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Generation Indoctrination: Gay Marriage great, America not so much

Late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel’s kid-on-the-street interviews reveal how things have changed for American children. While most of the cute kids interviewed...

Minnesota Superintendent’s Kids Increase Tension by Speaking at School Closure Forum

School District Superintendent's adult children's failure to disclose relationship when speaking in support of controversial elementary school closure plan riles community.

Sibley East School District Loses $2.9 Million Lawsuit Against Farmer Nathan...

JJudge denies Sibley East School District's motion to require Nathan Kranz pay $2.9 million in damages.

Young Minnesotan Makes Difference in the Education of Millions

Minnesota may often be thought of as a state with quality public education, but many may not realize that it has one of the largest achievement gaps in the country. CBS Minnesota explains only 16% of African American high school seniors are college ready, compared to 61% of whites. In addition, Minnesota’s Native and Latino students have the lowest graduates in the nation. Literacy rates play a role in these large achievement gaps. With the help of the Board of Directors, Keller’s organization has collected and distributed roughly 1.8 million books, and she is only 15 years old. Her next goal is to reach 2 million books collected and distributed.

No Freedom of Speech Rights During ISD 833 School Board Meeting

South Washington County School District 833 created controversy when the School Board removed the Public Comment time from the Jan. 21, 2016 meeting agenda and also ejected two concerned parents from the meeting.

Democrat House Member’s Children benefited from Scholarship fund he manages

State Representative Joe Atkins, (D-Inver Grove Heights) is in the hot seat after the Star Tribune reported that all three of his children received college scholarships from the BEST Foundation, a charity arm of the Inver Grove Heights school district where Atkins has been employed as executive director for the last 20 years.

Professors could be Unionized at U of M by spring

Nearly 4,000 new union members could join the ranks of SEIU at the state's largest University. The desire for better benefits and more job stability is causing the unionization of faculty members all over the country. What will be the impact on taxpayers?

Lawmakers Step in to Assist Citizens Fighting Stillwater Elementary Schools Closures

The battle over Stillwater Schools ISD 834 B.O.L.D proposal to close three elementary schools is heating up with three Minnesota legislators along with other community leaders/politicians offering their support to the STOP BOLD COLD parent/resident opposition movement.

School’s Anti-Bullying & Gender Identity Policies Clash With Concerned Parents

Is Nova Classical Academy embroiled in controversy over a five-year old boy's decision to wear a dress to school or is the controversy about the school's decision to change to a radical gender inclusion policy?

Twenty Minnesota School Districts Send Superintendents to Times Square Conference

Minnesota school districts are sending 20 superintendents to a conference held in New York City this week by District Management Council. School district "DMC Membership" begins at $25,000/year.