House Democrats heard a bill in the Elections Committee this week to address what they think is a disturbing trend in Minnesota: people actually paying attention to local school board elections. Life…
The Rochester School District is living out the Circle of Education Funding right before our very eyes as the school board just offered their union teachers a contract they absolutely…
Another election cycle is already underway, and the money is piling up. I’ve been following the money in state Democrat politics in my Minnesota for Sale series. I’ve assembled the…
The Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) recently fined Dakota County United Educators, a local chapter of the state teacher’s union, for failing to report campaign expenditures in a timely fashion.…
Who says conservatives can’t win?
Teacher membership in Education Minnesota has dropped significantly, according to a recent federal LM-2 report the union filed with the U.S. Department of Labor that covers from September 1, 2022…
National government unions spent $13.2 million on politics in Minnesota, with the national teacher unions the top spenders, according to a recent report by the Commonwealth Foundation. The four largest…
Five years after a landmark SCOTUS decision, public employees continue exercising their restored freedom of association.
(And no, they are not using the non-pejorative British definition of scheme, which means a plan or system for doing or organizing something.) In a new attack on educational freedom…
Each year, Education Minnesota charges member teachers and education support professionals (ESPs) $25.00 for its political action committee (PAC). PAC money is spent on political parties, candidates, and other political…
It’s MEA weekend in Minnesota, which means schools statewide cancel two days of learning in deference to the annual meeting of Education Minnesota, the state’s most powerful public employee union.…
Educators’ once-a-year-only opportunity to evaluate their relationship with the teachers’ union will end this Saturday, Sept. 30. If you are a Minnesota educator and have decided that union membership is…
In this fourth part of our series on ethnic studies nonprofits in Minnesota, we Follow the Money™ flowing to a group called Education Evolving. As we pointed out earlier, Education…
September is the month for educators to evaluate their relationship with the teachers’ union and decide if union membership is right for them. If teachers do not feel that being…
In this edition of Follow the Money™, we begin what ultimately will be a deep dive into the state’s ethnic studies industrial complex. One of the more controversial bills passed…
For most Minnesota teachers, September is back to school season (some returned in August), and as I wrote here, it’s also the only annual opportunity educators get to evaluate their…
It’s one of the busiest times of the year for teachers — back to school! It’s also the only annual opportunity educators get to evaluate their relationship with the teachers’…
In 2018, Minnesota public employees were freed from financially supporting a government union in order to keep their job (Janus v. AFSCME). Since then, nearly 32 percent of public workers…
Five years ago today, a multi-year effort started by the brave veteran teacher Rebecca Friedrichs finally concluded, freeing all public-sector employees from financially supporting a government union as a condition…
A strong majority (74 percent) of Minnesotans favor a school choice policy where parents can use tax dollars to send their child to a public or private school that best…
Licensure barriers that will prevent educators from entering the classroom through alternative pathways will go into effect July 2024. This change in teacher licensing rules is one of many included…
Teachers’ unions have destroyed public schools; we can’t allow agriculture to follow the same fate.
Why Education Minnesota is the most systemically racist organization in the state.
American Experiment spurs stiffer restrictions against the Federal Reserve’s lobbying