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Do not fill this in! ==Education== ===Primary and secondary=== Volunteer missionaries,<ref>The brothers titled their book ''Two Volunteer Missionaries Among the Dakotas''. {{cite web|title=Pond Family Papers|publisher=[[Minnesota Historical Society]]|url=http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00717.xml|access-date=June 3, 2023|last=Virtue|first=Ethel B.|archive-date=June 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603210832/http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00717.xml|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[Gideon Hollister Pond|Pond brothers]] received permission from the US Indian agency<ref>{{cite web|title=The US Indian Agency (1820β1853)|url=https://www.mnhs.org/fortsnelling/learn/native-americans/us-indian-agency|access-date=October 7, 2023|publisher=[[Minnesota Historical Society]]|archive-date=August 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814051357/https://www.mnhs.org/fortsnelling/learn/native-americans/us-indian-agency|url-status=live}}</ref> at Fort Snelling in 1834 to teach new farming techniques and a new religion to Chief [[Cloud Man]] and his community on the east shore of Bde Maka Ska.<ref name=religion /> That year, J. D. Stevens and the Ponds built an Indian mission near Lake Harriet, which was the first educational institution in Minneapolis.<ref name=religion /> In the treaty of 1837, the US promised payment to the Dakota but instead gave the monies to the missionaries earmarked for education, and in protest, fewer than ten Dakota students attended.{{sfn|Clemmons|2005|p=181}} When more settlers moved to the area, by 1874, ten school buildings served nearly 4,000 students. The city of Minneapolis joined with St. Anthony and by 1922, together they enrolled 70,000 students.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mpshistory.mpls.k12.mn.us/a_brief_history_2.html|title=A Brief History|publisher=[[Minneapolis Public Schools]]|access-date=June 3, 2023|archive-date=June 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603210053/https://mpshistory.mpls.k12.mn.us/a_brief_history_2.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Bakken outreach at Emerson-2007.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Teacher faces a full classroom, children raising arms to speak, teacher is holding a sign that says "Aislador" (insulator)|Dual language science outreach at [[Minneapolis Public Schools#Elementary schools (Kβ5)|Emerson]], one of nine<ref>{{cite web|url=https://exploremps.org/Schools/Magnet|title=Magnet Schools with innovative programs|access-date=August 18, 2023|publisher=[[Minneapolis Public Schools]]|archive-date=August 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819155518/https://exploremps.org/Schools/Magnet|url-status=live}}</ref> magnet elementary schools]] [[Minneapolis Public Schools]] served 28,689 [[Kβ12]] students as of October 2022,<ref name=Klecker>{{cite news |url = https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-public-schools-predicts-enrollment-decline-budget-shortfall/600149534/ |title = Minneapolis Public Schools predicts enrollment decline, budget shortfall |last = Klecker |first = Mara |date = February 22, 2023 |access-date = February 25, 2023 |work =[[Star Tribune]]}}</ref> in more than fifty schools, divided between community and [[magnet school|magnet]].<ref name=Whitler>{{cite news |title = What is the Comprehensive District Design? |url = https://www.southwestvoices.news/posts/what-is-the-cdd-and-how-has-it-impacted-mps-families |author = Whitler, Melissa |date = April 11, 2022 |access-date = February 20, 2023 |work = Southwest Voices |archive-date = February 20, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230220202035/https://www.southwestvoices.news/posts/what-is-the-cdd-and-how-has-it-impacted-mps-families |url-status = live }}</ref> As of 2023, enrollment was declining about 1.5 percent per year, and approximately 60 percent of school age children attended district schools.<ref name=Klecker /> Many students enrolled in alternatives such as charter schools, of which the city has thirty as of 2023.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://mncharterschools.org/directory/index.php?strSearchText=minneapolis |access-date = February 25, 2023 |publisher = MN Association of Charter Schools |title = Directory: Schools |archive-date = February 25, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230225235511/https://mncharterschools.org/directory/index.php?strSearchText=minneapolis |url-status = live }}</ref> By state law, charter schools are open to all students and are tuition free.<ref>{{cite web |title = Charter Schools |url = https://education.mn.gov/mde/fam/cs/ |publisher = [[Minnesota Department of Education]] |access-date = February 25, 2023 |archive-date = February 24, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230224150531/https://education.mn.gov/MDE/fam/cs/ |url-status = live }}</ref> In 2022, about 1200 at-risk students attended district Contract Alternative Schools.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://alternative.mpls.k12.mn.us/ |title = MPS Alternative and Extended Learning Programs...Where Students Have a Choice with Learner Options |access-date = March 2, 2023 |publisher = [[Minneapolis Public Schools]] |archive-date = March 2, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230302164825/https://alternative.mpls.k12.mn.us/ |url-status = live }}</ref> The public school district adopted a comprehensive district design beginning with the 2020β2021 school year to address academics, equity, financial sustainability, and to end disadvantages for students of color and students from low-income neighborhoods. The design changed student placement, changed the boundaries for almost all schools, moved magnet schools to central locations and narrowed the magnet types, standardized many start times to improve bus service, and gave every student a community elementary and middle school in their neighborhood. Students may attend a community school by request and be accepted to the school in their neighborhood. Students entered a lottery to be enrolled in a magnet school.