Tim Walz's education decline continues

Tim Walz's education policies have stunk since he took office. That's what the information in this Alpha News article says. According to the article, "Minnesota is seeing another decline in education, dropping 11 spots on a national ranking since 2019. The Annie E. Casey Foundation — a nonprofit organization that specializes in researching and promoting educational, economic, and health outcomes for children since 1948 — shed light on the problem with the release of its 2026 Kids Count Data Book on Monday."

The article continues, saying "In one year, Minnesota’s education ranking dropped four spots, falling from 17th to 21st in the nation. More than half of the state’s student population is not meeting education standards. In 2024, 69% of fourth graders were not proficient in reading, while 66% of eighth graders were not proficient in math, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress."

The Nation's Report Card, aka NAEP, is an indictment of Minnesota's dysfunctional education system:

And despite a 0.7 percentage-point increase in high school graduation rates, high school students are also reaching historic levels of underperformance in reading and math standards. Just 51% of Minnesota 10th graders are meeting reading standards and only 35% of 11th graders are meeting math standards.

ACT scores also highlight the educational deficit, as only 39% of students met three of the four benchmarks for college readiness and 36% met none of the benchmarks at all in 2025, Center of the American Experiment policy fellow Catrin Wigfall pointed out in a recent analysis. She noted that without a state-mandated GPA minimum requirement or a high school exit exam to graduate, Minnesota students are progressively struggling with academic fluency and readiness.

In 2013, DFL legislators bragged about making hiatoric investments in Education Minnesota education. In 2023, the other recent DFL Trifecta year, Gov. Walz bragged that the DFL had "fully funded Minnesota's K-12 education." Graduation rates have increased but test scores have dropped during the same time period:

It won't matter if Sen. Klobuchar replace Gov. Walz. They're both owned by Education Minnesota. Further, Sen. Klobuchar is owned by AFT and Randi Weingarteen. If you want educational excellence, you have to throw out the DFL. Period.

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