Typically school boards rubberstamp the district’s renewal of affiliation with the Minnesota State High School League and move on to the next item on the agenda. Yet it was anything…
While teachers can now retire with full benefits at age 65 (instead of age 66) effective July 1, 2025 (unless hired before 1989), the Minnesota legislature missed an opportunity to…
DFL legislators pushed through ‘historic investments’ in education, so the system is bound to improve, right?
Minnesota’s Top 5 ranking for business by CNBC caught attention recently, as my colleague John Phelan wrote about here. But the state’s drop in the education subindex over the years…
According to experts and an ever-growing body of research, a scientifically based reading program is the most effective way to improve literacy. But inconsistency in how teachers are prepared to…
The National Education Association — the country’s largest teachers’ union — recently made headlines for its public summer reading recommendations for educators that include books promoting sexual content and practices.…
The concept of educational freedom continues to receive overwhelming national support at 71 percent, according to a new poll from RealClear Opinion Research released by the American Federation for Children…
The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) is encouraging a divisive worldview through its “Transformative Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) and Cultural Competency” course used to train school staff on the…
A revealing book about government schools details the desperate need for change.
Anyone who paid attention in Civics 101 to the chapter on the separation of powers between the three branches of American government should have seen it coming. The Cato Institute,…
Nearly 1 in 5 teachers would carry a gun to school if allowed.
Minnesota’s new Free School Meals program that took effect July 1 could impact the compensatory revenue districts receive in the future. Compensatory revenue, funding intended to help students who are…
Beginning in fall 2024, Minnesota will make public college and university tuition free for thousands of residents. The North Star Promise Scholarship program will cover “the balance of tuition and…
The American Revolution began in April 1775 and quickly turned from a small-scale armed conflict into a full-on war between Great Britain and the residents of its 13 North American…
The state’s third-largest school district has admitted it is facing an “imminent financial crisis” but that it will find cuts to balance the budget, reported Deena Winter with the Minnesota…
Last week I wrote about how, faced with declining college enrollments after decades of above-inflation increases in college tuition fees, colleges ought to be cutting their fees. I also wrote…
I recently wrote about another round of assessment results capturing the continual fall in academic achievement among our country’s students. While the declines were certainly exacerbated by government policy responses…
Can school choice and quality public schools coexist? The research says yes, and so does Superintendent Kurt Browning in Florida, who calls himself a “champion of choice.” “You can sit…
A packed room of parents and community members respectfully voiced their concerns recently over the Osseo school district’s “LGBTQIA+ History and Culture Resolution” and its implementation. The 2022 resolution includes,…
Not so long ago, Mayo Clinic celebrated the refreshing communication style of longtime medical school Professor Dr. Michael Joyner. The provocative professor was even featured on the cover of a…
Average reading and math scores for the nation’s 13 year olds have declined again, with the math decline the largest ever recorded on the National Assessment of Educational Progress’ (NAEP)…
As students leave the classroom for the summer, families are considering leaving their children’s previous learning environment altogether. Almost half of parents (45.9 percent) nationwide have reported that at least…
“Investment” is an almost totally devalued term nowadays, at least in political discourse. For politicians, every single penny of spending is an “investment” because saying you “invested” several million or…
A nearly packed room of engaged parents and residents respectfully voiced their concerns over explicit content in books at the Forestview Middle School library at the latest meeting of the…