American Experiment on Education
Education Reports
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Allergic to Accountability: Minnesota’s public schools have little to show for decades of increased spending
Minnesotans take pride in their public schools. They read state rankings like those published by Education Week and U.S. News & World Report and see Minnesota’s education system ranked near the ...
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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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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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Elementary students return to their classrooms
For many elementary children across the state, this week marked a return to in-person instruction as part of a rolling start process that gradually brings students back into classrooms....
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Should states skip testing this spring?
Should testing—for a second year—be skipped? According to The Washington Post's editorial board, "that would be a mistake."...
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More Seniors Hold Off on College as Aid Applications Dive
Disappointment over distance learning among many high school students appears to have taught seniors who'd normally be college-bound a lot when it comes to making plans for their future. Applications ...
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Hundreds Report Problems Over Gov. Walz’s Mask Mandate for Youth Sports
Youth sports participants were allowed to return to practice last week under Gov. Walz's latest executive order allowing practices and games. But the results of an online survey of parents and partici...
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A Plea for Help as Students Blast Distance Learning at Legislative Hearing
State lawmakers were told in no uncertain terms by students in an online hearing this week that the last school year has been a wasted opportunity due to shutdowns that have kept them mostly at home a...
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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.)...