<ref name=Whitler /> Eight high schools had school-based clinics with a doctor, nurses, a mental health counselor, and a registered dietitian.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.minneapolismn.gov/government/programs-initiatives/school-based-clinics/clinic-locations/|title=Clinic locations|publisher=City of Minneapolis|access-date=April 8, 2023|archive-date=April 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408214514/https://www2.minneapolismn.gov/government/programs-initiatives/school-based-clinics/clinic-locations/|url-status=dead}}</ref> School district demographics differed from the city's. White students made up 41 percent, Black students 35 percent, Hispanic 14 percent, and 5 percent each were Asian and Native American.<ref name=MPS>{{cite web |url = https://exploremps.org/School/edison_high_school |title = Edison High School |access-date = February 21, 2023 |publisher = [[Minneapolis Public Schools]] |archive-date = February 21, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230221182320/https://exploremps.org/School/edison_high_school |url-status = live }}</ref> [[English-language learner]]s were about 17 percent,<ref name=MPS /> in a district that spoke 100 languages at home.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://multilingual.mpls.k12.mn.us/ |title = Welcome to the Multilingual Department |access-date = February 21, 2023 |publisher = [[Minneapolis Public Schools]] |archive-date = February 21, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230221182856/https://multilingual.mpls.k12.mn.us/ |url-status = live }}</ref> About 15 percent were [[special education]] students.<ref name=MPS /> As of fall 2023, every public school student in the state receives one free breakfast and one free lunch each school day.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://education.mn.gov/mdeprod/idcplg?IdcService=GET_FILE&dDocName=PROD081923&RevisionSelectionMethod=latestReleased&Rendition=primary|title=MN Free School Meals Program|access-date=March 20, 2024|publisher=[[Minnesota Department of Education]]|archive-date=February 4, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240204152424/https://education.mn.gov/mdeprod/idcplg?IdcService=GET_FILE&dDocName=PROD081923&RevisionSelectionMethod=latestReleased&Rendition=primary|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2022, the district's graduation rate was 77 percent, an improvement of three percent over the previous year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Minneapolis Public Schools sees graduation rates increase|url=https://mpls.k12.mn.us/minneapolis_public_schools_sees_graduation_rates_increase.html|date=April 25, 2023|access-date=April 28, 2023|publisher=[[Minneapolis Public Schools]]|archive-date=April 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425225600/https://mpls.k12.mn.us/minneapolis_public_schools_sees_graduation_rates_increase.html|url-status=live}}</ref> === Colleges and universities === {{see also|Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system}} [[Image:Weisman-University of Minnesota-2006-09-04.jpg|thumb|alt=striking geometric metallic building in front of more traditional ones|[[University of Minnesota]] teaching [[Weisman Art Museum|art museum]], teaching [[University of Minnesota Medical Center|hospital]], and [[Coffman Memorial Union|student union]] (left to right)]] The [[University of Minnesota]] Twin Cities campus is headquartered in Minneapolis.<ref name=QS /> With more than 50,000 students in 2023, it is the sixth largest campus in the US by enrollment.<ref name=THE /> College rankings for 2023 place the school in the range of 44th<ref name=Shanghai>{{cite web |title = University of Minnesota, Twin Cities |url = https://www.shanghairanking.com/institution/university-of-minnesota-twin-cities |date = 2022 |publisher = [[Academic Ranking of World Universities]] |access-date = February 19, 2023 |archive-date = September 30, 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210930202405/https://www.shanghairanking.com/institution/university-of-minnesota-twin-cities |url-status = live }}</ref> (2022) to 185th for academics worldwide.<ref name=THE>{{cite web |publisher = [[Times Higher Education]] |url = https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/university-minnesota |title = University of Minnesota |access-date = February 19, 2023 |date = 2023 |archive-date = February 19, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230219185750/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/university-minnesota |url-status = live }}</ref><ref name=QS>{{cite web |title = University of Minnesota Twin Cities |url = https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-minnesota-twin-cities#p2-programs |access-date = February 19, 2023 |date = 2022 |publisher = QS [[Quacquarelli Symonds]] |archive-date = February 19, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230219185800/https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-minnesota-twin-cities#p2-programs |url-status = live }}</ref> [[QS World University Rankings|QS]] found a decline in rank over a decade.<ref name=QS /> [[Academic Ranking of World Universities|Shanghai]] found excellence in ecology, business management, library & information science, and biotechnology.<ref name=Shanghai /> Among the 2,000 schools ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' compared in its 2022β2023 best global universities rankings, the University of Minnesota was 57th.