States that are “moving the needle” on their workforce development challenges have one thing in common: They are focused on exciting and innovative “work-based learning” initiatives.
In October, 2015, Nova Classical Academy in St. Paul, one of the top charter schools in the nation at the time, was torn apart trying to accommodate a “transgender” five-year-old…
Last Thursday, the Senate’s E-12 Education Policy Committee held a hearing on proposed legislation that would require public schools to strive for academic balance when teaching controversial political subjects. I…
Yesterday, the Minnesota Senate’s E-12 Finance Committee held a three-hour hearing on proposed legislation to require academic balance in the public schools. The push for this legislation arises out of…
Our exposure of left-wing indoctrination, politically-motivated bullying and declining academic performance in the Edina public schools continues to reverberate. The story has gone national, with the Weekly Standard and the…
Another red-hot article by Katherine Kersten on the barrage of social justice in Edina Public Schools continues to spark a national discussion. Her latest piece titled “Inside a Public School…
Katherine Kersten’s expose of leftist indoctrination and bullying by Edina Public Schools first revealed in Thinking Minnesota continues to attract attention locally and nationally. The latest coverage comes in a…
Policymakers participate in ‘A Well-Done Roast of the Well-Seasoned Mitch Pearlstein.’
Kersten testimony cites chaos in St. Paul schools.
The cover story in last October’s Thinking Minnesota was Katherine Kersten’s devastating expose of left-wing indoctrination and bullying in the Edina public schools. The Edina schools have made a firm…
American Experiment has enjoyed unprecedented levels of success, inside and out.
Liberal activists are nothing if not well schooled in hardball politics.
The Star Tribune has released its list of the most-read op-eds of 2017, and the Center had two in the top ten. Katherine Kersten’s blockbuster piece on political indoctrination in…
This commentary originally appeared December 12, 2017 in the Duluth News Tribune. It’s common wisdom in our society that you’ve got to have a four-year college degree to get ahead.…
Today the United States Commission on Civil Rights will hold a public briefing in Washington, D.C., entitled The School-to-Prison Pipeline: The Intersections of Students of Color with Disabilities. The briefing…
Nothing we’ve learned about Al Franken in the past few weeks should have come as any surprise to Minnesotans. An excellent example of this is a column that American Experiment’s…
If you missed the Center’s “Well-Done Roast of the Well-Seasoned” Mitch Pearlstein two weeks ago you missed a very special event. A sold-out crowd of 300 people came together to…
This is a blog about impressive things going on with technical education in Tennessee. It’s the kind of blog which Minnesota leaders in education, business, and government are likely to…
The Center’s “Great Jobs Without a Four-Year Degree” project is committed to revealing the relevance and value of vocational education as a post-secondary option. Young people and parents need to…
The Center recently wrote about white privilege training Edina school bus drivers and custodians were forced to attend in 2012. The “training” program, led by Dr. Heather Hackman, focused on…
Katherine Kersten appeared on Fox & Friends on Sunday, talking about her landmark study of leftist political indoctrination and bullying in the Edina public schools. In a short time, she…
Kathy Kersten’s bombshell cover story in the Fall issue of Thinking Minnesota on political indoctrination in the Edina public schools continues to reverberate. Today’s spotlights the article’s impact: “Charge of…
Instead of striving for academic excellence, jackboot methods are being used to force students to think “correctly” on social issues. This op-ed originally appeared October 7, 2017 in the Star…
An investigation by writer Katherine Kersten released today exposes systematic political indoctrination of students in Edina public schools, beginning as early as kindergarten, all while the district’s long time…