American Experiment on Education
Education Reports
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Minnesota’s Immense Achievement Gaps: The Untapped Promise of Vouchers
Executive Summary (Read the Full Report) When it comes to elementary and secondary education in Minnesota and especially the Twin Cities, vouchers represent the single most promising approach for redu...
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Our Immense Achievement Gap: Embracing Proven Remedies While Avoiding a Race-Based Recipe for Disaster
Key Points 1. Minnesota has a yawning academic achievement gap between white and non-white students—one of the widest in the nation. 2. The demographic sea change that is transforming Minnesota ...
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Online Learning: A Literal New World of Possibilities for Minnesota K-12 Education
Executive Summary (I) Introduction When it comes to government’s essential role in funding education, the holiest of grails is significantly improving quality while simultaneously constraining cos...
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Education Articles
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Approaching college in a spirit of craftsmanship
As routinely admitted this time of year by seemingly everyone who has ever slow poked in a flowing gown under a shaky cap, they don’t remember a single thing said by keynote speakers at their gradua...
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No Thug Left Behind
Obsessed with “racial equity,” St. Paul schools abandoned discipline—and unleashed mayhem. In the Obama years, America’s public education system embarked on a vast social experiment that threa...
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Transgender Conformity at Nova Classical Academy
First Things | December 2016 Nova Classical Academy, a K–12 charter school in St. Paul, Minnesota, is the sort of school that most parents seeking a first-rate education for their children can only ...
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Education Posts
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How Many Truly Need a Four-Year College Degree?
Every day brings more news about the challenges businesses expect to face filling jobs as baby boomers continue marching toward retirement. Some of those opportunities require a traditional four-year ...
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The Educational Value of Beautiful and Physically Demanding Things
What follows is propelled by Center of the American Experiment’s multi-year project “Great Jobs Without a Four-Year Degree: Good News for Students, Parents, and Employers.” As a rule, I stay mil...
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Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities
Here’s the lament we hear constantly from employers in Greater Minnesota: “We can’t find a skilled workforce—or grow as a community—because our kids can’t wait to leave town as soon as the...
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Great Jobs and Inclusive Growth
My apologies in advance if what I write below about a recent conference hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis seems circular. This is not a slam at the two-day meeting on “Opportunity ...
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Legislature Ends Special Session: News on Transportation, Met Council & Education
The Legislature concluded the special session early Friday morning, sending a flurry of budget bills to Governor Dayton. Roads and bridges will get $2 billion over 10 years in existing revenue from au...
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Education Media
Fantastic TPT Profile of Mitch Pearlstein (3.30.17, 5 min.) (5 min.)
People in Policy: Mitch Pearlstein...
Mitch Pearlstein on the Mary Hanson Show (7.21.16, 30 min.) (30 Min.)
Mitch Pearlstein on the Mary Hanson Show (7.21.16, 30 min.)...