In this second part of the series, we review a Sept. 12 panel discussion held at the university in St. Paul. Some background is in order. Last year, Hamline University…
School choice is making waves across the country thanks to union boss Randi Weingarten.
A new learning program based in Minnesota is helping families break free of government schools.
Answering false accusations with truth and facts about what school choice actually means.
An “academic freedom” event held earlier this month at Hamline University gives an insight into the current state of higher education. It’s just as bad as you thought. The private…
West Fargo school administrators went to the mat to promote the district’s $147 million bond referendum right up to the opening of polls this week on WZFG and other media…
The majority of Minnesotans — 74 percent — support parents being given the right to use the tax dollars designated for their child’s education to send their child to the…
In this fourth part of our series on ethnic studies nonprofits in Minnesota, we Follow the Money™ flowing to a group called Education Evolving. As we pointed out earlier, Education…
In April voters emphatically rejected Winona Area Public Schools’ $94 million referendum to upgrade six district buildings by a two-to-one margin. Former school board member Steve Schild evidently spoke for…
My conversations with families who home educate have revealed their mixed feelings on school choice policies — there are those who want to be included and those who are concerned…
In this edition of Follow the Money™, we track another member of the Minnesota Ethnic Studies Coalition (METC), Unidos MN. You will recall from our earlier reporting, recently passed legislation…
Communists are hosting a weekend event centered on “Marxist theory and revolutionary strategy” in Minneapolis from Sept. 30-Oct. 1. The event series, titled “2023 Marxist School,” will focus on organizing…
Football isn’t the only game kicking off this fall. It’s also the season for schools to throw Hail Mary bonding and levy referendums in many districts, despite record state spending…
In this second part of the series, we Follow the Money™ into the finances of another education-focused nonprofit. In part 1, we followed the money behind a leading nonprofit in…
Stanford economist Eric Hanushek has predicted that academic setbacks during COVID-19 could cost each impacted student $70,000 over the course of their careers, or roughly $28 trillion total, reports The…
Over the weekend, our own Katherine Kersten appeared on Fox News’ Fox & friends program to discuss the state’s recently enacted ethnic studies mandate. Click on the 4-minute long video,…
From outside the classroom, the issue appears as elementary as ABC. But it’s taken until now for school districts to finally reach the obvious conclusion that allowing students to have…
Concern over vague new rules from the legislature regarding use of force by school personnel, including school resource officers (SROs), has numerous local law enforcement agencies ending their SRO programs…
In this edition of Follow the Money™, we begin what ultimately will be a deep dive into the state’s ethnic studies industrial complex. One of the more controversial bills passed…
Studying and preserving factual history is essential to understanding ourselves and the world into which we were born. Committed to that work is the Dr. Harold C. Deutsch World War II…
As sheriffs and police chiefs across Minnesota pull their officers out of schools over vague new rules from the legislature regarding use of force by school personnel, how are teachers…
Claims of widespread “book banning” in school libraries continue to work their way into comments and articles, despite the fact such rhetoric is not reality. Most notably, Gov. Tim Walz…
With the latest statewide test results showing more than half of Minnesota students not meeting basic proficiency standards in reading and math, some are rationalizing the discouraging data by claiming…
There’s no sugarcoating the precipitous decline in Minnesota’s K-12 public school system and inverse relationship between increased funding and decreased results. The latest statewide test scores show more than half…