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Who Is Running For School Board In My District

Minnesota Parents Alliance School Board Candidate Virtual Information Session

MPA RESOURCES

• MPA Parent Engagement Guide
• Foundations of Excellence
• MPA Parent Info Sheet – Pronouns
• MPA Parent Training Session: Building Relationships and Networks for Positive Change In Your School District
• MPA Parent Training Session – School Board Candidate Information Session

• How To Easily Request Public Data from Your School District in Minnesota
• SAMPLE 120B.20 OPT OUT LETTER
• 2024 Campaign School Flyer for Caucus Night

RESOURCES FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS

• Parent Organization Field Guide (Parents Defending Education)
• Success At School Handbook (FAIR)
• Back To School Checklist (Parents Defending Education)
• Your Child’s Rights and What To Do About Them – A Parent’s Guide to Saving America’s Public Schools (Southeastern Legal Foundation)
• How to Write an Op-Ed (Parents Defending Education)
• How to Write a Letter to the Editor (Parents Defending Education)
• Send an Effective Letter to Your School (Parents Defending Education)
• Questions to Ask School Officials (Parents Defending Education)
• Private School Playbook (Parents Defending Education)
• Parent Guidebook to Getting Organized and Winning the Language War (Christopher Rufo)
• Filing a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request (Parents Defending Education)
• Investigating Consultants Paid By Your District (Parents Defending Education)

Parents Defending Education

School Boards For Academic Excellence

Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism (FAIR)

• Minnesota chapters: FAIR Twin Cities & FAIR Southern Minnesota

ISD First Aid Kit

Center of the American Experiment

Upper Midwest Law Center

Minnesotans for Health Freedom and Parental Rights

Child Protection League (CPL)

For Kids & Country

Building Education for Students Together (BEST)

Courage Is A Habit

Moms For Liberty

Moms For America

Education America Podcast

Braver Angels

Opt Out Forms

• Minnesota Standard Opt Out Form (Pacific Justice Institute)
• Minnesota Standard Opt Out Form – Somali
• SAMPLE 120B.20 OPT OUT LETTER

1st Day of School Form Letter For All Teachers

• SAMPLE ONE
• SAMPLE TWO
• SAMPLE – Somali

Parental Rights Notice re: Counselors and Gender Transition

Parental Rights Notice re: Counselors and Gender Transition (WORD DOC TEMPLATE)

Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment Toolkit (America First Legal)

Center of the American Experiment

• Minnesota Parent Toolkit

The National Association of Scholars

• Local Policy Toolkit

The National Association of Scholars Civics Alliance

• A Toolkit by National Association of Scholars

The Manhattan Institute

• Woke Schooling: A Toolkit for Concerned Parents

• UMLC Protecting Student and Parents Rights Toolkit (Upper Midwest Law Center)
• Filing a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request (Parents Defending Education)
• How To Easily Request Public Data from Your School District in Minnesota (Minnesota Parents Alliance)
• Investigating Consultants Paid By Your District (Parents Defending Education

Legal Guidance on Public Comment

• Opinion Letter from UMLC

Minnesota PELSB Teacher License Changes

• How do these changes affect me? FAQ and Contact Sheet

What is CASEL/SEL?

• Information and Opting Out (Parents Defending Education)
• Data Mining, SEL and Opting Out (Courage Is A Habit)
• Social Emotional Learning -Don’t Be Fooled By The Title: A Guide for Parents (Moms For Liberty)
• Rights For All? Transformational SEL’s Divisive Worldview (A FAIR perspective by Judith Sears)
• Questions To Ask Your School About Social Emotional Learning (Parents Defending Education)

How is your district doing?

See our sample set of data from the MDE Report Card Website

Minnesota Department of Education Report Card Tool

VIDEO: How To Use MDE’s Data Center and Report Card Sites To Find Information About Your District

Note: policies listed here are not to be construed as legal advice. These are sample policies from other states and districts to be used for informational purposes only.

