On July 19, a Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) council will vote on a “transgender toolkit,” which—if adopted—will be distributed to all public K-12 schools across our state. The toolkit…
Summer school in Brainerd has included an unusual academic exercise: An investigation into how a student’s threat to behead President Trump got included in the Class of 2017’s yearbook. The over-the-top…
This op-ed appeared July 18, 2017 in the St. Paul Pioneer Press. The number of children who report being unhappy with their biological sex has exploded in the last 10…
On July 19, a Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) council will vote on the adoption of a “transgender toolkit” for our state’s K-12 public schools. The tool kit pressures schools…
On July 19, a Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) council will vote on the adoption of a “transgender toolkit” for our state’s K-12 public schools. The tool kit pressures schools…
This appeared as the Star Tribune’s Sunday cover editorial on July 16, 2017. [Star Tribune photo by Anthony Souffle.] In this era of high technology manufacturing, four years and a…
The MN Department of Education’s (MDE) School Safety Technical Assistance Council is a week away from approving its controversial transgender and gender nonconforming “resource toolkit.” The initial 29-page document that…
We wrote here and here about left-wing indoctrination replacing education in the Edina public schools. The stories that were told by Edina students and parents were shocking. In response to…
Meet Denisha Merriweather from Jacksonville, Florida. She failed third grade twice, and got into all kinds of trouble. But she caught a break: she moved in with her Godmother who…
American Experiment’s recent post on left-wing politics permeating the halls and classrooms of Edina High School following the 2016 election has gotten a strong reaction. In it, John Hinderaker revealed that 80…
Minnesota’s shortage of skilled workers is causing employers in many fields to scramble to find new sources of talent, including women and minorities. Dunwoody College of Technology is a great…
The Center’s Great Jobs project aims, above all, to get the message to young people and parents that many terrific careers don’t require a costly four-year college degree. In recent…
Lots of Minnesota companies are looking high and low for skilled welders. They have an ally in AchieveMpls. The mission of AchieveMpls—the strategic non-profit partner of the Minneapolis Public Schools—is…
Activists across the country have been protesting venerable names inscribed on college buildings, as well as the identities of old soldiers on sculpted horseback in village squares, and even the…
Zephyrus is “the official news site of Edina High School.” Students supply most of the content, but on November 22, 2016, 80 teachers–a remarkable number–signed an editorial addressed to the…
It is harder for students to pay their way through college these days. But that is because of skyrocketing fees, not falling wages
Center of the American Experiment’s major, multi-year initiative called “Great Jobs Without a Four-Year Degree” aims to show students and parents there are educational routes to well-paying jobs and fulfilling…
The U.S. Census Bureau recently released a report that lists per pupil spending by each state for fiscal year 2015. Take New York for example: the state spent over $21,000…
In the grand scheme of things – and even in much smaller schemes – two decades are not much more than a blip. So, I don’t want to read too…
President Trump signed an executive order last Thursday (June 15) significantly reducing federal oversight of apprenticeship programs that receive federal funds. Good and good. Or more precisely, less regulation will…
Every day brings more news about the challenges businesses expect to face filling jobs as baby boomers continue marching toward retirement. Some of those opportunities require a traditional four-year college…
If I had to guess, there is a general sense among adults in general that high schools in Minnesota and elsewhere around the country currently offer many fewer shop classes…
What follows is propelled by Center of the American Experiment’s multi-year project “Great Jobs Without a Four-Year Degree: Good News for Students, Parents, and Employers.” As a rule, I stay…
Here’s the lament we hear constantly from employers in Greater Minnesota: “We can’t find a skilled workforce—or grow as a community—because our kids can’t wait to leave town as soon…