<ref name=USNews>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/university-of-minnesota-twin-cities-174066|title=University of Minnesota Twin Cities|access-date=April 12, 2023|publisher=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|archive-date=April 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423065149/https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/university-of-minnesota-twin-cities-174066|url-status=live}}</ref> The state's [[land-grant university]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-minnesota-twin-cities#p2-overview|title=About University of Minnesota Twin Cities|access-date=April 12, 2023|publisher=QS [[Quacquarelli Symonds]]|archive-date=April 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412161155/https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-minnesota-twin-cities#p2-overview|url-status=live}}</ref> the school has unusual autonomy that has existed in Minnesota since 1858, when the state constitution included the provision: [[regent]]s are in control, independent of city government.<ref>{{cite news |title = From academics to COVID mandates, why the University of Minnesota gets to do pretty much whatever it wants |url = https://www.minnpost.com/state-government/2022/01/from-academics-to-covid-mandates-why-the-university-of-minnesota-gets-to-pretty-much-do-whatever-it-wants/ |last = Callaghan|first=Peter |date = January 25, 2022 |access-date = February 3, 2022 |work = [[MinnPost]] |archive-date = February 3, 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220203164921/https://www.minnpost.com/state-government/2022/01/from-academics-to-covid-mandates-why-the-university-of-minnesota-gets-to-pretty-much-do-whatever-it-wants/ |url-status = live }}</ref> [[Augsburg University]], [[Minneapolis College of Art and Design]], and [[North Central University]] are private four-year colleges; the first two offer master's programs.{{sfn|The Princeton Review|2014|pp=49, 490, 538}} The public two-year [[Minneapolis Community and Technical College]]<ref>{{cite web |url = https://minneapolis.edu/about-minneapolis-college |title = About Minneapolis College |date = November 9, 2021 |access-date = March 2, 2023 |publisher = [[Minneapolis Community and Technical College]] |archive-date = March 3, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230303003000/https://minneapolis.edu/about-minneapolis-college |url-status = live }}</ref> and the private [[Dunwoody College of Technology]]<ref>{{cite web |url = https://dunwoody.edu/about/about-us/ |title = About Us |access-date = March 2, 2023 |publisher = [[Dunwoody College of Technology]] |archive-date = March 3, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230303004503/https://dunwoody.edu/about/about-us/ |url-status = live }}</ref> provide career training and associate degrees and the latter offers a bachelor's program. [[Saint Mary's University of Minnesota]] has a Twin Cities campus for its graduate and professional programs.{{sfn|The Princeton Review|2014|p=655}} Opening a new Minneapolis site in 2023, [[Red Lake Nation College]] is a federally recognized [[Tribal colleges and universities|tribal college]] site that teaches [[Ojibwe]] culture.<ref>{{cite news |title = Open House at RLNC's New Minneapolis Site on June 2 |url = https://www.redlakenationnews.com/story/2022/06/01/news/open-house-at-rlncs-new-minneapolis-site-on-june-2/106410.html |work = Red Lake Nation News |date = June 1, 2022 |access-date = January 7, 2023 |archive-date = January 7, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230107222240/https://www.redlakenationnews.com/story/2022/06/01/news/open-house-at-rlncs-new-minneapolis-site-on-june-2/106410.html |url-status = live }}</ref> The large, principally [[distance education|online universities]] [[Capella University]]<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.capella.edu/contact-us/ |title = We're here to help you |access-date = March 2, 2023 |publisher = [[Capella University]] |archive-date = March 2, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230302232512/https://www.capella.edu/contact-us/ |url-status = live }}</ref> and [[Walden University (Minnesota)|Walden University]]<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.waldenu.edu/contact-us |title = Contact Us |access-date = March 2, 2023 |publisher = [[Walden University]] |archive-date = March 2, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230302232513/https://www.waldenu.edu/contact-us |url-status = live }}</ref> are both headquartered in the city. The public four-year [[Metropolitan State University]]<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.metrostate.edu/about/locations/minneapolis |title = Minneapolis |access-date = March 2, 2023 |publisher = [[Metropolitan State University]] |archive-date = March 2, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230302231920/https://www.metrostate.edu/about/locations/minneapolis |url-status = live }}</ref> and the private four-year [[University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)|University of St. Thomas]]<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.stthomas.edu/about/our-campuses/ |title = Our Campuses |access-date = March 2, 2023 |publisher = [[University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)|University of St. Thomas]] |archive-date = March 2, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230302231915/https://www.stthomas.edu/about/our-campuses/ |url-status = live }}</ref> are post-secondary institutions based elsewhere that have campuses in Minneapolis. The city has more than twenty-five licensed career schools. These institutions offer short term training, some diplomas, and certificates in a wide variety of fields including business, yoga, Pilates, portfolio development, CompTIA certification, floral design, cosmetology, construction, healthcare, information technology, and for those who wish to become a personal trainer, ophthalmic technician, or phlebotomy technician.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.ohe.state.mn.us/sPages/141All.cfm?sort=city |title = Licensed Career Schools |access-date = March 2, 2023 |publisher = [[Minnesota Office of Higher Education]] |archive-date = March 3, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230303000132/https://www.ohe.state.mn.us/sPages/141All.cfm?sort=city |url-status = live }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. 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