Much is rightly made about the importance of tolerance and sensitivity on the part of religious majorities towards religious minorities. But what about the reverse? What about the importance of…
Yesterday the St. Paul school board fired its superintendent of schools, Valeria Silva. Silva’s contract was bought out with a package estimated at $787,500. Silva’s firing follows an explosive series…
Here’s a piece of good educational news; a welcomed byproduct of less-encouraging educational news. There would seem to be a growing appreciation across the nation for the kind of education…
With the overwhelming preponderance of media coverage of the recently concluded legislative session focusing on transportation, taxes, and bonding, most people remain unaware that we – meaning everyone in Minnesota…
Rushford-Peterson Schools bond referendum passed in 2014, construction started in 2015, but a citizens group wants to turn back the clock in 2016 on the controversial $38 million project in…
I participated on a panel earlier this week on the stubborn persistence of achievement gaps, and as you might guess, at the first opening I jumped in and started talking…
Gaylord farmer joins school board that sued him.
The teacher who battled against mandatory union membership fees in the U.S. Supreme Court will speak at CAE event.
This is the newest installment in Dr. Pearlstein’s year-long review of how Minnesota students are doing compared to students in other states, and more broadly, how American students are doing…
Teachers are in crisis over the disarray and the threats unleashed by policies of 'equity.'
A few bulleted, campaign-inspired thoughts about political correctness, which I started writing about in the 1970s. One of the best things I wrote in graduate school back then was a…
This is the newest installment in Dr. Pearlstein’s year-long review of how well Minnesota and U.S. students are doing in various international and other comparisons. This one takes a different…
A Gaylord chicken farmer plans to turn his campaign for school board into a teachable moment for the Sibley East Public Schools officials who asked a court to award $2.9…
On Tuesday of this week, the Star Tribune ran a story about how sizable proportions of public school teachers in St. Paul would not recommend their school to parents seeking…
Editor’s note: This is the second installment in a year-long series in which Founder and American Experiment Senior Fellow, Mitch Pearlstein, focuses on student achievement and how Minnesota students compare…
The 2016 legislature is poised to enact tuition relief for private school parents.
Would fewer tests worsen Minnesota's dismal achievement gap?
The case to watch in 2016 is Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association
Stars begins to align for real educational choice.
The Young Leaders Council develops the next generation of Minnesota’s conservative leaders.
The Indispensability of Competition and Choice in Minnesota K-12 Education | K-12 education in Minnesota faces many problems...
Numerous surveys and polls indicate that students lack knowledge regarding both our history and our form of government.