November 10, 2008 - The St. Paul School District wants the public's input on a far-reaching plan called "Large Scale System Change" - so it's holding six meetings across the city over the next month. The first is tonight. District Accountability Officer Michelle Walker says the plan will address ways to improve learning, address lower enrollments, school choice, budget concerns, and consolidation. Walker says she understands people might be most outspoken about possible school closings.
November 10, 2008 - The St. Paul School District kicks off a series of meetings tonight to get public input on a far-reaching plan it calls the "Large Scale System Change."
November 24, 2008 - College investment officers are responsible for hundreds of millions of dollars in investments, which is money that colleges rely on to operate. How are they handling the financial crisis?
November 24, 2008 - MPR’s Kerri Miller interviews Arthur Levine, President of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, and Vincent Tinto, Professor at Syracuse University, on the cost of high education.
November 26, 2008 - After a nearly 20 year history, charter schools in the Twin Cities continue to perform worse, are more segregated than traditional public schools -- and they're also forcing those traditional public schools to become more segregated. Those are the findings of a new report called "Broken Promises" -- from the Institute on Race and Poverty at the University of Minnesota. But the conclusions are not necessarily swaying those who run charters.
November 26, 2008 - A new report concludes charter schools in the Twin Cities are failing to perform as well as traditional public schools, and they're more segregated. Researchers from the Institute on Race and Poverty at the University of Minnesota compared test scores at public and charter schools in the Twin Cities. The study found charters usually score worse than traditional public schools that have similar percentages of students in poverty. It also found more charter schools have opened that serve only a narrow student population, such as all-black and all-white schools. But Mo Chang, the principal of a mostly-Hmong charter in St. Paul, says it's not segregation if parents choose to send their kids there.
January 15, 2009 - As part of a weekly NewsCut focus, MPR’s Bob Collins embarks on a set of college tours to see how the tough economy is impacting young people. In this segment, Collins visits Century College in White Bear Lake, Minnesota.
January 23, 2009 - As part of a weekly NewsCut focus, MPR’s Bob Collins embarks on a set of college tours to see how the tough economy is impacting young people. In this segment, Collins visits Vermillion Community College in Ely, Minnesota.
January 29, 2009 - As part of a weekly NewsCut focus, MPR’s Bob Collins embarks on a set of college tours to see how the tough economy is impacting young people. In this segment, Collins visits Minneapolis Community and Technical College in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
February 12, 2009 - As part of a weekly NewsCut focus, MPR’s Bob Collins embarks on a set of college tours to see how the tough economy is impacting young people. In this segment, Collins visits the Worthington Campus of Minneapolis Community and Technical College in Worthington, Minnesota.