Tag: CRT
Opponents make last push to kill controversial new social studies standards
Critics of Minnesota’s proposed social studies standards made their case one last time this week before an administrative law judge, who will issue a...
James Dickey: Legislators plan to fundamentally transform education
The legislature has been moving fast and furious to take a narrow margin of control in both houses of the legislature to fundamentally change...
Kersten: Divisive ethnic studies bill advancing at Capitol
(Center of the American Experiment) — DFL legislators and political activists are moving at the Capitol to entrench Ethnic Studies in Minnesota’s K-12 schools....
Rochester School Board candidates aim to remove political ideology from classroom
Four candidates vying for school board positions in Rochester said they will replace harmful policies and political agendas with higher academic standards, restored discipline,...
New report finds Minnesota’s social studies standards rooted in ‘revolutionary ideology’
A new report shows how Minnesota's proposed social studies standards are "unacceptably politicized" and "deficient."
Earlier this week the Center of the American Experiment published...
Sheila Qualls: College Board experiments on kids with George Floyd-inspired AP...
This year the College Board debuted an Advanced Placement (AP) course inspired by George Floyd.
The board launched an African American Studies AP course in...
Confidence in public schools plummets under Walz
Minnesotans are losing trust in the state’s public education system, according to the results of a poll released this week.
The poll, conducted by Meeting...
CRT is ‘made up,’ according to Democratic First District candidate
A Democratic candidate for Minnesota's First Congressional District said critical race theory (CRT) is "made up" and "not taught in schools."
Jeff Ettinger, the former...
Minnesota teachers union wants state holiday to vaccinate kids
Education Minnesota, the state’s far-left teachers union, wants lawmakers in St. Paul to “consider a state holiday for vaccinating students.”
Denise Specht, president of the...
Poll: Just 22% of Minnesotans want CRT taught in public schools
Only 22% of Minnesotans think critical race theory should be taught in public schools, according to a new Center of the American Experiment poll.
The...