It’s no secret that COVID-19 and school closures gave many parents a new perspective on the K-12 education their child was receiving. Enrollment in Minnesota public schools has dropped for…
Abbott’s Michigan plant has resumed its baby formula production after meeting initial government sanitary requirements for reopening, according to a recent company statement. The factory’s closure, coupled with COVID-19 lockdowns…
The genie’s out of the bottle. The flight of students from college campuses continues to gain momentum, driven by tuition hikes, soaring student loan debt and doubts over the relevance…
The pandemic may be behind us, but its ripple effects will be felt for years in public schools. Like most states, Minnesota’s public schools experienced a sizable loss of students…
The conventional wisdom has it that school board meetings have become so contentious, even dangerous, that new candidates will be scared off, afraid to run for the position. The media…
The political backlash since Biden’s Department of Education released new and restrictive rules for a federal charter school grant program in March is not letting up. Parents, educators, education advocacy…
Less than a year ago, Minnesota legislative leaders and Gov. Tim Walz approved a $1.1 billion increase in school funding and gave the K-12 funding formula its biggest increase in…
In fall 2020, public school enrollment fell 2.5 percent — over 1 in 40 students, according to an enrollment tracker published by the American Enterprise Institute. Districts that spent the…
The Minnesota Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB) is considering a new standard called “Racial Consciousness and Reflection” — adding it to the list of seven “Standards of Effective…
State education officials frame the Minnesota Student Survey given to fifth, eighth, ninth and eleventh grade students every three years as a tool to identify trends and “gain insights into…
Our country’s K-12 public education system is being transformed into something it was never intended to be. Academic rigor is taking a backseat to an ideological mission, as schools go…
Less than half of high school students in St. Paul Public Schools (SPPS) are proficient in math or reading, but will be required to take a Critical Ethnic Studies (CES)…
Minnesota’s proposed social studies standards encourage the radicalization of students.
At $13,600 in annual per student spending, Minnesota is considered a high-spending state relative to K-12 education spending across the country. Education spending amounts to 40 percent of our state…
Homeschool enrollment numbers are still significantly above pre-pandemic levels despite schools reopening, according to data obtained and analyzed by the Associated Press and shared by Choice Media. The AP reports:…
Despite liberals denying its existence, the U is looking for a professor schooled in Critical Race Theory.
It must have been challenging for universities to concoct new ways to spend the millions of dollars in federal funding that poured in during the pandemic. That might account for…
The Biden administration’s U.S. Department of Education has proposed 13 pages of new rules that would hurt the charter school community. The 28-year-old federal Charter Schools Program provides funds to…
Students at Valley View Middle School in the Bloomington school district can leave class for “reflection” time during Ramadan, according to school communication. Parents were sent an online form to…
The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) has released three drafts of state K-12 social studies standards and benchmarks since beginning the formal revision process in 2020. The third draft, released…
The Minneapolis teachers’ union went on a 14-day strike in March over stalled contract negotiations, with “smaller class sizes” listed as a bargaining priority. Smaller class sizes in schools are…
If there’s anywhere in the country you’d expect the Pledge of Allegiance to be a slam dunk, it’s Fargo. But the hand-wringing and heated rhetoric over whether the pledge should…
Recent news headlines from Iowa confirm another Minnesota neighbor is prioritizing students over systems by expanding the types of school choice available to K-12 students and their families. Notice I…
Parents are the primary educator of their children, and as such have a right to know what their children are being taught in school. But not all parents know how…