How school closures became a policy decision that held Minnesota students hostage.
Hennepin County worked for over a year on their version of the latest woke fad: a land acknowledgement. After reading it, I think someone with Dakota or Anishinaabe heritage should…
Eight Minnesota schools were recently recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2022. The state is allotted eight nominations based on the number of…
A plurality of parents think $8,000 or less is what should be annually spent per student in their state’s public schools, according to a 2022 national survey conducted by EdChoice.…
Forget about ventilators, masks, test kits and vaccines. During the height of the pandemic, Gov. Tim Walz’s Department of Health spent $19,700 on the real solution to COVID-19: sauerkraut! Thanks…
How Minn State’s radical new plan sacrifices academic excellence for racial and ethnic priorities.
Answer: They’re struggling to do so. Colleges and universities that have adopted test-optional admissions policies — such as eliminating SAT and ACT testing requirements — are finding it harder to…
Equal outcomes by decree are now the top priority at our state’s largest higher ed system. The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system — our state’s largest higher education system,…
On Friday evening the son of a former metro area police chief was violently assaulted and hospitalized during a robbery of his cell phone in downtown Minneapolis. The chief posted…
Members of Minnesota’s Sentencing Guidelines Commission abandon their plan to reduce prison terms during our record spike in violent crime. At least for now.
The state of Minnesota has reclassified students’ race/ethnicity in enrollment data as either “American Indian” or “Not American Indian.” Student enrollment data for a school, district, or county is available…
With renewed calls for Hennepin County Sheriff Dave Hutchinson to resign because of his dangerous DWI incident last month, let’s take a look back at how he ascended into the…
Gov. Tim Walz’s voice on the Sentencing Guidelines Commission is so out of the mainstream that she’s been kicked out of some of Minnesota’s most liberal organizations. Tonya Honsey describes…
The third draft of the social studies standards is out, and MDE will soon begin the formal rulemaking process that will entrench them in Minnesota’s K-12 classrooms. The bad news…
The Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission is a sleepy little agency with a very important job — they determine the presumptive sentences for felony offenses committed in Minnesota. From their website:…
How a small cadre of political radicals is hijacking the mission of the Minnesota Historical Society.
Donors have right to ask how nonprofits are using their money.
After American Experiment launched its campaign to improve the second draft of Minnesota’s K-12 Social Studies Standards, a Minnesota school superintendent posed a good question: Which parts are CRT specifically?…
Minnesota’s Walter Mondale famously failed to resurrect Hubert Humphrey’s liberal coalition, but also took the first, faltering steps toward a new progressive politics that appealed to younger, educated, middle-class voters.
The Minnesota Department of Education has released the second draft of proposed Social Studies Standards for K-12 public schools. Your valuable feedback to MDE and the Social Studies Standards Committee…
State officials manipulate COVID-19 data about minorities.
Education Minnesota President Denise Specht had an op-ed in the Alexandria Echo Press recently (“Commentary: Preparing students for civic life shouldn’t be so controversial,” July 17) that stated Minnesota’s proposed…
A group of tribal contractors who work on the Line 3 replacement project are speaking out against the destructive protests that have resulted in vandalized construction equipment, which you can…
A cabal of progressives wants to rewrite how students learn about their American heritage.