained?

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School stimulus strings

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 16, 2009, 11:39 AM Nov 16, 2009

Stimulus money reports might reveal why some kids get a decent education, and some don’t.

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Rising by Degrees

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 6, 2009, 12:04 PM Nov 6, 2009
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The fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population is also the least likely to graduate from college. What does this mean for the country’s future?

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Dirty dancing

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 3, 2009, 10:51 AM Nov 3, 2009
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High schools are cracking down on sexually suggestive dancing.

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Wangster Day exposes some racial divisions in Red Wing

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 20, 2009, 12:06 PM Oct 20, 2009
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The school board declines a request to send letters to parents over an incident.

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