For students in school today, September 11, 2001 is history. But the day that forever changed America is not included in Minnesota’s K-12 social studies standards. It used to be…
EdChoice’s “2021 Schooling in America” survey gives insight into parents’ reasons for choosing a school. The survey polled a national sample of parents from June 14-July 8, 2021 and asked…
Minnesotans who participated in the 2021 House of Representatives State Fair Poll support funding students over systems. Polltakers were asked: “Should a school voucher system be established whereby the state…
The Mankato school district already requires students and staff for grades K through 8 to wear protective masks on school grounds. The school board imposed the mandate on the basis…
Despite growing evidence over the years that a one-size-fits-all education system cannot — and does not — meet the needs of all students, Democratic leaders have largely opposed efforts to…
Thirty local candidates gathered on a recent Saturday in suburban St. Paul for a training session on how to talk about education issues and ultimately win election to the school…
They were on opposite sides of the Byron school board’s recent 6-to-1 decision not to mandate masks for students and staff in the new school year. But two school board…
Right after getting their kids off to the first day of class, parents on both sides of the North Dakota-Minnesota border had an assignment of their own to tackle. They…
The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) released test results Friday from the state’s Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs), showing steep drops in student proficiency in reading and mathematics, as first reported…
Millions of students across 18 states became eligible for access to new and expanded educational choice options during 2021. Unfortunately, Minnesota students were denied a similar opportunity when the DFL-controlled…
The first day back to school at Pine Island promises to be like none other. Not because students and teachers will actually be back in the classroom in person again.…
As parents and school leadership butt heads over school mask mandates, “some physicians and scientists have recently claimed that the best evidence shows that masks are not an effective measure…
A new report reveals U.S. elementary school students were four to five months behind their expected level of academic achievement at the end of the 2020 school year, writes Axios.…
Homeschool enrollment increased nationwide last fall as families pursued alternative learning environments to their neighborhood public school. (In Minnesota, homeschool enrollment increased by over 10,000 students compared to fall 2019,…
It’s now a given among educators that schools must resume and continue providing in-person learning in the classroom this fall at all costs. The damage to students’ education and socialization…
The second draft of Minnesota K-12 social studies standards requires much improvement to ensure our students are prepared to be informed and engaged citizens and members of society. American Experiment…
Center of the American Experiment had to react quickly to the Walz administration’s release of the second draft of social studies standards on Friday, July 30, 2021. Despite missing their…
After months of delay, the second draft of Minnesota’s K-12 Social Studies standards was published on July 30. Aside from the concerning themes dominating the standards and benchmarks, which represent…
After American Experiment launched its campaign to improve the second draft of Minnesota’s K-12 Social Studies Standards, a Minnesota school superintendent posed a good question: Which parts are CRT specifically?…
Who should be held accountable for the hiring and abrupt firing of Equity Alliance Minnesota, whose outlandish racial equity survey put the Sartell school district in the media spotlight for…
The Minnesota Department of Education has released the second draft of proposed Social Studies Standards for K-12 public schools. Your valuable feedback to MDE and the Social Studies Standards Committee…
Mainstreet Minnesotans fight the ‘woke’ direction of K-12 education.
It’s a textbook case on the power of transparency. When it came to light that some students in Sartell schools had apparently been instructed not to show their parents the…
State leaders again ignore school choice advocates.