Legislation
Minnesota House OKs school resource officer fix(The Center Square) â The Minnesota House of Representatives passed a bill to clarify use of force allowed for school resource officers with a 124-8 vote. The original law banned… Read More
Public Education
Minnesota school district to allow Muslim families to opt out of LGBT reading lessons(Daily Caller News Foundation) â The St. Louis Park public school district in Minnesota will reportedly allow Muslim families to opt out of LGBT reading lessons for students. Two public… Read More
Homeschools
Minnesota school district harasses homeschool family with threats of police visitationA Minnesota homeschool mom discovered a disturbing package from her local Minneapolis-area school district last fall when her family returned from a national fencing tournament. âUntil this year, they never… Read More
Courts
Lawsuit: Minnesota Education Department ‘engaged in deceptive practices’(The Center Square) â A lawsuit in the Ramsey County Second Judicial Court claims Minnesota Department of Education employees âdeleted large amounts of data and intentionally engaged in deceptive practices.â… Read More
Public Education
Minnesota approves CRT-inspired ethnic studies standards for kindergartenersA Minnesota judge has approved the stateâs updated and critical race theory-infused ethnic studies curriculum â with one minor change. As part of a routine update to social studies curriculum,… Read More
Public Education
Study: Minnesota schools fail students with ‘financial mismanagement,’ declining academicsPublic schools in Minnesota arenât underfunded, but they encourage wasteful spending while their students fail basic academic tests, a recent study concludes. The study began through a collaboration with former… Read More
Public Education
Minnesota school district considers closing three schools as enrollment and funding declineÂA Minnesota school district is proposing the closure of three schools as part of a 10-point proposal to reduce spending. Rochester Public Schools released the proposed plan, â… Read More
Public Education
Minnesota school test scores plummet, chronic absenteeism skyrockets as bureaucrats throw money at problemsChronic absenteeism in Minnesotaâs public schools has skyrocketed from 15% to 70% in just four years. “We will not shy away from what the data are telling us. These results… Read More
Legislation
Minnesota cops say Dem law is forcing them out of schools(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Minnesota Democrats are trying, and in some cases failing, to convince police officers to return to public schools after a law they passed caused 40… Read More
Courts
Minnesota AG: SROs and school employees can use ‘reasonable force’ to prevent bodily harm(The Center Square) â Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison issued a supplemented legal opinion regarding school discipline laws after dozens of police departments pulled school resource officers. Ellison said the… Read More
Legislation
Republicans, law enforcement call for Minnesota special session over school violence(The Center Square) â Minnesota law enforcement groups and Republican lawmakers called on Gov. Tim Walz to start a legislative special session on school resource officers after a video of… Read More
Culture
University spent over $200K on âdiversityâ course teaching physicians that healthcare is racist(Daily Caller News Foundation) â The University of Minnesota (UMN) paid over $200,000 to develop a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) training program that teaches medical professionals that healthcare is… Read More
Public Education
Tests: Minnesota student grades down since 2019(The Center Square) â The Minnesota Department of Education released the 2023 statewide assessment results showing some scores dropped 10 percentage points below pre-pandemic levels in 2019. The 2023 North… Read More
Culture
Company trains parents, teachers in LGBT affirmation; offers âback to schoolâ lessons in pronouns, transitions, gender support plansAn education company based in Minnesota is promoting LGBT affirmation trainings and resources to parents and teachers around the country. Gender Inclusive Schools was created by… Read More
Culture
Gender clinicâs services for kids include transgender hormone therapy and surgery referrals(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Employees at M Health Fairview were given paperwork to inform them of new transgender policies, including offering cross-sex hormones and surgery referrals to children and… Read More
Public Education
âI was shockedâ: Minnesota mother exposes ‘highly sexually graphic’ books in school districtMinnesota mother Natalie Sonnek knew parents were complaining about sexually explicit books, but never thought sheâd find them in her own childâs school library. She was wrong. LaDawn Severin, another… Read More
Courts
Minnesota backs off anti-Christian provision for colleges, for nowFollowing backlash and a lawsuit, a new law that would bar Christian colleges and universities in Minnesota from using statements of faith for student of certain courses wonât be immediately… Read More
Culture
Minnesota to pay $495K plus cover sex-change operation for trans prisonerThe Minnesota Department of Corrections will pay a transgender inmate $495,000 and foot the bill for a cross-sex surgery to settle a discrimination lawsuit, Fox News… Read More
Courts
Minnesota parents, colleges file lawsuit over anti-Christian education lawChristian parents and colleges have filed a lawsuit against a Minnesota law that would force faith-based institutions out of dual-enrollment programs. The stateâs Postsecondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) program reimburses institutions… Read More
Public Education
âAssaults the sacred God-given identityâ: Transgender book sparks uproar for reportedly being available to Minnesota kindergartenersÂA book about a child wanting to transition genders was slammed by a Minnesota parent for reportedly being available to kindergarteners. Mother LaDawn Severin read Call Me Max to the… Read More