Education Programs Administration

Conservative columnist Katherine Kersten finds unlikely ally in the ACLU

The Strib's Kersten takes issue with church vs. state—but only when it involves Islam

When Minnesota's economy really tanks, blame the children

Minnesota's economy will completely fall apart in about seven months and we can only point our fingers at the obvious: those nasty little scoundrels heading back to school before Labor Day.

Pawlenty's cuts causing Perpich arts high school to downgrade

Perpich Center For The Arts was home to Har Mar Superstar, Doomtree members

Federal Bailout for Students: Erase loan debt?

That would come at a hefty price tag of $70 billion. By comparison, it's a drop in the hat next to the more than $800 billion stimulus package just passed by the U.S. House.

Military recruiters and Minneapolis schools

Anti-Levy Mercenary on the Loose in Robbinsdale

Unelected Sex

After squawking about sex ed for years, DFLers turned prude once they took power

"Classroom expenses": Pawlenty's latest education shenanigans

In Piss They Trust

Will the debut of student drug testing in Minnesota stem the troubles of a violent town?

Back to Basics, Folks

Book of Virtues, Chapter 11: Ethnic Cleansing

Blacked Out

Immigrants sue Minneapolis school for the right to a decent education

Crime blotter: Grand larceny in the suburbs

The Gospel According to Paul Dorr

How a little-known political consultant from Iowa is beating back the menace of public education, one school referendum at a time

Yecke: More Fuzzy Math

Deposed Education Commissioner kicks off house campaign with dubious study

Superintendents, Inc.

The new Minneapolis public schools super, groomed the corporate way by a conservative foundation

Built to Fail

The federal No Child Left Behind law is threatening to wreck public education in Minnesota and elsewhere. That's what it was designed to do.

Pawlenty's Education Switcheroo

Keep a close eye on my left hand...

The Taskmaster

The education commissioner changes her tune

Cooking the Books

Right-wingers divine new education standards

The Cost of Being Politically Incorrect, and Signs for the Time

Magic Bus

The NAACP's education lawsuit promised to be a watershed case for poor and minority kids. So when exactly did the wheels come off?

Simple Division

From metro-area classrooms to the state Legislature, "new new math" equals controversy

Minnesota School Boards Association Passes Resolutions for 1999

Save-A-Friend Hotline

School of Hard Knocks

Former students of a local high-tech graphics training program paid up to $25,000 for their diplomas. Many say they didn't get the education they were promised. The school dismissed their complaints; state and federal authorities didn't.

Slow Boil

The janitors are just the latest low-visibility sector of the state's educational infrastructure to fall through the cracks.

Business Classes

Trailer Trash

Separate But Equal

"Neighborhood schools" are coming to Minneapolis packaged with talk of responsibility and community empowerment. But the bottom line is that the age of integrating public schools is over.