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Former legislator, activist look to debunk myths about education funding in...

An expert in education finance and a local elections advocate have teamed up to help inform school boards, community members, and parents on how...

Walz signs bill requiring schools to stock period products in boys’...

Schools districts and charter schools in Minnesota will be required to stock period products in school bathrooms for free use, including in boys’ bathrooms. At...

New ‘ideological litmus test’ will ‘exacerbate teacher shortage,’ expert says

Educators and parents across Minnesota are concerned about new teacher licensure requirements that would require educators to affirm their students’ gender identities and "disrupt...

Commentary: A last-minute, desperate attempt to protect the status quo in...

(Center of the American Experiment) — The status quo is getting nervous in the Orono school board race. Several former school board members sent...

Caryn Sullivan: Behavior issues drive teachers out of classrooms

Minnesota teachers are leaving the classroom in droves. Noting the state is down about 1,000 teachers, Education Minnesota President Denise Specht recently said the...

Commentary: Why Johnny can’t read — 100 years of teaching without...

The Minnesota Department of Education just released test scores for 2022. More than 50% of Minnesota third-graders didn’t pass the state reading test. Over...

School board member says business was targeted after opposing mask mandate

A small town in southern Minnesota lost two of its recently elected school board members due to turmoil in the community over mask mandates. Emmy...

Treated ‘like dogs’: High school senior exposes toxic school environment under...

A high school senior recently urged his local school board to stand strong in its decision to not mandate masks this year, saying forced...

Mental health practitioner: Long-term effects of masks on children are ‘very...

A psychiatric nurse spoke out at a Bemidji school board meeting last week to bring attention to mental health issues she has seen arise...

‘Unscientific child abuse’: Nurse rebukes mask mandates at school board meeting

Anoka-Hennepin School District, the largest district in the state of Minnesota, updated its face mask guidance this week following 90 minutes of heated public...