Tag: education
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...
Minnesota public schools continue to fall behind in student proficiency
Nearly 400 public schools throughout Minnesota are set to receive additional support from the state education department as student proficiency scores continue to lag...
Caryn Sullivan: Friday Food for Thought
With traditional values under siege, it often feels like we’re living in an inside out, upside down world, where right is wrong, and left...
Licensure changes ask teachers to make students ‘agents of social change’
The Minnesota Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB), whose members are appointed by the governor, is revising its "standards of effective practice" for...
Minneapolis schools sued over racially discriminatory teachers contract
Minneapolis Public Schools was sued Tuesday over a clause in its teachers contract that calls for laying off white teachers first.
The contract was agreed...
Parent forms new group to push back on ‘radical agendas’ in...
As her nine-year-old prepares to start fourth grade, Jill McLaughlin is well known to her teachers, principal, and even the school superintendent. Since her...
Library director defends sexually graphic children’s book
The director of a Minnesota library system is defending her decision to keep a sexually graphic children’s book on the shelves, saying it would...
Caryn Sullivan: Students, teachers, and parents should stay in their own...
In the coming weeks, as kids put on their new shoes and fill their backpacks with fresh (but pricey) school supplies, they’re heading into...
Teachers union trains ‘racial equity advocates’ to push ‘anti-racism’ in schools
A program overseen by a Minnesota teachers union runs a "cohort" of members advocating for "racial equity" in schools.
Racial Equity Advocates (REA) is a...
Fully Charged: Public schools focus on social issues at the expense...
Parents should be allowed to decide where their children go to school, Kendall and Sheila Qualls said on this week's episode of the Fully...