Bob Collins
The people at College Raptor have finally found something that Republicans and Democrats in the United States Senate have in common: Their educations. For the most part, nothing but the best, and disproportionately from the Ivy League.
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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Education
We might dismiss the need for science on the basis that many kids won’t become scientists. But, in fact, we need science so that we can grow up to understand the complex threats that face us. Read more →
Critics of soon-to-be-presidential-candidate Gov. Scott Walker in Wisconsin have certainly noticed the message he sent this week about what’s important in his state: professional sports, specifically an NBA franchise. Read more →
Back in the day, it was relatively easy to find out who made bomb threats in our high school. Authorities would start by finding out which teachers were giving major tests or had big assignments due that day, and then pick up the usual suspects in each class until one of them confessed Read more →
The story of the Prior Lake girl who was bullied with racist taunts is plenty troubling. So is the allegation that the father of the alleged bullies excused his kid’s behavior by noting he uses the “N word” around the house all the time.
But one lingering question is plenty troubling, too. Why did it take the posting of a YouTube video for Brad Knudson to get some measure of satisfaction?
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Science might not be enough to save the New England Patriots from the clutches of another embarrassment. But at least it provides an opportunity to learn a little more about science, something that’s not entirely the sport’s strong suit.
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We get what University of Minnesota president Eric Kaler was trying to say today when he appeared to disrespect the students who attend community college. Read more →
The GED, the test that substitutes for a high school diploma, isn’t what it used to be, NPR reported this morning. And for many people, that’s the problem. Read more →
Nick Ziegler has provided plenty of videos on YouTube experimenting with ways to take advantage of the cold. He calls it the Minnesota Cold Channel.
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There are certainly troubling aspects to the alleged actions of former East Ridge High School (Woodbury) principal Aaron Harper, who resigned under pressure in early November. Read more →
We can argue all day about the value of the wind chill number until we’re blue in the bare skin, but there’s no doubting this advisory number now dictates how we live our lives. It’s instant drama in an industry that requires drama.
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Lake Superior State University in Michigan couldn’t have been more perfect with its selection of words that should — but won’t be — banned in 2015. Read more →
Boy, if there’s one thing that gets Public Radio types in a lather, it’s the misuse of the English language.
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You don’t usually hear about the kids in the school band getting into trouble. They tend not to jump on tables at lunch doing the Harlem Shake, or suspended from band for making sex tapes, and they’re not usually the schoolyard bullies. Band — music programs — must be doing something right, or the programs just seem to attract a decent brand of child.
Dave Grout of Delano claims an interesting past. But he’s a vanishing breed: He still uses slide rules.