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  • Minnesota Teacher: “We’re Powerless to Discipline”

    Minnesota Teacher: “We’re Powerless to Discipline”0

    • December 16, 2015

    In Minnesota, the Saint Paul Public Schools district is in a state of chaos. Earlier this month, a high school student assaulted a teacher and left him with a traumatic brain injury. Last year, nine teachers at a middle school quit within the first three months because the students were “out of control.” Reports of

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  • Minnesota Seeks to Insert ‘Social Justice’ in Teacher Licensing

    Minnesota Seeks to Insert ‘Social Justice’ in Teacher Licensing0

    A newly created Minnesota board is seeking to implement a rule that critics say would introduce “social justice” training to the state’s teacher licensing. The board, the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB), was created after a 2016 audit concluded that the state’s teacher licensing system was “broken.” The new 11-member board is seeking

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  • Minnesota Public Library Announces Cross-Dressing Series for Children as Part of Response to Trump Policy

    Minnesota Public Library Announces Cross-Dressing Series for Children as Part of Response to Trump Policy0

    For generations, libraries were places where people went to borrow books, learn about the past, and kindle imaginations. Today, however, they occasionally find themselves at the forefront of the culture war. A case in point can be found in the Saint Paul Public Library (SPPL), where officials on Monday announced they would be offering a

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  • Minnesota Legislature Targets Religious Higher Education

    Minnesota Legislature Targets Religious Higher Education5

    Since 1985, the Minnesota government has funded thousands of sophomore, junior, and senior high school students who are enrolled in postsecondary courses. Given the current legislation in the Postsecondary Enrollment Options Act (PSEO Act), high schoolers can enroll in college classes from a variety of eligible institutions without paying out of pocket, allowing them to

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  • Minnesota Is Pushing Gender Identity Debate on Kindergartners

    Minnesota Is Pushing Gender Identity Debate on Kindergartners0

    It would seem to be common sense that schoolchildren fresh off of learning the alphabet should not have to learn the alphabet soup of growing gender pronouns sprung from the laboratories of college campuses. But that is exactly what is happening in Minnesota. On Wednesday, the Minnesota Department of Education advisory council voted to implement

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  • Minnesota Headmaster: Education ‘is a Dangerous Business’

    Minnesota Headmaster: Education ‘is a Dangerous Business’0

    As many of you know, our story on the University of Chicago’s recent letter to incoming students has gone viral. In the refreshing letter, Dean of Students Jay Ellison tells incoming freshman that the university does not peddle in the realm of “trigger warnings” and “safe spaces,” and that potentially controversial speakers will not be

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