Inside a Public School Social Justice Factory
February 1, 2018 ·
Katherine Kersten, culture, Black Lives Matter
For decades, the public schools of Edina, Minnesota, were the gold standard among the state’s school districts. Edina is an upscale suburb of Minneapolis, but virtually overnight, its reputation has changed. Academic rigor is unraveling, high school reading and math test scores are sliding, and…
Experimenting on the Young
July 20, 2017 ·
Katherine Kersten, magazine_repost, Gender Issues
Minneapolis
Experimenting on the Young
July 14, 2017 ·
Katherine Kersten, Gender Issues, children
Minneapolis
Mayhem in the Classroom
April 8, 2016 ·
Katherine Kersten, Magazine, Minnesota
St. Paul
MINNESOTA'S SEX-ED ROLLBACK
December 21, 1998 ·
Katherine Kersten, Magazine
Liberal Minnesota is the last place you'd expect to find an anti-"sex-ed" revolution. But in Osseo, a large suburban district near Minneapolis, parents fed up with "value-neutral" sexuality instruction have overthrown the old regime. Starting in 1999, Osseo schools will offer a two-track sex-ed…