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Educational Services Sector

  • News

    July 1, 2009

    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

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2009

    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.

  • News

    February 25, 2009

    Pawlenty's cuts causing Perpich arts high school to downgrade

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

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2009

    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.

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2008

    Military recruiters and Minneapolis schools

    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.

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2007

    Anti-Levy Mercenary on the Loose in Robbinsdale

    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.

  • News

    April 11, 2007

    Unelected Sex

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

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2006

    "Classroom expenses": Pawlenty's latest education shenanigans

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

  • News

    December 14, 2005

    In Piss They Trust

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

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2005

    Back to Basics, Folks

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

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2005

    Book of Virtues, Chapter 11: Ethnic Cleansing

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

  • News

    September 28, 2005

    Blacked Out

    Immigrants sue Minneapolis school for the right to a decent education

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2005

    Crime blotter: Grand larceny in the suburbs

    Immigrants sue Minneapolis school for the right to a decent education

  • News

    July 6, 2005

    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

  • News

    March 2, 2005

    Yecke: More Fuzzy Math

    Deposed Education Commissioner kicks off house campaign with dubious study

  • News

    June 30, 2004

    Superintendents, Inc.

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

  • News

    March 10, 2004

    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.

  • News

    January 14, 2004

    Pawlenty's Education Switcheroo

    Keep a close eye on my left hand...

  • News

    December 10, 2003

    The Taskmaster

    The education commissioner changes her tune

  • News

    November 12, 2003

    Cooking the Books

    Right-wingers divine new education standards

  • News

    February 5, 2003

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

    Right-wingers divine new education standards

  • News

    May 17, 2000

    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?

  • Books

    May 10, 2000

    Simple Division

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

  • Books

    December 1, 1999

    Time Out Is Money

    A for-profit firm takes a crack at Minneapolis's most troubled students

  • Feature

    March 1, 1999

    Minnesota School Boards Association Passes Resolutions for 1999

    A for-profit firm takes a crack at Minneapolis's most troubled students

  • Feature

    December 1, 1998

    Save-A-Friend Hotline

    A for-profit firm takes a crack at Minneapolis's most troubled students

  • News

    October 15, 1997

    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.

  • News

    July 16, 1997

    Slow Boil

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

  • News

    April 16, 1997

    Business Classes

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

  • News

    February 26, 1997

    Trailer Trash

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

  • News

    November 1, 1995

    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.

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