Public Education
Study: Minnesota schools fail students with ‘financial mismanagement,’ declining academicsPublic schools in Minnesota aren’t underfunded, but they encourage wasteful spending while their students fail basic academic tests, a recent study concludes. The study began through a collaboration… Read More
Public Education
Minnesota school district considers closing three schools as enrollment and funding declineA Minnesota school district is proposing the closure of three schools as part of a 10-point proposal to reduce spending. Rochester Public Schools released the proposed plan,… Read More
Public Education
Minnesota school test scores plummet, chronic absenteeism skyrockets as bureaucrats throw money at problemsChronic absenteeism in Minnesota’s public schools has skyrocketed from 15% to 70% in just four years. “We will not shy away from what the data are telling us. Read More
Government
Minnesota cops say Dem law is forcing them out of schools(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Minnesota Democrats are trying, and in some cases failing, to convince police officers to return to public schools after a law they passed caused… Read More
Courts
Minnesota AG: SROs and school employees can use ‘reasonable force’ to prevent bodily harm(The Center Square) – Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison issued a supplemented legal opinion regarding school discipline laws after dozens of police departments pulled school resource officers. Ellison… Read More
Government
Republicans, law enforcement call for Minnesota special session over school violence(The Center Square) – Minnesota law enforcement groups and Republican lawmakers called on Gov. Tim Walz to start a legislative special session on school resource officers after a video… Read More
Culture
University spent over $200K on ‘diversity’ course teaching physicians that healthcare is racist(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The University of Minnesota (UMN) paid over $200,000 to develop a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) training program that teaches medical professionals that healthcare… Read More
Public Education
Tests: Minnesota student grades down since 2019(The Center Square) – The Minnesota Department of Education released the 2023 statewide assessment results showing some scores dropped 10 percentage points below pre-pandemic levels in 2019. The… Read More
Culture
Company trains parents, teachers in LGBT affirmation; offers ‘back to school’ lessons in pronouns, transitions, gender support plansAn education company based in Minnesota is promoting LGBT affirmation trainings and resources to parents and teachers around the country. Gender Inclusive Schools was… Read More
Culture
Gender clinic’s services for kids include transgender hormone therapy and surgery referrals(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Employees at M Health Fairview were given paperwork to inform them of new transgender policies, including offering cross-sex hormones and surgery referrals to children… Read More
Public Education
‘I was shocked’: Minnesota mother exposes ‘highly sexually graphic’ books in school districtMinnesota mother Natalie Sonnek knew parents were complaining about sexually explicit books, but never thought she’d find them in her own child’s school library. She was wrong. Read More
Courts
Minnesota backs off anti-Christian provision for colleges, for nowFollowing backlash and a lawsuit, a new law that would bar Christian colleges and universities in Minnesota from using statements of faith for student of certain courses won’t be… Read More
Culture
Minnesota to pay $495K plus cover sex-change operation for trans prisonerThe Minnesota Department of Corrections will pay a transgender inmate $495,000 and foot the bill for a cross-sex surgery to settle a discrimination lawsuit, Fox News… Read More
Courts
Minnesota parents, colleges file lawsuit over anti-Christian education lawChristian parents and colleges have filed a lawsuit against a Minnesota law that would force faith-based institutions out of dual-enrollment programs. The state’s Postsecondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) program… Read More
Public Education
‘Assaults the sacred God-given identity’: Transgender book sparks uproar for reportedly being available to Minnesota kindergartenersA book about a child wanting to transition genders was slammed by a Minnesota parent for reportedly being available to kindergarteners. Mother LaDawn Severin read Call Me Max… Read More
Culture
University of Minnesota professors retract ‘false, misleading’ research characterizing their school as racistA trio of Minnesota professors retracted their research article on “structural racism” at their university due to its false and misleading claims.The article,published in Health Services Research,… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Minnesota doctor who gets paid for sex changes hosts trans ‘fair’ at elementary schoolA controversial doctor who is paid to perform gender-changing procedures is hosting a "gender resource fair" at a Minnesota elementary school later this month.The event will also feature… Read More
Culture
Minnesota attacks parental rights nationwide with trans bill that could strip custodyMinnesota attacked parental rights across the nation with the passage of a so-called transgender “refuge” bill in a 68-62 vote by the state House.The law allows the state… Read More
Culture
‘We got rid of a race-based system, and you’re trying to bring it back’: Black mother unloads on Minnesota bill proposing ethnic studies for kindergartenThe Minnesota Legislature is considering a bill that would require all public school students to take ethnic studies – even kindergarteners.“Minnesota’s K-12 student population is rapidly becoming more… Read More
Public Education
Middle school science teacher pushes anti-capitalism and anarchy on students in biology lessonsA middle school science teacher in Minnesota is teaching anarchy and anti-capitalism in the classroom – and the district is defending her actions as free speech.Mandi Jung, a… Read More