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Posts by Catrin Thorman
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MN Public Schools Miss the Mark: Test Results Stagnant, Achievement Gap Persists
The Center’s president John Hinderaker recently wrote about the most recent student test scores in Minnesota, revealing an all-too-familiar trend of mediocre performance in the state’s public scho...
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Teachers’ Union President Says School Choice is Racism
Randi Weingarten—the union boss of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT)—took her criticism of school choice to a new low in a fiery speech she gave at AFT’s annual convention in Washington,...
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MN Dept. of Education Approves Controversial Transgender Toolkit
A Minnesota Department of Education council voted on and approved a “transgender toolkit” during its Wednesday evening meeting. The controversial 10-page document— “A Toolkit for Ensuring Safe...
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Transgender Toolkit for MN Schools [UPDATE]
The MN Department of Education’s (MDE) School Safety Technical Assistance Council is a week away from approving its controversial transgender and gender nonconforming “resource toolkit.” The ...
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7 Women, $7 Million: MN’s Latest Medicaid Fraud
An alleged ringleader and her six recruits have been charged with supposedly bamboozling $7.7 million from Medicaid. According to the Star Tribune, the Minnesota Attorney General’s office charged se...
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