Substitute teachers step in when teachers are absent to ensure that classes run, students are supervised, and that learning takes place. But when a teacher is absent and the sub…
Center of the American Experiment returns to the Minnesota State Fair this Saturday to talk to fairgoers about the dismal state of third-grade reading. According to data from the Minnesota Department of Education, 85…
For Minnesota teachers, the financial health of the Teachers Retirement Association (TRA) — the single default defined benefit pension plan for the majority of teachers in the state — affects…
Roberto Carlos Cano-Loredo, age 43, appeared in federal court this morning (Thursday) to punch his one-way ticket to south of the border. Mr. Cano, billed out of Austin, MN, pled…
We take an early look at the DFL money game for 2025. The election calendar this year will be dominated by city-level races in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Also, there…
As an employer, Education Minnesota has roughly 155 full-time employees with three primary officers — a president, vice president, and secretary-treasurer, according to its most recent federal filings with the…
The 2023 Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) Supply and Demand report notes that in the 2022-2023 school year, 95 percent of districts had difficulty filling open teaching positions. This alarming…
Welcome back to the American Experiment Podcast! This week, Grace and Kathryn break down the latest Minnesota news, starting with a judge striking down the state’s “trigger ban” and blasting…
Late last week, the U.S. Treasury released its guidance in rolling back Inflation Reduction Act tax credits for wind and solar projects. The IRA rollbacks were passed into law in…
Perhaps it is convenient for the teachers’ union to use a word with a negative connotation to label all choice policies, but school choice programs don’t function the same way,…
Last Friday, I commented on data released by the Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) which show, among other things, that “Total Nonfarm Employment” in Minnesota declined by 4,400…
Diego Perez-Mejia, now aged 25, clocks in as our Minnesota Dad of the day. Originally from Guatemala, more recently he’s been billed out of Marshall, MN. [Fun fact: the name…
Recent data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) shows that 12 million Obamacare enrollees in the individual market never went to the doctor, took a pill or…
Photo Credit: MinnPost photo by Peter Callaghan. In May last year, I wrote about how: …the DFL, in scenes that would embarrass a banana republic, [rammed] through a 1,400 page Omnibus…
Much of the discussion around the “One Big Beautiful Bill” (OBBB) has centered around its reforms to Medicaid eligibility but, of course, the bill contained much else — it was “Big,” after…
The Education Minnesota teachers union and oil-heiress Alida Messinger continued to dominate the DFL money game last year. You will recall my Minnesota For Sale series of years past, tracing…
Join Opportunity for All Kids and Center of the American Experiment for the second annual 7k for Kids Fun Run on Saturday, October 11th in Plymouth. There will be a…
Minnesota’s fraud problem made national headlines as criminals took advantage of our state’s generous welfare programs and lax oversight to steal billions of taxpayer dollars. Join American Experiment’s fraud expert…
As part of American Experiment’s Minnesota School Board Toolkit, this video walks through how to access reading and math proficiency results for a school or district.
Amidst mounting frustration with the state and national teachers’ union, a small group of teachers in Becker, Minnesota decided to try something different. They successfully petitioned the state to call…