Far from its pitch as a way for students to “see themselves in the curriculum,” the push for ethnic studies in Minnesota is rooted in narrow, harmful ideologies. Activists are…
Just weeks after approving the hiring of a sixth police school resource officer in Rochester public schools, members of the school board now apparently want a do-over. The board abruptly…
It will take years to fully assess the academic and behavioral damage inflicted on K-12 students who were locked out of school and away from their classmates by educators during…
It’s no secret that Minnesota has struggled to help many students become literate — a failure that many of us sounded the alarm on years ago. Both Republican legislators and…
For the past 100 years, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that parental rights are a fundamental right, writes Parental Rights Foundation president William Estrada for the American Enterprise Institute.…
Several pieces of legislation introduced in both the Minnesota House and Senate this session have focused on mandating ethnic studies in K-12 education — from lacing it throughout all academic…
Rochester public schools face a $14 million budget shortfall for the forthcoming 2023-2024 school year. That reality has forced school administrators to announce a second straight year of sizable staff…
A new report by Stanford economist Thomas Dee confirms that the exodus of 1.2 million plus students from district schools during COVID-19 was sustained throughout the 2021-2022 school year. The…
As of last spring, 49 percent of Minnesota students statewide weren’t proficient in reading, according to the state’s Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment (MCA). On national assessments, the average reading scores for…
In 19 public schools across the state, not a single student tested could do grade-level math during the 2021-2022 school year, according to an American Experiment analysis of state assessment…
New teacher licensure requirements from Gov. Tim Walz’s Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB) that include requiring aspiring educators to “demonstrate” ideologically driven content risk exacerbating the teacher shortage.…
DFL legislators and political activists are moving at the Capitol to entrench Ethnic Studies in Minnesota’s K-12 schools. This is one of the biggest stories out of the legislature, but…
Grade retention remains a controversial policy, with the debate focusing on whether or not it is effective over time and actually results in positive achievement and adjustment outcomes. In Mississippi,…
In the follow-up to the recent murder inside St. Paul Harding High School, we are learning from students, teachers, and parents how a focus on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)…
After decades of growth and generous taxpayer funding, more colleges and universities suddenly face declining enrollment, budget deficits and cutbacks. The pressure’s on to find efficiencies, consolidate departments and provide…
As I have written before, school rankings should be viewed with a grain of salt. Looking into what measures the ranking includes — and doesn’t include — is an important…