Support for a choice policy that would allow families to direct a portion of the education dollars allocated by the state for their child toward a variety of educational services…
When asked to estimate how much their state spends per public school student, parents and other adults guessed $5,000 and $6,000, respectively, both significantly under the average across all states…
School parents are less optimistic about the direction of K-12 education at the local, state, and national levels than they were earlier this year, according to a July national survey…
Minnesota Advanced Placement pass rates have recovered after their dramatic drop to 60.4 percent during the deeply challenging 2020-2021 school year. Schools made strong efforts to regain these losses due…
The ability to read by the end of third grade is a critical skill for a child’s success — not only for the remainder of his or her K-12 journey…
Did you know that the 2023 DFL-controlled legislature decided that Minnesota school boards can bypass their residents and renew local school levies (taxes)? During the legislature’s 2025 special session, a…
Despite being pigeonholed as a “voucher” or a “diversion” of funds from public schools, the recently passed federal tax-credit scholarship provision created under the Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA)…
Land acknowledgments are based in woke ideology, not the truth. If you’ve attended a cultural event or government meeting in the Twin Cities in the last few years, you’ve likely…
The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled in Mahmoud v. Taylor that parents have the right to opt their children out of reading lessons that violate their religious beliefs. While the…
With an anticipated $37 million budget deficit beginning in the 2026-27 school year, the St. Paul school district is asking voters to take on more property taxes for the next…
The landmark tax-credit scholarship provision in the newly passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act is an opportunity for Minnesota students — and it doesn’t take any federal, state, or local…
Fifty-three percent of Americans don’t know the main reason American colonies declared independence from Britain in 1776, according to a June survey conducted by Morning Consult on behalf of the…
On June 30, the U.S. Department of Education announced it was pausing an estimated $6.8 billion in federal funds that were expected to be dispersed to states in varying amounts…
The media company’s annual “Top States for Business” ranking scores a state’s education system as one of 10 categories to identify America’s best states for business. For 2025, Minnesota overall…
Why do Minnesota public school districts with declining enrollment see an increase in per-pupil revenue? Because under public school finance systems, “districts that lose students do not lose a proportional…
There’s a pretty good federal parental choice provision in the Big Beautiful Bill that provides a tax credit for donations to scholarship-granting organizations. The tax credit, capped at $1,700, is…
Today’s celebration of our national birthday will likely include many things — picnics, parades, and fireworks, to name a few. But not everyone may know what Independence Day actually commemorates.…
The U.S. Supreme Court decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor last week found that a Maryland public school district violated the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause by refusing to let parents…
One argument against education choice programs is that expanding parental freedom to access alternative learning environments doesn’t mean much in areas with limited options. But a recent study of universal…
If school spending is up, why aren’t teacher salaries? Common sense says that the most important thing to spend education dollars on is a well-equipped, high-quality teacher for every classroom.…
More principals, fewer students. The number of principals and assistant principals in Minnesota public schools is up again, even though they served fewer students, according to state data from the…
Draft 2 of the Minnesota Department of Education’s K-12 health standards has been released and includes benchmarks that require third graders to “describe internal and external reproductive body parts using…
Minnesota could do a better job equipping elementary teacher candidates in math instruction, according to a new report from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ). The report analyzes how…
As more states pass legislation curbing cell phone use during school, more parents are getting on board with the idea, according to a new survey commissioned by Yondr, an American…