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  • News

    February 15, 2012

    The truth behind TiZA

    The controversial charter school was more than just a First Amendment fiasco

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2012

    Watch TiZA executive director Asad Zaman "attack" KSTP cameraman [VIDEO]

    This week's feature chronicles the troubled history of TiZA, the controversial charter school blasted by conservative critics as the "Minnesota madrassa." TiZA began humbly, serving poor Somali immigrants in Inver Grove Heights. It grew into a media darling, and Congressman Keith Ellison enrolled h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Ron Paul focusing on MN caucus, buys "substantial" airtime in state

    ​Ron Paul, for one, isn't overlooking the Minnesota GOP presidential caucus, coming up on February 7. Paul's campaign recently announced that it has purchased "substantial" airtime in Minnesota in advance of the oft-inconsequential event, which has added significance this year as Republicans conti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2011

    St. Cloud School District admits anti-Somali discrimination, nears settlement with Department of Education

    Owatonna Senior High School was the site of alleged discrimination.​The St. Cloud school district has almost completed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Education to end an investigation into anti-Muslim behavior at Apollo High School. In March 2010, the Council on American Islamic Relati ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    Larry Isaak, Capella president, lasts four months

    Business is business. Larry Isaak leaves Capella.​Just a few weeks ago, Minnesota for-profit university Capella predicted a 35 percent drop in enrollment for the coming quarter. As a result, upwards of 125 non-faculty were expected to get pink slipped, and the company's stock took a beating. ... More >>

  • News

    February 23, 2011

    Inside the multimillion-dollar essay-scoring business

    Behind the scenes of standardized testing

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2011

    Capella plans layoffs as falling enrollment cuts into bottom line

    j.o.h.n. walkerEnrollment is off at Capella​Capella Education stock is taking a beating on the news that the Minnesota-based for-profit online education company is predicting a 35 percent drop in enrollment for the coming quarter. That means 125, or 8 percent, of its nonfaculty employees are goi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    Minnesota's for-profit schools still cashing in on student debt

    j.o.h.n. walkerCongratulations, debt slaves!​How can you tell when a college or university is taking advantage of its students? When the school is better at signing them up for student loans than it is at preparing them for the job market. By that test, some Minnesota schools aren't doing so well ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2011

    ACLU of Minnesota accidentally dissolved itself

    ACLU-MN.orgFor a minute there, they lost themselves.​The ACLU of Minnesota doesn't actually exist. That was one of the more awkward revelations in last week's flurry of filings in the ACLU's ongoing lawsuit against the Tariq ibn Ziyad Academy. The civil liberties group sued the school and the ... More >>

  • News

    November 17, 2010

    National American University gets rich from federal loans

    Meanwhile 15.7 percent of graduates default

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2010

    Tim Pawlenty loves federal spending (on flood relief)

    Suddenly loving federal cash.​Yesterday, Gov. Tim Pawlenty was loving federal spending. Not the kind to help all Minnesotans with their health care costs, however. Just the kind to help southern Minnesota recover from floods. The former isn't a priority, he says. He won't even allow state a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2010

    CAIR-MN wants FBI's help on vandalism at Somali market

    Photo: dmax3270Another day, another act of bigotry in St. Cloud?​The Minnesota Council on American Islamic Relations is calling yesterdays vandalism at a Somali-owned market in St. Cloud a hate crime, and it has asked the FBI to look into the matter. "Law enforcement officials must send a str ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2010

    St. Cloud bigot defaces Somali market with "go home" grafitti

    Photo: dmax3270St. Cloud cops report no leads in the vandalism of Hared Jibyil's market.​When Hared Jibyil showed up at his Hormud Market on Division Street this morning, he found that the storefront had been spray-painted with a message: "Go home." But Jibyil is already home. He moved to t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2010

    Sidney Elyea claims free speech right to slag on Muslims

    Photo: RanoushFree speech or hate speech, that's the question​Sometimes this whole defense-of-free-speech thing is darned annoying. Here we are, for goodness sakes, watching some guy from Waite Park named Sidney Elyea saying he's well within his constitutional rights to post flyers on utility ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2010

    Anti-Muslim harassment draws Department of Education probe

    Photo: Ranoush​The U.S. Department of Education has agreed to launch an investigation into anti-Muslim harassment at schools in St. Cloud and Owatonna, and the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said it welcomed the news. "Decades after the beginning of the civil r ... More >>

  • News

    April 7, 2010

    Police watchdogs oust member for being too political

    Plus: More ACORN drama, TiZA charter school

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2010

    Pastor Dennis Campbell's anti-Islam newspaper ad

    Granite City Baptist Church-Academy's anti-Islam ad in the St. Cloud Times​Ever wonder where some folks get their ideas about Islam? Some of them read what Pastor Dennis Campbell of Granite City Baptist Church-Academy has to say in this St. Cloud Times newspaper ad: "How do Moslems seek to ta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    CAIR MN unhappy with Muslims' treatment outstate, but what about Twin Cities?

    So far, Muslim students in the Minneapolis and St. Paul schools have not come to CAIR with the kinds of complaints it hears from elsewhere in the state.

  • News

    February 21, 2007

    Mission: Impossible

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

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2006

    8/25 Morning Communiqué

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

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2005

    Crime blotter: Grand larceny in the suburbs

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

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2005

    Charlotte's Mr. Right still feels taxed by old love

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

  • News

    September 22, 2004

    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

  • 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

    December 10, 2003

    The Taskmaster

    The education commissioner changes her tune

  • News

    February 5, 2003

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

    The education commissioner changes her tune

  • Books

    November 28, 2001

    Survival of the Biggest

    Minneapolis public school officials make some hard budget-trimming choices

  • News

    March 7, 2001

    Title Fight

    University of Minnesota wrestling coach J Robinson's to-do list this season: win big ten championship. Win national title. Put stranglehold on the growth of women's athletics.

  • News

    October 4, 2000

    Social Studies

    Our campuses, ourselves: That's entertainment!

  • 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

  • Feature

    September 1, 1999

    Life-long Learning Directory

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

  • Sports

    February 18, 1998

    Breaking the Surface

    After nearly 10 rocky years on the job, UM Women's Athletic Director Chris Voelz finally has plenty to smile about.

  • 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.

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