Michael McShane

2 weeks ago | kttc.com | Michael McShane

ST. PAUL, Minn. (KTTC) – Former U.S. Senator Al Franken announced Thursday he has endorsed Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan. Flanagan put her name in the 2026 race to take over the senate seat currently held by Senator Tina Smith, who is not running for re-election. Franken previously served in the same seat until he resigned in 2018 due to heavy pressure from his party after multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.

2 weeks ago | kttc.com | Michael McShane

ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – The Rochester Police Department wants to get to know more members of the community it serves this summer. This year’s “Safe City Nights” include four gatherings across the city.

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Michael McShane

5 hours agoPulling the books off the shelves is another step in the Trump Administration’s far-reaching effort to eliminate so-called DEI content from federal agencies, including policies, programs, online and social media postings and curriculum at schools. A Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said late Tuesday, …

3 weeks ago | forbes.com | Michael McShane |Mike McShane

It is tough to understate just how central a role scale has played in education reform. Starting more than a century ago, reformers looked to scale up schools, inventing institutions like the comprehensive high school to centralize student populations and broaden the offerings available to them. In this century, movements towards statewide teacher evaluation systems or even nationwide educational standards were massive in scale. Scale has been a part of the school choice movement as well.

4 weeks ago | thefederalist.com | Robert Enlow |Michael McShane

School choice has always had opponents. Traditionally, they have been on the left, with organizations like the National Education Association, the American Federation of Teachers, the American Association of School Administers, the National Association of Secondary School Principals, and the National Parent Teacher Association all taking firm stands against it.