The conventional wisdom has it that school board meetings have become so contentious, even dangerous, that new candidates will be scared off, afraid to run for the position. The media…
The Minneapolis School Board released a shocking statement this week about their negotiations with the teachers union: MPS received a package of counter proposals from the MFT with a cost…
American Experiment will pursue an aggressive education agenda in the 2022 legislative session. A primary goal will be enhanced academic and financial transparency to arm parents with the information they…
Parents have learned a lot during the pandemic. All over the state and nation, public schools see a decline in enrollment as parents personally pick up teaching duties at home…
It takes a catastrophe like the Great Recession and Gov. Tim Walz’s statewide shutdown and continuing restrictions to force most local governments to even consider holding the line on property…
The Minneapolis Board of Education voted against a resolution that called for starting the school year with distance learning, citing a "need for the governor to weigh in." Gov. Walz…
Sure it may be way out there to demand the immediate removal of the police officers assigned to Duluth schools for more than twenty years. But the students behind the…
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…
Critics say an educational philosophy called "ENVoY" and a tone-deaf principal caused Ramsey Elementary to devolve into a culture of chaos and violence.
Critics say an educational philosopher called ENVoY and a tone-deaf principal have enabled a suburban elementary school to devolve into a culture of chaos and violence.
Here’s a striking visual that captures the decline in accountability and transparency in the Edina Public Schools (EPS) in recent years. It’s an opportunity to compare—back-to-back—the EPS Annual Reports for…
When it comes to voting on school district referendums, the deck is already largely stacked against local taxpayers. “Vote Yes” committees operate increasingly sophisticated and expensive campaigns with insider help. While…
On July 25, the Minnesota Supreme Court issued a ruling with the potential to transform K-12 education in the Twin Cities region for decades to come. The court decided that Cruz-Guzman…
Duluth Public Schools’ decision to remove two classic American novels from the district’s curriculum has been ripped nationally. But now the de facto classroom censorship of “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”…
A standing room only crowd showed up for the latest Edina School Board meeting in a show of force by parents upset over political indoctrination in their kids’ classrooms first revealed…
The state’s most powerful public employee union—Education Minnesota—has quietly begun laying the groundwork to prevent the potential loss of thousands of members and millions of dollars, depending on the outcome…
The state’s most powerful public employee union—Education Minnesota—has quietly begun laying the groundwork to prevent the potential loss of thousands of members and millions of dollars, depending on the outcome…
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…