American Experiment on Education
Education Reports
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Grasping and Reducing Poverty in Minnesota: Essays in Celebration of John Brandl’s Uncommon Quest for Common Ground
FOREWORD Laura Bloomberg, Ph.D. Dean Humphrey School of Public Affairs University of Minnesota Fifty years ago, and just shortly before his assassination, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King launched ...
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Great Jobs Without a Four-Year Degree: A 2017 Review in 30 Eclectic Blogs and Commentaries
Foreword John H. Hinderaker President Center of the American Experiment Center of the American Experiment officially launched its “Great Jobs Without a Four Year Degree” project in April 2017. The...
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Educational Excellence Threatened by Ideology in Edina Schools
Cover story in Thinking Minnesota, Fall 2017, Issue 9....
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Education Articles
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Why are we in such a hurry for our little kids to grow up?
May 3,2018 Minneapolis Star Tribune Legislators should stand up to Gov. Dayton’s push for universal pre-K, aka “free child care,” which is wasteful and misguided. The state Legisl...
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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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Education Posts
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Education MN President’s Weak Attempt to Smear the Center
Education Minnesota President Denise Specht once again used her column in the union’s magazine to call out the Center. "Our union and our vision... are under attack," Specht claimed....
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Teachers voice concern over school discipline reform
Discipline reform efforts are pushing schools to cut back on suspensions and expulsions and prodding them toward alternative discipline policies that often leave teachers to manage behavior issues on ...
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‘If I leave my teachers’ union, who will defend me?’
Outside of the union, there are several organizations that offer job protection and legal counsel. These alternative organizations don't get caught up in partisan politics and instead focus on kids an...
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‘Freeloader’ claims disparage public employees unions fought to represent
Just as educators encourage their students to be independent thinkers and hold true to themselves, so too should educators be trusted by their colleagues to make decisions regarding union membership t...
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St. Paul Teachers Put Benefits Ahead of Students
The number one talking point for teachers unions inevitably involves a variation on the theme of the lack of funding for K-12 education and dire need to funnel millions more taxpayer dollars into th...
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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.)...