on March 18, 2018

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Must Read: Kersten Expose on Coming Chaos in MN Classrooms

Written by Tom Steward

American Experiment's Katherine Kersten warns in today's Star Tribune of a secret war on teachers and school discipline being funded by taxpayers and directed by the Minnesota Department of Human Rights. Brace yourself, parents of Minnesota. Here’s what’s coming soon to a school near you: increased violence, brazen challenges to teachers’ authority and a chaotic environment where learning is an uphill battle. Teachers who try to exert control will find their hands tied, and some kids — no longer accountable for their behavior — will feel free to provoke mischief and mayhem. If this happens at your school, you’ll be able to thank the...

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on March 14, 2018

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The Thrill is Gone: Minnesota Students Are Being Deprived of Real Protest. Even in Chaska.

Written by Kim Crockett

in Liberalism, Culture, Unions, Freedom of Speech, Education

Do you remember the good old days when walking out of school, or skipping school, had real consequences? Now in many school districts in Minnesota and around the country, the left has so deeply permeated school administrations and the teachers’ union, that they are helping students stage protests. They are even helping students make posters in the classrooms. providing materials and class time! ...

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on March 13, 2018

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Teacher Union Advisory to Teachers: Walk the Fine Line to Support School Protests (e.g. Disrupt School)

Written by Kim Crockett

in Freedom of Speech, Unions, Education

Reasonable people disagree on gun control and how to keep our schools safe. The question is what is the proper forum for discussion? The NEA has endorsed school administrators leveraging taxpayer dollars and classroom time to support this political movement. This is very dangerous territory for our nation and our public schools. The NEA and its affiliates need to be called out and held accountable by state lawmakers and Congress so parents and teachers can take our schools back. Will they have the courage to do it? ...

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on March 13, 2018

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When Harry Became Sally: The Left’s Assault on Reality

Written by Peter Zeller

in Crazy Liberalism, Culture, Families, Education

In October, 2015, Nova Classical Academy in St. Paul, one of the top charter schools in the nation at the time, was torn apart trying to accommodate a “transgender” five-year-old who only stayed four months before his activist parents pulled him out and filed a complaint with the Human Rights Department. The tragic story, chronicled by Katherine Kersten in First Things, along with a detailed discussion of how to best help those suffering from gender dysphoria, is available here. Now, on the same subject, I commend to you Nation Review’s compelling review of Ryan Anderson’s compelling book, When Harry Became Sally:...

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on March 13, 2018

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Professor invited to speak at U of MN will lecture on “decentering whiteness”

Written by Catrin Thorman

in Race, Education

Next week, the U of MN will host Dr. Lisa Anderson-Levy—a professor at Beloit College in southern Wisconsin—to speak on the “existential threat” of whiteness to the United States....

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on March 13, 2018

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Children Are Being Used to Call for Gun Control Wednesday: Keep Your Children Home (In Protest) #KeepYourKidHome

Written by Kim Crockett

in Freedom of Speech, Culture, Unions, Families, Education

School aged children will be walking out of classrooms tomorrow morning all over Minnesota and the nation to “protest” in favor of new gun-control laws. My suggestion if your school is participating? Keep your children home from school. The districts will lose the per diem funding from the state for the whole day. It is the only thing that will get them to sit up and take notice from Minnesotans who do not think this is proper. #KeepYourKidHome...

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on March 11, 2018

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Did Tim Klobuchar Lie to a Senate Committee?

Written by John Hinderaker

in Liberalism, Education

Last Thursday, the Senate's E-12 Education Policy Committee held a hearing on proposed legislation that would require public schools to strive for academic balance when teaching controversial political subjects. I wrote about the proposed legislation and the hearing here. Several students and parents in the Edina public school system testified in favor of the proposal, along with the Center's Katherine Kersten. Tim Klobuchar, an Edina High School teacher, was one of those who testified against the legislation. In his testimony on Thursday, Klobuchar talked about events at Edina High School on the day after the November 2016 election. President Trump's victory...

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on March 09, 2018

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Should Academic Balance Be Required in Public Schools?

Written by John Hinderaker

in Education

Yesterday, the Minnesota Senate's E-12 Finance Committee held a three-hour hearing on proposed legislation to require academic balance in the public schools. The push for this legislation arises out of the Center's exposure of political indoctrination and bullying in the Edina school system. American Experiment's Katherine Kersten testified in favor of the legislation, along with students from Edina High School. [caption id="attachment_9617" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Kersten is second from left[/caption] What would the proposed legislation do? This is the language of the bill, SF 2487: Section 1. [120B.25] ACADEMIC BALANCE POLICY. Subdivision 1. Policy required. A school board must adopt a written academic balance policy...

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on March 08, 2018

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Why Are Schools Busing Students to Protests?

Written by John Hinderaker

in Firearms, Education

Today the Star Tribune reported that hundreds of students "walked out" of their schools to protest against guns and school shootings at the Capitol in St. Paul: The article itself repeats the "walk out" characterization, and otherwise implies that the students were at the Capitol on their own initiative: An idea that started with a little more than a dozen students ballooned into a huge crowd. Organizers of Wednesday’s protest said they turned to social media to mobilize students from different schools, urging them to wear their student colors and bring their loud voices. Similar walkouts are planned for other dates in March...

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on March 07, 2018

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Should Teachers Have the Right to Strike? A Look at West Virginia and the Twin Cities.

Written by Kim Crockett

in Unions, Education, Employee Freedom

Reasonable people can disagree about the wisdom of allowing public employees to legally strike, especially when union members are sitting on the school board. If strikes are illegal, as we saw in West Virginia, it does not mean that teachers cannot strike. The chances of being fired are close to zero, whether the state is right to work or not....

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