Academic Transparency Act 2022

Access to Student Records

Adopting a Free Thought Statement

Assessment of Educational Goals

Board Superintendent Communications

Controversial Issues in the Classroom

Employee Expression in Non-School Settings

FAIR Model-School-District-Policy-Educational-Equity

Human Growth and Development

Parent Family and Community Engagement

Personnel Evaluation and Training

Protecting Students Title-IX Resolution

Religious Rights of Parents and Children

Revise and Update Policies

Right-to-Review Instructional Materials and Related Documents

Right-to-Review Professional Development Training Materials

Student discipline

Student Gender Identity

Surveys and Assessments

USD-231-Transgender Policy

USD-469-Lansing-Parent Bill of Rights

Instructional material – age-approp

Library and age-approprirate materials

Library Materials – TX example

Library Model Policy – UT example

Roseville United

Mounds View School District Parents United

Centennial United

Standing In Hugo

Anoka Hennepin Better Together

Anoka Hennepin Parents Alliance

728 United, Advocates for Academic Excellence

Forest Lake Connected for Kids

White Bear Lake United

Orono Unites

Lakers For Liberty

Moms For Liberty – Wright Co.

Moms For Liberty – Dakota Co.

Moms For Liberty – Olmsted Co.

Moms For Liberty – Otter Tail Co.

Brainerd Parents Union

ISD729 Let Them Achieve

Edina Parents 4 Progress

Parents of Pequot United

Hutchinson MN ISD 423 Parental Freedom of Choice

Pine Island Parents Strong

Delano 879 Concerned Community

District 833 Parents United

District 742 Parent Union

Westonka Allies for Liberty In Learning

Tonka Conservative Parents

Concerned Parents and Community Members of ISD 740

Bloomington MN Parents Union

St. Peter Parents Union ISD 508

Hibbing School District 701 Parents Union

We The Parents of Jordan ISD 717

Kids Over Politics 748

Kids Over Politics ROCORI

ISD 834 Fact Check

Dakota Co. Citizens For Faith, Family and Freedom

StopCRTMankato

United Patriots for Accountability – Owatonna

Mahtomedi Area Conservatives

ZM Freedom Coalition

Central Minnesota Freedom Advocates – St. Cloud Area

Lion 194

Hibbing Parents Against Mandates

Fixing Stillwater Schools

Don’t see your local parent group listed here? Contact us to have it added to the list! [email protected]

BOOKS

Great On Their Behalf: Why School Boards Fail, How Yours Can Be Effective – A.J. Crabill

Bad Therapy: Why The Kids Aren’t Growing Up – Abigail Shrier

Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters – Abigail Shrier

How The Other Half Learns: Equality, Excellence and the Battle Over School Choice – Robert Pondiscio

Education Is Upside-Down: Reframing Reform To Focus on the Right Problems – Eric Kalenze

What The Academy Taught Us: Reforming Schools from the Bottom-Up in a Top-Down Transformation Era – Eric Kalenze

Stolen Youth: How Radicals Are Erasing Innocence and Indoctrinating a Generation – Karol Markowicz and Bethany Mandel

Race To The Bottom: Uncovering The Secret Forces Destroying American Public Education – Luke Rosiak

Mediocrity: 40 Ways Government Schools are Failing Today’s Students – Connor Boyack and Corey DeAngelis 

The Parent Revolution: Rescuing Your Kids From The Radicals Ruining Our Schools – Corey DeAngelis

Standing Up To Goliath: Battling State And National Teachers’ Unions For The Heart And Soul Of Our Kids And Country – Rebecca Freidrichs

The Invincible Family: Why The Global Campaign To Crush Motherhood and Fatherhood Can’t Win – Kimberly Ells

Battle For The American Mind: Uprooting A Century Of Miseducation – Pete Hegseth

The Schools We Need And Why We Don’t Have Them – E.D. Hirsch Jr.

