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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Schools

The peanut butter mystery

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 12, 2009, 11:29 AM Jan 12, 2009
1

One area school system benefits by swearing off peanut butter.

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News Cut on campus

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 5, 2009, 4:57 AM Jan 5, 2009
9

Starting next Wednesday and continuing into March, News Cut heads for a MnSCU campus to talk to students about the future.

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Students get a lesson in ‘press freedom’

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 15, 2008, 12:57 PM Dec 15, 2008
17

In Faribault, a school superintendent has shut down the school newspaper because he wasn’t allowed to preview a story about a teacher.

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Math scores may not add up to graduation

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 2, 2008, 6:45 AM Dec 2, 2008
5

A new math requirement for graduating Minnesota students may be too hard, and the timing isn’t good.

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Study: Teachers teaching what they don’t know

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 25, 2008, 2:45 PM Nov 25, 2008
8

How are kids going to learn from teachers who don’t know the subject?

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High school musicals

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 22, 2008, 10:21 AM Oct 22, 2008
11

What high schools are producing for plays this year.

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The racial gap in school

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 2, 2008, 3:08 PM Oct 2, 2008

The Minneapolis school system’s annual progress report is about as sobering as it gets.

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The way girls dress

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 24, 2008, 12:57 AM Sep 24, 2008
7

A school board in southwest Minnesota considers what to do about skimpy clothing at football games.

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The state plane

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 23, 2008, 12:02 PM Sep 23, 2008
13

The governor is flying around the state today, pushing education reforms. How much does it cost to fly around the state?

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Zero-tolerance policies

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 18, 2008, 2:21 PM Sep 18, 2008
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Two students, two box cutters, different reasons, same result. Is it fair?

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Follow-up: The Gloucester ‘pregnancy pact’

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 14, 2008, 1:30 PM Aug 14, 2008
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The claim of a pact turned out to be false, and possibly fabricated by a national magazine. Now, a school principal is out of work because of it.

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In summer, kids’ thoughts turn to algebra

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 6, 2008, 4:50 PM Aug 6, 2008
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What would make dozens of kids in Minneapolis spend a gorgeous week indoors learning algebra?

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‘There was no pact,’ pregnant teen says

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 24, 2008, 11:04 AM Jun 24, 2008
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The story of a pact by teenagers to get pregnant in Gloucester disappears.

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The reluctant teacher of the year

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 23, 2008, 5:50 PM Jun 23, 2008
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Carleen Gulstad stood out because of the credit she gave her brother for her success.

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Are you a better reader than a Minnesota 10th grader?

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 9, 2008, 3:03 PM Jun 9, 2008
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One out of four 10th graders didn’t pass the state’s standardized testing. Here’s a sample of what they were asked to pass.

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