April 2015 Archives

Accountability Achievement & Assessment Balance Local Control Career and College Readiness Early Learning Facility Fallout Quality Teachers Student Opportunity Gaps

April 28, 2015

What's in House, Senate Education Bills?

The House passed its omnibus education bill on Saturday after heavy criticism about it falling…

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Quality Teachers

April 26, 2015

House Education Bill Passes 69-61

The House convened in session on Saturday to take up its omnibus education bill, HF 844.…

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Quality Teachers

April 26, 2015

Success for SPED Program in Final Hours

Well into the late hours of Thursday evening, the Senate Finance Committee reviewed the omnibus…

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Annual Conference Early Learning

April 26, 2015

Understanding Brain Development & Early Learning

Research on early brain development is exponentially expanding with striking implications for early learning. To…

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Accountability Achievement & Assessment American Indian Balance Local Control Early Learning Facility Fallout Quality Teachers

April 25, 2015

Commissioner Talks Issues with MREA Board

Minnesota Education Commissioner Brenda Cassellius talked about issues that affect Greater Minnesota schools with the…

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Achievement & Assessment American Indian Student Opportunity Gaps

April 21, 2015

AMI "Success" Funding Needs Advocacy

Success for the Future (SftF) is included in both the Senate and House Omnibus Education Bills,…

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Facility Fallout

April 19, 2015

Facility Fallout Fix in Senate Plan

As it left the Senate E-12 Budget Division last week, the Senate E-12 Finance bill…

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Accountability Achievement & Assessment Career and College Readiness Early Learning Facility Fallout Quality Teachers

April 19, 2015

E-12 Plans Advance In House, Senate

The House and Senate Education finance committees last week unveiled their omnibus bills and passed them…

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Annual Conference Early Learning

April 19, 2015

MREA Calls for Fall Conference Proposals

MREA is now accepting presentation proposals for its 2015 Annual Conference, Great Beginnings: When Learning Starts Early,…

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Other Rural News

April 18, 2015

US Senate Committee Approves ESEA Rewrite

“In a calculated and largely fireworks-free markup of a bipartisan Elementary and Secondary Education Act rewrite,…

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Accountability Achievement & Assessment Annual Conference Early Learning Student Opportunity Gaps

April 16, 2015

MREA Announces Conference Keynote

The importance of early childhood education to the state and nation's futures has taken center stage…

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Early Learning Student Opportunity Gaps

April 15, 2015

New Report Shows Need for Preschool Options

The U.S. Department of Education recently released a report showing a growing need for high-quality…

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