Average reading and math scores for the nation’s 13-year-olds have declined again, with the math decline the largest ever recorded on the National Assessment of Educational Progress’ (NAEP) long-term trend assessment (LTT).…
It’s hard to imagine a political party dominating a state legislature more than North Dakota Republicans. They have super-supermajorities in both bodies, 84-12 in the House and 43-4 in the…
Despite recent headlines, “teacher misery is not uniform across school sectors in America,” writes Mike McShane for Forbes. A new national poll by Morning Consult and Ed Choice reveals that there are, in fact, places…
Downtown Fargo has a problem. It’s gotten so rowdy and noisy on the streets on many nights that city hall has been deluged with complaints. Last summer the controversy got…
Seven percent of Americans believe it is suitable for early elementary schools to teach the concept of non-binary identity, according to a recent survey by PRRI reported on by MSN. Eleven percent of respondents…
The Fargo School Board recently made national headlines for a few hours by vowing to defy a new state law setting standards on how schools handle transgender students and related…
“They are raising the flag to celebrate my birthday!” joked my great uncle every year, who was born on June 14 and served as a sergeant in the United States…
Over the course of 15 years of studies, charter school students have gone from lagging their traditional public school peers in both math and reading to outperforming them. Starting in…
For decades, Americans have been told that they must recycle to save the planet. It turns out some things, like cardboard and aluminum cans, are worth recycling, but the vast…
Last week, I highlighted The Good and The Bad provisions of the debt ceiling compromise. Today, I’ll highlight The Ugly provisions pertaining to energy. The Ugly: Pipeline approvals by an act of Congress The…
You’ve probably never heard of the American Governors’ Border Strike Force, but anyone who supports secure borders should salute them. The Biden administration’s open-border policy allowing millions of illegal aliens…
A rise in school safety concerns has reignited the controversial topic of arming teachers, with nearly one in five K-12 educators saying they would choose to carry a firearm at…
Yesterday, I highlighted The Good provisions of the debt ceiling compromise. Today, I’ll highlight The Bad provisions pertaining to energy. The Bad: Unlimited wind and solar subsidies Earlier this year, House Republicans…
It appears President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy have reached an agreement to lift the nation’s debt ceiling to prevent a default, as my colleague Martha Njolomole detailed in her recent…
The good news (if you might even call it that) is that President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached a deal to prevent a default. The bad news…
On May 19, the regional electric grid to which North Dakota belongs, the Midcontinent Independent Systems Operator (MISO), announced the results of its recent capacity auction. MISO concluded that the…