The DFL’s left and right go to war. On July 7, 1977, state DFL Rep. Phyllis Kahn from Minneapolis addressed a meeting at the Capitol’s State Office Building in St.…
If he wins, Tim Walz will be the first Minnesota governor elected to a third four-year term.
The money and power wielded by the state's teachers' union is the reason we don’t have school choice in Minnesota. It's time to connect the dots between union dues, campaign…
I write occasional articles about Minnesota’s history for our magazine, Thinking Minnesota. In the course of doing so, I often write more material than I have room for, as was…
The outlook was bleak for the Republicans arriving at St. Cloud State University in November 1975 for their state party convention. The DFL governor, Wendell Anderson, had been elected five…
Why Education Minnesota is the most systemically racist organization in the state.
In one of the most blatant (and profitable) pay-to-play arrangements in state history, Democrats in Minnesota are about to provide a huge return-on-investment to Minnesota’s American Indian tribes for their…
Minneapolis school finance officials gave a very sobering presentation to board members recently, warning that enrollment losses coupled with district spending will bankrupt the district in two short years. There…
As evidenced by the number of families participating in open enrollment, there is an appetite for school choice in Minnesota, and it needs to be expanded.
This is a troubling use of strikes (some legal, some illegal depending on the state law) because unions are using their clout to limit, or even take out, their competition…
Charter schools are the “polite cousins of segregation,” in the words of Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers. Last year the National Association for the Advancement of…
My American Experiment colleague Catrin Thorman was on-target when she concluded her recent blog about a three-part series in the Star Tribune regarding public school choice in the Twin Cities. …
Leadership makes a difference for better or for worse. American Experiment’s Mitch Pearlstein reflects on what might have been with a landmark school choice bill if Gov. Mark Dayton’s mentor,…
What if Rudy Perpich were still fighting for school choice?
School Choice Advocate Betsy DeVos was in the U.S. Senate last week for hearings on her nomination to be the new Secretary of Education. Senator Lamar Alexander, the former Secretary…
Morgan is a partner in a Minneapolis law office, has worked as outside counsel for four Minnesota governors, and serves on CAE's board of directors.
Stars begins to align for real educational choice.