Minnesota is land of college degrees 7/28/2010 5:55:24 AM Jenna Ross, Star Tribune It's a bad-news report: The United States has fallen behind 11 countries in its proportion of college graduates. But the report contains good news for Minnesota. The state ranks fourth in the country in the percentage of 25- to 34-year-olds with at least a two-year degree, according to the report released this week by the nonprofit College Board. Neighbor North Dakota ranked higher, while Louisiana and Arkansas were at the bottom.
Minnesota science scores inch ahead 7/28/2010 5:53:22 AM Norman Draper and Allie Shah, Star Tribune Despite a second year of gains, half of students continued to struggle in science, state tests show.
State science scores show improvement 7/27/2010 10:21:03 AM Jodie Tweed, Brainerd Dispatch
About half of Minnesota students didn't achieve proficiency on their
MCA-II science tests this spring, but overall science results are
continuing to improve during the third year of testing.
Students scoring higher on standardized science test 7/28/2010 5:58:38 AM Tom Weber, Minnesota Public Radio St. Paul, Minn. — Minnesota students continued to score higher on the state's standardized science test this year.
Minnesota students fall short in science 7/28/2010 6:02:45 AM Mila Koumpilova, Fargo-Moorhead INFORUM Minnesota students improved on a state test gauging their science smarts. But in the test’s third year, more than 50 percent of test takers continued to fall short of proficiency.
Duluth eighth-grade test scores show gap in science skills 7/27/2010 10:22:23 AM Jana Hollingsworth, Duluth News Tribune
Duluth high school and fifth-grade students scored close to the state
average on a Minnesota-wide test of science knowledge, but
eighth-graders fell considerably below.
Civil Rights Groups Call for New Federal Education Agenda 7/30/2010 8:04:24 AM Michele McNeil, Education Week Seven leading civil rights groups, including the NAACP and the National Urban League, called on U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today to dismantle core pieces of his education agenda, arguing that his emphases on expanding charter schools, closing low-performing schools, and using competitive rather than formula funding are detrimental to low-income and minority children.
3 DFL candidates with 3 school funding ideas 7/27/2010 10:35:09 AM Don Davis, Forum Communications (Duluth News Tribune)
MINNEAPOLIS — Improving education demands more money, Minnesota’s top
three Democratic governor candidates say — a tough challenge when the
next state budget could face a $6 billion deficit.
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