The Center’s president John Hinderaker recently wrote about the most recent student test scores in Minnesota, revealing an all-too-familiar trend of mediocre performance in the state’s public schools. According to…
Steven Hayward calls it a “stopped clock moment” but in his latest New York Times column Thomas Friedman basically comes out as agreeing with key parts of the Trump agenda. …
Children of all ages need to play and get lots of rest. Nursery school-age children, even at-risk kids who may need our special care and support, do not belong institutional…
Twenty-seven years ago, Center of the American Experiment hosted a daylong conference with the less-than-inspiring name, “What Do We Do When School Reform Fails?” Dreary as the title was, it…
If government's take less money from individuals or businesses, that does not mean they are handing money out to them
Whichever party it is, subsidizing business is a bad idea. If 'progressives' have discovered that, the Foxconn money may have been well spent after all
Today the Star Tribune reported on the most recent student test scores in Minnesota. The results were typical of past years: the performance of Minnesota’s public schools is mediocre, and…
Policymakers who see immigration as a tool to boost economic growth need to focus on skills
Barnes & Noble book stores have picked up the Center’s magazine, Thinking Minnesota, and are stocking it in their magazine sections. This photo was taken at the Ridgedale store: If…
It's often said that the evidence in the minimum wage debate is clear. And it is.
This Summer, American Experiment has had a great group of interns. Among many other duties, they have frequently held up a “Stuck In Traffic” banner on a pedestrian crosswalk across…
Labor demand is growing in Minnesota causing wages to rise. Apparently, this is a crisis.
For years we’ve been told the state needs to throw tens of millions of taxpayer dollars at providing high-speed internet access to rural areas. Along the way, private providers have often…
Premiums have stabilized in the individual market, thanks to a $542 million subsidy, but legislators still have more work to do. This op-ed originally appeared in the Star Tribune on…
Rep. Tom Emmer is stepping up efforts to stop an 11th hour action by the Obama administration to severely curtail mining in northern Minnesota. He outlined what’s at stake for…
Data on metropolitan areas shows Minnesota's economic performance is increasingly mediocre
“In the Council’s mind, it’s like a high-stakes poker game. The Council is betting that by spending hundreds of millions of dollars, they can pressure Congress and the FTA into…
Leadership makes a difference for better or for worse. American Experiment’s Mitch Pearlstein reflects on what might have been with a landmark school choice bill if Gov. Mark Dayton’s mentor,…
Some argue that there are goods and services which must by paid for by taxation simply because a particular group of people likes them. There is little merit in this…
In recent years, Wisconsin’s job growth has rapidly outpaced Minnesota’s. And that was before the announcement of one of the biggest development projects in years, Foxconn’s first-ever expansion into the…
Who would have ever guessed that people who care for the disabled in their homes would have to fight their own state government to protect a precious Medicaid benefit from…
'Public goods' are a staple of taxation theory. But some public goods aren't so public after all
Too bad the officers’ body cameras weren’t rolling recently in Duluth. It might not have been the sort of gritty scene that makes it on the evening news or reality…
Randi Weingarten—the union boss of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT)—took her criticism of school choice to a new low in a fiery speech she gave at AFT’s annual convention…