Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin are all more appealing states to teach in compared to Minnesota, according to an analysis by the left-leaning Learning Policy Institute. (And how…
The Federal Emergency and Management Agency promoted a recent open house in Montevideo to unveil new flood insurance rate maps for Chippewa County as a chance “to see how the…
During the last legislative session, the Minnesota House and Senate managed to pass a bill so wacky that it was too much even for Governor Walz. The bill required that…
Consulting the current Minneapolis crime dashboard, auto thefts in the city stand at 5,177 year-to-date (as of August 7). That works out to almost exactly one care stolen every hour.…
The Iowa company backing what’s billed as the world’s biggest carbon capture pipeline just hit a roadblock, if not a dead end, in the state where the controversial project would…
When I have pointed out the record numbers of Minnesotans fleeing the state in recent years, one of the standard responses has been: …something like “breaking news: old people are leaving…
You have seen Ethan Hunt (played by Tom Cruise) perform death-defying stunts in not just one but six Mission Impossible movies, as he tries to save the world from one…
Labor market KROX: Minnesota labor force grows for four straight months KRWC: Wright County Unemployment Up in June, New High for Available Labor Force in Nearly Three Years KPVI: Metros…
It’s been a quiet summer so far for the Feeding Our Future scandal, but rest assured, a lot is going on in the behind the scenes. MN Reformer is continuing…
Not when it comes to choosing a school, according to the roughly 1,500 parents who participated in EdChoice’s 2023 Schooling in America Survey. But academic quality was a top factor…
Student behavior and discipline continues to be a significant challenge for teachers, administrators and other students in the post-pandemic era. Newly released statistics from the recently concluded school year indicate…
This summer, I had the opportunity to teach English in Vietnam for three weeks. Such an experience opened my eyes to a different way of perceiving education and how that perception affects…
The Minnesota legislature mandated many new K-12 education policies this past legislative session but missed the opportunity to enact meaningful changes to better protect teachers and students. Instead, there is…
New reporting in North Dakota media documents the past encounters between Mohamad Barakat and local law enforcement. On Friday, July 14, Syrian refugee Barakat ambushed Fargo policemen, killing one, injuring…
Gov. Walz is notoriously thin-skinned. At an appearance in Iowa last week, he said: “There is kind of an unwritten rule when we are dealing with things not to criticize…
The incident On Monday morning at about 2 a.m., Minnesota State Troopers stopped Ricky Cobb II, 33, on I-94 in North Minneapolis for reportedly driving without rear taillights. Once stopped…
It is baffling to me that teachers’ union leadership continues to resort to name-calling when educators decide union membership isn’t the right decision for them. First, I am not aware…
American Experiment’s John Hinderaker interviews Riley Gaines about what’s at stake for the future of women’s sports.
Senator Tina Smith may think that “Bidenomics” is working, but it doesn’t feel that way to the average American. Fox 9 ran a story recently titled “Americans are giving less…
The truth about racial disparities in Minnesota’s criminal justice system.
Seventy percent of the general public believes K-12 education in the country is heading in the wrong direction, according to EdChoice’s 2023 Schooling in America Survey. Compared to views in…
Today marks what would have been the 111th birthday of American economist Milton Friedman, whose 1955 paper, “The Role of Government in Education” prompted the start of the modern school…
From tomorrow, recreational marijuana will be legal in Minnesota. Center of the American Experiment has never taken a position on the legalization of marijuana — we neither support the measure,…
According to the Hennepin County jail roster, Thompson remains in county custody six weeks after the horrific Minneapolis car crash in which five young women were killed. Since our last…