Recent violence reflects a changing landscape in Mankato A murder on Sunday morning, followed by a drive-by shooting into a house on Monday evening, has rattled the normally peaceful city…
The message sent For years, several progressive-led cities, counties, and campuses in Minnesota have had “sanctuary” policies that have prohibited sharing information with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Recent ICE activity…
The drastic cuts in degree programs and faculty members recently finalized by St. Cloud State University officials put the school in a class of its own when it comes to…
Now that the dust has settled from the 2024 legislative session, it’s time to unpack several noteworthy provisions pertaining to K-12 education. Health academic standards State academic health standards will…
Anyone who paid attention in Civics 101 to the chapter on the separation of powers between the three branches of American government should have seen it coming. The Cato Institute,…
It will take years to fully assess the academic and behavioral damage inflicted on K-12 students who were locked out of school and away from their classmates by educators during…
It’s no secret that Minnesota has struggled to help many students become literate — a failure that many of us sounded the alarm on years ago. Both Republican legislators and…
As of last spring, 49 percent of Minnesota students statewide weren’t proficient in reading, according to the state’s Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment (MCA). On national assessments, the average reading scores for…
Enrollment on Minnesota State University campuses continued to decline this fall, dipping nearly four percent across the 7 universities and 26 community and technical colleges in the system. Despite a…
The genie’s out of the bottle. The flight of students from college campuses continues to gain momentum, driven by tuition hikes, soaring student loan debt and doubts over the relevance…
It must have been challenging for universities to concoct new ways to spend the millions of dollars in federal funding that poured in during the pandemic. That might account for…
This stop on the free-food fraud tour brings us to the south-central Minnesota city of Mankato. This town of 44,000 is home to Minnesota State University (which advanced to this…
There's a lot of talk about equal rights and equity issues these days in the media. But the settlement of an unusual discrimination complaint involving the U.S. Department of Education's…
The following article was originally published in the Duluth News Tribune. It is the story of Mikayla Mellesmoen, who is studying environmental science at Mankato State University. Ms. Mellesmoen had…
A round-up of the last week’s economic news stories in Minnesota.
If you are a young teacher or in the middle of your career, I hope you are putting money away in a 403(b). If you are retired, think about how…
Since 1923, a painting by Anton Gag titled “Attack on New Ulm” has been on display at the Minnesota Capitol in St. Paul. The painting depicts an incident in the…