For some reason, the agenda for the Duluth School Board’s public meetings gets discussed and set in private behind closed doors. Not only are members of the public excluded from…
School funding debates have led to several pretty costly spending proposals from the 2020 presidential candidate pool. There are three big concerns Americans need to consider before they jump on…
Today, school districts that had their levy pass took to social media to share the news. But what was disturbing was how the news was shared—children were being used as…
It’s unfortunate the teachers’ union resorted, again, to using students and families as its political pawns. The Chicago teachers’ strike was more than a labor agreement dispute, it was a…
The annual Kate L. Dunwoody Society Luncheon, held in recognition of the vision and generosity of Kate L. Dunwoody who pioneered support of technical education 105 years ago, raises scholarship…
Nathaniel Elifson is the welding student at Minneapolis Community and Technical College we met last chapter, and Matthew Nickolay is his friend and a HVAC student at Dunwoody College who…
Seventeen high school girls from across Minnesota participated in a speech competition at the state’s Capitol this past Saturday. Speaking Proudly, the oratory competition sponsored by the Metro Republican Women,…
Aircraft mechanics are in short supply around the nation. But in Duluth, that’s changing, thanks to the innovative efforts of both aviation companies and community and technical colleges.
The Seattle public schools have developed a new “ethnic studies” curriculum that tells students that mathematics is a tool of oppression. Sure, some of us thought that back in junior…
Halloween is just around the corner, and so is the deadline for teachers to request a refund of the forced political action committee (PAC) contribution the union deducts from teachers’…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s remarks at a Bernie Sanders campaign rally last weekend helped make the argument for more educational choice, despite her overall fight against the school choice movement.
Gary Marvin Davison, an engaged educator with a perpetual edge, had a particularly pointed counterpoint in the Star Tribune (Oct. 17) about how the “insidious ideology of education professors and…
As the Chicago teachers’ union strike continues to receive national media coverage, I want to share a perspective on the walkout from a Chicago Public Schools alumna who sees the…
An Education Week Research Center survey reveals principals don’t really know what their teachers think of them.
It’s MEA week in Minnesota, the annual fall ritual in which schools statewide cancel two classroom days in deference to the annual meeting of the most powerful public employee union…
As evidenced by the number of families participating in open enrollment, there is an appetite for school choice in Minnesota, and it needs to be expanded.
If teachers want to protect their right to not fund Education Minnesota's PAC, they must request a refund of the forced contribution before October 31. Let the union know its…
As educational disparities continue to plague Minnesota students across race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status, it’s clear the state needs to take a different approach to solving education shortcomings.
The Star Tribune ponders the fact that Minnesota students’ math scores keep dropping: “As test scores drop, Minnesota educators seek a ‘new conversation’ about math.” I think “new conversation” means…
Educators have to sift through a lot of misinformation regarding unions and membership. Here are five of the most common issues the major state and national teachers’ unions don’t want…
For how long have Americans tried to get education right? From before Horace Mann was a sparkle in his proud parents’ eyes, more than 200 years ago. At the heart…
Teachers, don't let misinformation about the impact union membership can and cannot have weigh you down.
Our neighbor to the south gets it: tax credit scholarships help remove the financial barriers that prevent students from accessing the learning environment that’s right for them.
Big Lake Schools 3rd Annual Youth Apprenticeship and Career Fair exposed over 1,400 students in grades 5, 8 and 9-12 to career possibilities that do not require the traditional four-year…