Laura Chapman: When Bankers Lead Education “Reform”
Our brilliant reader Laura Chapman, retired educator, decided to dig deep into the politics of education reform in Minnesota in response to a post about...
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Education Law Center: Minnesota Considers Constitutional Amendment That Threatens Student Rights
Imagine a state that adopts a state constitutional amendment that ties student rights to an education to their test scores. Would anyone be so dumb...
St. Paul, Minnesota: Teachers Strike to Demand More Investment in Services for Their Student
(FORGIVE MY SENIOR MOMENT–BEING SO UPSET WITH THE DAY’S NEWS, I MISTAKENLY PLACED ST. PAUL IN THE WRONG STATE, WHEN I KNOW IT IS ONE...
Sarah Lahm: Will St. Paul, Minnesota, Strike and Join the #Red4Ed Movement on Behalf of Their Students?
Sarah Lahm writes here that teachers in St. Paul, Minnesota, are on the verge of striking to secure better funding for the public schools and...
How a Minnesota Foundation Wasted $45 Million on a Failed Plan to Reform Teacher Education
Rob Levine, a Resistance-to-Privatization blogger in Minneapolis, reports here on the failure of the Bush Foundation’s bold “teacher effectiveness” initiative, which cost $45 million. All...
Sarah Lahm: Why Democrats Should Speak Out Against Nonprofit Charter Schools
Sarah Lahm writes about education in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis. In this post, she says that Democratic candidates should speak out against nonprofit charters....
St. Paul: Will a Historic Church Be Razed to Make Room for a Segregated White Charter School?
Sarah Lahm wrote in The Progressive about a community battle in St. Paul, Minnesota, over the fate of a historic church building. The church...
Rob Levine: How Charters Kill Public Schools, the Example of Minneapolis
Rob Levine, a critic of Ed Deform, created a website called edhivemn.com that tracks funding of education reform orgs in MN – and it has a feature...
Boston Picks a New City Superintendent
The board of the Boston Public Schools selected Brenda Cassellius as its new superintendent. She is the former state superintendent in Minnesota, where she...
Good News: A Career Educator Is New Commissioner of Education in Minnesota!
Mary Cathryn Ricker is the new Commissioner of Education in Minnesota. This is great news. She is a teacher and a union activist. Governor-elect Tim...