Below is a guest op/ed by Anne Taylor a mom in Minnesota who is concerned about student data breaches in her local school district. This is a problem that is not limited to Minnetonka, MN or even the state of Minnesota however. School Data Breaches: A New Trend Coming to a Minnesota School Near You […]
Minnesota Students Pressured Over Opting Out of Assessments
A principal and science teacher in a southern Minnesota middle school tried to convince students who opted out of taking the NWEA MAP test last week that their parents misunderstood the assessments and were conveying false information to them about the nature of the assessments. Some students recorded their principal talking to students who opted […]
Minnesota House Advances Legislative Oversight of Education Standards to Dayton’s Desk
I wrote last month about the Minnesota Legislature’s fight against the federal takeover of education being cheered on by Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton. The Minnesota Senate passed Senate File 1656 which required legislative approval before any education standard could be implemented by the Minnesota Department of Education. It was authored by State Senator Carla Nelson […]