With the first charter law in the nation and now the fifth strongest, parents have much from which to choose. Still, with inequitable funding that puts a strain on charter leaders, and state bureaucracy that often encroaches, needed new schools do not readily...

Minnesota's Department of Education supports personalized learning approaches like competency-based learning, while also promoting career exploration through CTE and offering options like dual enrollment for students to earn college credit in high school.

Governor Walz refused to declare School Choice Week this year and has not outlined or even discussed any solid proposals for any type of innovations in education even though Minnesota is the birthplace of charter schools.

There are no comprehensive choice programs in Minnesota, though taxpayers have access to a small tax credit and a deduction for various private school expenses.

School report cards are easy to find from the Minnesota Department of Education homepage, under the “Data Center” tab on the homepage. Reports are comprehensive; they include academic measures on student achievement, student progress, graduation, and college...

One of many data points to assess whether a state has the right policies in place to ensure teacher quality is the "use of student achievement data in teacher preparation accountability." How empty or full the fuel tank above is will give you the answer for your state.

Minnesota's Blaine Amendment is less restrictive. Recently, the Minnesota Supreme Court let stand, but not reviewing it, "a decision of the Minnesota Court of Appeals that held that neither the state's Compelled Support Clause nor its Blaine Amendment are...