February 28, 2018 Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School policies paved the way for February 14th massacre Similar programs in place in Minnesota By Donna Azarian While Americans wrack their brains to understand the high school massacre in Parklands, Florida on February 14th, alarming new information points to a dangerous school discipline policy that set […]

February 2018 Dayton Appointees Insert Mandatory ‘Social Justice’ into Teacher Licensing Should ‘Social Justice’ ideology be mandated for all public & non-public teachers? Newly appointed members of a new MN teacher licensing agency are overriding legislators to force an extremist ‘social justice’ agenda on teachers and classrooms. Newly formed Professional Educators Licensure & Standards Board (PELSB). New […]

“Culturally-relevant pedagogy” What is “culturally relevant” Muslim pedagogy? Seminar: Engaging Muslim Students in Public Schools Who is Michael Abraham? Curriculum in Our Schools On October 14, 2017, Hamline University hosted a seminar by Michael Abraham from Abraham Educational Services on how public schools can increase “engagement of Muslim students with culturally relevant pedagogy” and “honor […]

December 19, 2017 Racial Inequality in School Discipline Creating Unsafe Classrooms The U.S. Department of Education issued a “guidance” to schools [referred to as a “Dear Colleague Letter,” January 2014] that threatened schools with loss of federal funding if students of color are disciplined more frequently than white students. That directive was promoted as a […]

The Great Unmasking Minnesota’s adoption of the Toolkit to Ensure Safe and Supportive Schools to Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Students on July 19th was a hot topic all over state and national news, talk shows, blogs and social media. What started as a yearlong stealth project within the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) was busted, […]

The date for adopting the “Toolkit” was rescheduled after the public, belatedly informed that such a document was pending inundated the MDE with emails and phone calls. And after legislators publicly registered their opposition, Legislator’s Letter to Commissioner (PDF), the MDE posted this message on their website: Thank you to everyone who submitted comments and […]

The MN Department of Education (MDE) is run by people who are a danger to our children and an offense to parents, taxpayers, and the public. There is no polite way to say it. The gender ideology ‘guidance’ coming out of the MDE does not promote the safety and well-being of children. The gender ‘guidance’ […]