The negative effects of closing down schools in favor of online classrooms due to a COVID-19 virus that posed little threat to students continue to be all too apparent. Most…
A federal scholarship tax credit bill that would expand educational freedom to all 50 states has passed the U.S. House Ways & Means Committee and is headed to the U.S.…
Fourteen states have committed to cutting their chronic absenteeism rates in half in five years, accepting the challenge to do so from a group of education advocates. Attendance Works, EdTrust,…
It’s that time of year again, as K-12 students return to classrooms across the state. But for a troubling number of students, the annual fall ritual means back to skipping…
A University of North Dakota student has joined a University of Wisconsin student in challenging the constitutionality of a race-based U.S. Department of Education scholarship program in U.S. District Court…
A recent headline noting that Minnesota has worse reading scores than Mississippi made me chuckle — not because of the subject matter but because I have been writing about the…
A new book proposes system-wide education reform to reverse our disastrous course.
Free speech comes with a price on college campuses — for now.
Minnesota’s education ranking drops again.
More than half of Minnesota public school students still don’t meet basic proficiency in reading or math, according to newly released 2024 statewide assessment results by the Minnesota Department of…
District administrative staff in Minnesota public schools is up over 132 percent (132.1 percent) since 2000, according to the most recently available data from the National Center for Education Statistics…
Center of the American Experiment will return to the state fair again this year for one day (Saturday, August 24), joining KS95 on the great lawn outside the Grandstand building.…
Parents generally have a positive view of their child’s schooling experiences, but satisfaction varies based on the type of school, according to EdChoice’s national 2024 Schooling in America survey conducted…
It’s been gratifying watching the national media hold Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz accountable for his actions and polices. I say that as a former political operative who spent years trying…
Manufacturing and other companies count on keeping their employees’ skills up to date through short refresher courses, often offered by professional development training providers. It’s a vital service that Minnesota…
The Minnesota Reformer recently ran an article showing some of the ways the state has changed since Gov. Tim Walz took office in January 2019. Reporter Christopher Ingraham used a…
According to the 102-yearold organization PEN America, long considered the defender of free expression — particularly regarding literature and its proliferation — we are in a “book ban crisis.” Thousands…
School boards have many responsibilities — from hiring the district superintendent and prioritizing and approving the district’s budget to managing the collective bargaining process for the district’s employees and establishing…
New test results show millions of students in grades 3-8 require months of additional school to catch up to pre-COVID achievement levels, according to an analysis of MAP Growth reading…
Not according to a new poll of likely voters and parents, reports Chalkboard News. The Voters Voice Poll conducted by Noble Predictive Insights in July found that over two-thirds (68…
It’s well established that disciplinary problems continue to plague many schools, even three years after the interruption of in-person classes during the pandemic. Yet the ongoing behavioral problems outlined at…
Gov. Tim Walz’s office released a press statement recently touting Minnesota’s ranking as 6th best state in the nation for business by CNBC. (A ranking which, as my colleague John…
The Biden administration’s changes to Title IX are set to go into effect Aug. 1, but litigation has halted implementation in 14 states. “While Minnesota is not one of them,…
The number of principals and assistant principals in Minnesota public elementary and secondary schools has ticked up again, despite declining student enrollment, according to state data from the National Center…