Prospective college students should know that there are simple, affordable tests available that can allow them to test out of many basic college courses. The College-Level Examination Program (CLEP exam) lets students…
District officials should choose wisely when selecting the professional development curriculum their district will require for literacy educators. As I wrote yesterday, Minnesota’s 2023 READ Act aims to reform and…
On June 6, 1944, nearly 160,000 Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, pushing back Nazi Germany and changing the course of world history. The D-Day invasion marked the…
The jury is still out on whether or not the literacy training early-grade teachers receive in Minnesota is actually helping them teach more effectively. Minnesota’s 2023 READ Act set out…
Starting in 2026, every K-12 school in Minnesota will be required to embed Ethnic Studies in every Social Studies class as a new strand. But the ideological lens of Minnesota's Ethnic Studies diminishes the common humanity of each student and encourages cultural tension at a time when diversity, civic discourse, and individual agency should be valued.
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Should third-graders be required to study “solidarity movements” with the teacher asking questions like: “How do institutions, like schools, oppress groups based on race?” That's the law in Minnesota unless legislators repeal the ethnic studies mandate on local schools.
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Starting in fall 2026, ethnic studies in its “liberated” form will be mandatory across all grade levels. This version of ethnic studies does more than simply encourage cultural awareness or…
To support Minnesota’s new requirement for a liberated version of Ethnic Studies, the University of Minnesota’s Center for Race, Indigeneity, Disability, Gender & Sexuality Studies (RIDGS) is turning the new Ethnic…
Why a 7k instead of a 5k? Who’s eligible to win the $7,000 scholarship raffle? What is $7k for Kids? We answer all these questions and more in this two-minute…
The Circle of Education Funding in Minneapolis Public Schools is starting to look and act like a spiral. Overspending on the last teacher contract has caused two years of budget…
Minneapolis Public Schools, the state’s third-largest district, is continuing plans to build a brand new $105 million school to rehome Anishinabe Academy. The PK-5 school “is dedicated to serving and…
Prospective college students should know that there are simple, affordable tests available that can allow them to test out of many basic college courses. The College-Level Examination Program (CLEP exam) lets students…
District officials should choose wisely when selecting the professional development curriculum their district will require for literacy educators. As I wrote yesterday, Minnesota’s 2023 READ Act aims to reform and…
On June 6, 1944, nearly 160,000 Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, pushing back Nazi Germany and changing the course of world history. The D-Day invasion marked the…
The jury is still out on whether or not the literacy training early-grade teachers receive in Minnesota is actually helping them teach more effectively. Minnesota’s 2023 READ Act set out…