The Department of Education released its latest test scores today. Math scores declined overall -- but that’s likely because young students are facing a harder test.

Graduate students at the University of Minnesota are taking another shot at unionization. This time proponents of the idea have joined up with the United Auto Workers. A vote to organize would mean students would be obligated to pay dues (even non-members), and the school would be obligated to bargain in good faith.

MPR reports votes will be counted Monday and should only take a few hours. If the majority of the more than 4000 student workers voted in favor of it, all grad students would be obligated to pay the $200-$350 dues each year. This is the fifth time graduate students at the University of Minnesota have tried to unionize.

Graduate assistants at the University of Minnesota have voted against a move to form a union with the help of the United Auto Workers, the Minnesota Daily reports.

Gopher student-athletes have posted a Graduation Success Rate of 83 percent, a record high for the University of Minnesota. The University of Minnesota's GSR, released by the NCAA, is up 3 percent over last year.

More than 520,000 Minnesotans now receive food stamps. The numbers have soared across the country since the economic downturn, and MPR reports that some of the new names on the food stamp rolls are people you might not expect: recent college graduates.