3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (614+ words) The University of Minnesota ranked 204, down from 146 in the previous report. It received an F for its speech climate. (The Center Square) – The three Minnesota colleges and universities included in the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression’s “2027 College Free Speech…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (523+ words) Ryan Vernosh, a longtime educator and former Minnesota Teacher of the Year, is one of eight candidates seeking four seats on the White Bear Lake school board. A Minnesota elementary school principal who once told a resident to take his…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (511+ words) A judge ordered the state to pay $3.3 million in attorneys' fees and expenses to the plaintiffs who successfully challenged Minnesota's ban on certain religious colleges from participating in the PSEO program. Minnesota taxpayers will be on the hook for $3.3 million…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (729+ words) Employees in Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office who registered for a May 2025 “Transgender 101” webinar were told to “be alert to colleagues who are intolerant” and “deal with” them “immediately,” according to documents obtained by Alpha News. Presented by transgender…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (644+ words) The glossary defines equity as the "proportional distribution of desirable outcomes across groups" and says "university policies and practices that are enacted should be cognizant of advancing equity." Metro State University sent a glossary of “equity, inclusion, and anti-racism” terms…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (928+ words) Candidate Claire Luger called the current Forest Lake school board "an awful, awful just shit show of a majority." Luger is the lead singer of The Silent Treatment, a Minneapolis-area punk band that has performed at “No Kings” rallies sporting…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (600+ words) "Public libraries used to be sanctuaries for intellectual exploration, but similar to public schools, ideologues have captured and hollowed them out to be little more than taxpayer funded outposts for promoting their narrow political views," Cristine Trooien wrote. A local…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (629+ words) Thomas Rosengren is now a fifth-grade teacher at DaVinci Academy months after withdrawing from Minnesota’s Teacher of the Year contest. Thomas Rosengren, a former sixth-grade teacher at Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City School District who was named a finalist for Minnesota’s 2026 Teacher of…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (476+ words) "MPS does not deny that the challenged provisions require it to discriminate in favor of black teachers and against white teachers on the basis of race," the judge wrote, dismissing the case on procedural grounds. A federal judge has dismissed…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (374+ words) Mark Perry, a professor who filed the complaint, said it is "illegal and objectionable" for the district to "offer a segregated program exclusively for MPS American Indian students." A civil rights complaint has been filed against Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS),…...