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This account is for things that make sense about education. In less than a month, things change in the Twin Cities 🌆

[Kelly Fenton @kellyfentonmn]

Happy Tuesday my MN friends! Is this a good time to let everyone know that the MNGOP doesn’t have the money to actually support their endorsed candidates? If you are a candidate you can only rely on your own campaign team is what I have always advised. #mnleg #mngov

[FOX 9 @FOX9]

Minneapolis council members are calling on Mayor Jacob Frey to reconsider his choice for the developer of the People's Way community site at George Floyd Square. https://t.co/eHesPE25r8

[Wedge LIVE!™ @WedgeLIVE]

Interim police chief says he moved his family out of Minneapolis after 25 years to get his children into the Wayzata school district.

I hope the replies to this post can combine our love for ugly police politics with our love for ugly school politics.

[AllenEducation @AllenEducation]

@cicero_mn What happens now?

[AllenEducation @AllenEducation]

@DonAllen02

[AllenEducation @AllenEducation]

I wish we could have got @LisaDemuthMN on @OurBlackNewsMN. Live: Kendall Qualls wins GOP endorsement for governor https://t.co/8d1JBqku2Z @RevTChristopher

[AllenEducation @AllenEducation]

I wish we could have got @LisaDemuthMN on @OurBlackNewsMN. Live: Kendall Qualls wins GOP endorsement for governor https://t.co/8d1JBqku2Z @RevTChristopher

[Alpha News @AlphaNews]

WEEKLY UPDATE: Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara resigns; Walz was a no-show at a Fort Snelling Memorial Day ceremony; a former Minnesota DHS employee reveals yet another kind of suspected Somali fraud, and more.

[AllenEducation @AllenEducation]

@lizcollin @PatrickGValley @KSTP @thauserkstp …that was deep, Mrs. Collins. Thank you and your team for giving an alternative perspective; much appreciated.

[AllenEducation @AllenEducation]

@RapidResponse47 @IngrahamAngle what? No way. Still? I want to open a school… the money goes to fools. Make me understand it; please make me understand it.

[Sir Don Allen (MN) @DonAllen02]

@OurBlackNewsMN @AllenEducation

[AllenEducation @AllenEducation]

@KSTP Walz

[AllenEducation @AllenEducation]

@StarTribune You don’t have one photo of children eating at any of these sites. Where was the media when the money went into Amy’s hands? Celebrating, 🎉

[KSTP @KSTP]

While the impact of the issue is clearer, questions still remain unanswered following a news conference with Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) surrounding a budgeting correction set to send a surge of unexpected state dollars to the district.  https://t.co/UtBGfRdcug

[KSTP @KSTP]

DHS handed out bonuses to staff in charge of fraud-riddled program, newly obtained data shows

[Sir Don Allen (MN) @DonAllen02]

Note: Please don’t freak out. This is one of six (6) ideas I have, most can be implemented in the upcoming 2026-2027 school year.

In a fictional movie, Tony Stark looked the world in the face and said:

“I privatized world peace.”

Now imagine somebody in the Twin Cities saying:

“We privatized EDUCATION.”

What would that actually look like?

It would look like families no longer being trapped by ZIP codes.

It would look like schools competing to provide the best literacy, STEM, AI, arts, trades, and communication programs instead of competing for excuses.

It would look like parents becoming customers with actual power instead of spectators at board meetings where nothing changes.

It would look like schools rising or falling based on RESULTS — not politics, bureaucracy, or how many committees can write another “equity framework.”

Some people hear the word “privatized” and panic.

But let’s be honest: large parts of the Twin Cities education system are already fragmented, unequal, and operating like survival economies anyway.

The real question is:
Who benefits from keeping families dependent on systems that continue producing the same outcomes decade after decade?

>Imagine decentralized learning hubs.
>Black-led charter schools fully funded.
>AI and technology academies in North Minneapolis and St. Paul.
>Trade schools connected directly to industry.
>Smaller learning environments.
>Year-round literacy acceleration.
>Teachers treated like elite talent instead of disposable labor.
>Parents choosing schools based on mission, culture, safety, and outcomes.

That wouldn’t be “the end” of public education.

That would be competition forcing education to evolve.

Because right now, too many schools are protected from failure while children are forced to live inside it.

And that’s backwards.

[AllenEducation @AllenEducation]

@KSTP Horrible. A vote of no confidence or change out the board next week!

[AllenEducation @AllenEducation]

The why.

[Lisa Demuth @LisaDemuthMN]

Tim Walz has failed Minnesotans by every metric. Amy Klobuchar would double down on those failures. I'm running for governor to fix the Walz mess and save our state for our next generation.

[The Minnesota Star Tribune @StarTribune]

Guilty plea in largest Medicaid fraud case in state history nets probation, $2.2 million penalty https://t.co/xAxK31TrJh

[Michael Holmstrom @MichaelH_MN]

☠️ MN Senate Democrats just voted unanimously to OPPOSE removing dead people from the MN voter rolls.

It’s time to pass the SAVE America Act.