Tag: ethnic studies
Commentary: Tim Walz’s radical education record
The National Educators Association, the largest teachers union in America, is "fired up" for Kamala Harris’s VP nominee, Tim Walz. "Gov. Walz is known...
Commentary: Gov. Tim Walz’s radical approach to education
Minnesota’s collapse of K-12 education achievement since Tim Walz's election as governor is well documented. Once known for its relatively high educational performance, Minnesota’s...
Katherine Kersten: A radical education
(Center of the American Experiment) -- On Jan. 5, 2024, Administrative Law Judge Eric Lipman approved the Minnesota Department of Education’s (MDE) controversial K-12...
Kendall Qualls says ethnic studies will take Minnesota in the ‘wrong...
Members of a Minnesota school board have taken a bold stand in their opposition to left-wing priorities in the state’s largest school district.
Kendall Qualls,...
Kersten: Extremist ideology has already hijacked Minnesota’s social studies classes
On Oct. 7, 2023, the world witnessed Hamas’ brutal invasion of Israel — the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. In the days...
Judge approves controversial left-wing social studies standards
On Tuesday, Chief Administrative Law Judge Jenny Starr ordered that the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) may implement the vast majority of its new,...
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...
Controversial social studies standards set for final round of public comments
A years-long, convoluted battle over new standards for social studies education in Minnesota’s public schools is nearing its end.
The public will have one last...
Following the money in Minnesota’s ethnic studies racket
(Center of the American Experiment) -- In this edition of Follow the Money™, we begin what ultimately will be a deep dive into the...
Kersten: Legislature is planning an ‘antiracist’ revolution in Minnesota schools
Most Minnesotans likely know that taxes and abortion are major topics of debate at the State Capitol this session. But it’s a good bet...