Conference investigates issues American Indian students face
11/20/2009 7:05:46 AM
Educators from around the country are brainstorming about American Indian college students in Moorhead on Friday.

Feds stimulating research at Minnesota schools
11/20/2009 3:00:00 AM
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
11/19/2009 3:00:00 AM
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
11/18/2009 2:45:53 PM
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
11/18/2009 10:30:01 AM
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
11/18/2009 6:32:38 AM
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
11/17/2009 12:00:00 AM
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
11/16/2009 7:05:16 AM
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
11/15/2009 10:23:14 PM
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
11/15/2009 12:47:02 PM
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
11/15/2009 12:00:00 AM
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
11/12/2009 6:00:27 PM
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
11/12/2009 3:52:58 PM
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
11/12/2009 12:25:10 PM
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.

St. Paul narrows superintendent finalists to six
11/11/2009 6:29:17 PM
Interviews with the six people vying to be the next superintendent of St. Paul Schools are set to begin in days. Most of them won't have to drive far to get to those interviews. The district named its semi-finalists last night. Five of the six are from the Twin Cities area.