ACT scores for the class of 2025 remain historically low as statewide measures of high school academic proficiency continue to tell a concerning story. According to the ACT, the nonprofit…
How to break free from Minnesota’s education cartel. American Experiment has a reputation for boldly engaging the public square, educating the people of Minnesota on issues ranging from education to…
“We’ve raised graduation rates to the highest ever,” remarks Gov. Tim Walz in his recent reelection campaign video. Unlike the governor’s proneness to misspeak while campaigning for vice president —…
My posts about achievement levels within Minnesota’s public education system always generate a few interesting comments from individuals who want to downplay the declines — they either state the data…
Academic performance on the reading and math Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs) is slightly down from last year, and more than half of public school students statewide remain below grade-level proficiency.…
The Star Tribune‘s recent investigative articles on Minnesota’s public charter schools paint a very bleak picture of the model, stating they are “largely failing to make good on most of…
In response to COVID, the federal government sent Minnesota $1.3 billion for E-12 education. Those dollars were meant to help schools return to, and maintain, safe in-person learning for all…
More than half of Minnesota public school students still don’t meet basic proficiency in reading or math, according to newly released 2024 statewide assessment results by the Minnesota Department of…
The Minnesota Reformer recently ran an article showing some of the ways the state has changed since Gov. Tim Walz took office in January 2019. Reporter Christopher Ingraham used a…
Rochester Public Schools (RPS) recently announced that failure to complete minimum course work and performance standards in class will result in an F, reports the Post Bulletin. The district swapped…
Government fraud and corruption have persisted long enough.
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the Minnesota Department of Education’s release of 2023 graduation data. The department reported a slight decline compared to the 2022 graduation rate…
There is no doubt that the 2023 legislative session was “transformational.” I have written here about the numerous new education mandates that the DFL-controlled legislature passed and what they mean…
Last Friday, I appeared on our new podcast in which, among other things, we discussed Gov. Walz’s bizarre recent appearance at the Iowa State Fair, where he wandered around bellowing…
More than half of Minnesota students don’t meet basic proficiency in reading or math, according to newly released 2023 statewide assessment results by the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE). As…
The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) recently announced it is seeking educators to review the state’s academic assessments — the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs) — and ensure they “are aligned…
How school closures became a policy decision that held Minnesota students hostage.
In our new report ‘The Cost of Lockdowns and Shutdowns: Part I: Counting the economic costs of government policy responses to COVID-19‘, my colleague Martha Njolomole and I write: In…
Hopkins school board member Steve Adams — who was named to the 2022 All-State School Board, which is the Minnesota School Boards Association’s (MSBA) most prestigious award — recently called…
A new report released today from Center of the American Experiment details how state government policy responses to COVID-19, including shutting down schools, exacerbated the already-declining academic achievement of Minnesota…
The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) released test results Friday from the state’s Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs), showing steep drops in student proficiency in reading and mathematics, as first reported…
Minnesota is moving forward with standardized math and reading tests this spring, but the state will likely not use the test results to identify struggling schools, reports the Pioneer Press.…
The U.S. Department of Education recently announced that states will have to administer their annual standardized tests this school year, but the department has paired the testing requirement with additional…
Despite no proven correlation between spending and student achievement, Big Education relentlessly demands—and gets—more and more money.