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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Part II: What will education look like under a Biden administration?
Biden has an opportunity to fulfill his pledge of being a president for all Americans by supporting education opportunities outside of the traditional system that has left too many students behind. Wi...
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Updated guidance tells districts to plan on administering state assessments for the school year
On Friday, state leaders updated the 2020-21 planning guidance for Minnesota's public schools. Included was direction to districts to prepare and plan to administer all required statewide assessments ...
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Millions of students in distance-only learning model have limited contact with teachers
Millions of students across the United States are relying on distance learning for their education, but many aren't getting live contact from a teacher....
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‘Our kids are not all right’: New report finds teens struggling due to school closure and isolation
A new report by the Child Mind Institute and the California Partners Project has found that teens are struggling with isolation from school closures and have greatly increased their screen time to cop...
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Policymakers can help teachers focus on reading
According to experts and a growing body of research, a scientifically-based literacy program is the most effective way to improve literacy and reduce the achievement gap. But teachers are often told t...
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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.)...