Education Standards

Edina's a better place than the Twin Cities for young people

Photo by Bobak Ha'Eri, Wikipedia.50th and France in Edina.​A new survey from America's Promise Alliance counts five Minnesota cities in its top-100 "Best Communities for Young People" in the country. Unfortunately, Twin Citians, Minneapolis nor St. Paul made the cut. Here's who beat us: Edin ... More >>

TiZA inquiry ruling nixes race bias

​The Minnesota Education Department's investigation into the test scores and teaching licenses of Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy was not racially motivated, the U.S. Education Department ruled this week.The Inver Groves Heights academy known as TiZA is a charter school whose student body is about 80 perc ... More >>

Dueling headlines: Strib vs. PiPress

Minnesota students improve dramatically in science scores vs. Most Minnesota students are science ignoramuses.

Top-ranked schools are underperforming ... huh?

State Graduation Rates: Two wildly different takes

Mission: Impossible

A radically retooled Minneapolis School Board tries to stop the bleeding and start over

The Smiling Face of Pain

The "new" Tim Pawlenty looks a lot like the old one

Dept. of clarification: A note from Lucas Bachmann

The "new" Tim Pawlenty looks a lot like the old one

We're All Bozos on This Board

After watching the last two superintendents it tabbed go up in smoke, what will the Minneapolis School Board do for an encore?

Failing Grade for "No Child"

After watching the last two superintendents it tabbed go up in smoke, what will the Minneapolis School Board do for an encore?

Hindsight is--uh, Legally Blind, Actually

After watching the last two superintendents it tabbed go up in smoke, what will the Minneapolis School Board do for an encore?

8/23: Morning Communique

After watching the last two superintendents it tabbed go up in smoke, what will the Minneapolis School Board do for an encore?

No complaint left behind

After watching the last two superintendents it tabbed go up in smoke, what will the Minneapolis School Board do for an encore?

Food for Thought

After watching the last two superintendents it tabbed go up in smoke, what will the Minneapolis School Board do for an encore?

Jackson Jury Queries

After watching the last two superintendents it tabbed go up in smoke, what will the Minneapolis School Board do for an encore?

Schoolz Suck

New numbers show public education in Minnesota trending down, down, down

Choose and Lose

How I got my kid into a decent public school and learned that "choice" is not all it's made out to be

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

The White Man

Can David Jennings please inner-city minorities and neo-con legislators?

The Learning Curve

What happens when good schools get a failing grade?

The Gospel According to Carol Johnson

Minneapolis's top teacher keeps the faith in trying times

Hoops and Ladders

How sports are wrecking schools.

We're All Bozos Here

A former teacher's contrarian view of the reforms that have to precede "education reform.