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Midmorning ceased broadcast on February 20, 2012 and was replaced by The Daily Circuit.


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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Minnesota Public Radio Stories

  • Kelsey KochTechnology in the classroom: Help or hype?
    From smart boards to interactive software to iPads, schools across the country are embracing technology. However, the technology isn't necessarily producing higher test scores. Are digital skills being overemphasized at the expense of the fundamentals?9:06 a.m.
    Guests
    Bill Tucker: Managing director of Education Sector, a think tank that focuses on education policy.
    Peter Meyer: Senior policy fellow with the Thomas Fordham Institute and an editor with Education Next.
    Resources
    About Bill Tucker
    About Peter Meyer
  • Nuruddin FarahAn exile reflects on his native country.
    Novelist Nuruddin Farah left Somalia in the early 1990s, but the landscape of his homeland, and all the suffering it has experienced, is vividly evoked in his writing. His new book details the forces that have wreaked havoc in the country.10:06 a.m.
    Guests
    Nuruddin Farah: Somali-born novelist and visiting professor of creative writing at the University of Minnesota, where he holds the Winton Chair in the liberal arts. His newest novel is "Crossbones."
    Resources
    About Nuruddin Farah
    Nuruddin Farah at Talk of the Stacks
  • BookshelfBooks for the fall
    As the weather turns cold, readers are looking for a good book to curl up with. Midmorning looks at the fall's big literary releases.10:45 a.m.
    Guests
    Marjorie Kehe: Book editor for the Christian Science Monitor. She also writes the Monitor's Chapter & Verse Blog.
    More from MPR
    Midmorning book page
    Resources
    Chapter & Verse from the Christian Science Monitor

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