The Great Parent Revolt: How Parents And Grassroots Leaders Are Fighting Critical Race Theory In America’s Schools

The Marxification of Education: Paulo Freire’s Critical Marxism And The Theft Of Education – James Lindsay

Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything About Race, Gender And Identity – And Why This Harms Everybody – Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay

Red, White And Black: Rescuing American History from Revisionists and Race Hustlers – Robert Woodson Sr.

Taboo – 10 Facts You Can’t Talk About – Wilfred Reilly

CLIPS

We Need Pro-Human Education, Not Dehumanizing “Culturally Responsive Education” – Dana Stangel-Plowe

FILMS

Whose Children Are They? – Exposing The Hidden Agenda In America’s School

Killing America

SAMPLE 120B.20 OPT OUT LETTER

FAIRstory Curricular Resources

Teaching American History (The Ashbrook Center)

Foundation for Economic Education

Izzit.Org (Free To Choose Network)

What So Proudly We Hail (Great Hearts Institute)

Alliance For Constructive Ethnic Studies

1776 Curriculum (Hillsdale College)

K-12 Free Speech Curriculum (Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression)

Homeschool Sherpa Minnesota

Minnesota Association of Christian Home Educators (MÂCHÉ)

Homeschool Legal Defense Association (HSLDA)

Heppner’s Legacy Homeschool Resources

Minnesota Homeschoolers Facebook Group

Minnesota Area Secular Homeschoolers Facebook Group

Minnesota Christian Homeschool Community Facebook Group

Venture Upward – Public/Homeschool Hybrid Program

What Do The PESLB Licensure Changes Mean For Me?

Resources:

Minnesota Parents Alliance Educators Cohort – Contact us at [email protected] to connect with our growing network of educators across the state who are advocates for achievement-focused policy and curriculum, student and teacher safety and protections and building trust and improving student outcomes through strong parent-teacher partnership.

Terra Firma – A Support Network For Teachers (Educational Liberty Alliance)

Union Exit Toolkit (For Kids and Country)

Educated Teachers Minnesota

Christian Educators – A professional association of educators supporting and connecting Christians working in schools by helping staff serve as thriving ambassadors for Christ in the education system through their AWAKE experiences and teacher-led prayer groups, as well as through offering liabilities protection coverage as an alternative to state run teachers unions.

FAIR In Education – The Educators Alliance is a supportive group of teachers from across the country who meet to share resources and strategies for teaching in schools that embrace race-essentialism and other illiberal orthodoxies. To join
the Educators Alliance, please reach out to [email protected]

Americans For Fair Treatment – a national nonprofit organization that educates public employees about their rights in a unionized workplace and connects these employees with all available resources to defend those rights. AFT offers a free membership program, networking opportunities, and professional development scholarships to support qualifying public employees.

Leading Organizations

Opportunity for All Kids

American Federation for Children

EdChoice

Yes Every Kid

National School Choice Week

Informational Resources

What are Education Savings Accounts (ESAs)?

School Choice Myths – Claims vs. Reality

How Do Most Minnesotans Feel About School Choice?

5 Minute Video on Funding Students, Not Systems

Expanding Education Freedom in Minnesota – Keynote Speech by Corey DeAngelis and Panel Discussion – FULL VIDEO

Petition Supporting ESAs in Minnesota

News Articles

Book about gender transition available to kindergartners in Minnesota school district

Education Leader: Parents can’t ‘unsee, unhear’ what’s going on in schools

Harding High School filled with ‘one-sided ideological displays’

Curriculum used in Minneapolis schools teaches kindergartners about ‘gender identity’

‘Social engineering of our kids’ topic of panel discussion in Bloomington

2022 saw ‘red wave’ school board elections

Parents groups win big despite Republican losses

Anti-CRT candidates flip 100 school board seats across US despite mixed results, PAC claims

Parents, experts see ‘red undercurrent’ from midterms in school board races: ‘Parents are fired up’

Eric Swalwell laments it’s ‘so stupid’ for parents to control their kids’ education

Burnsville district apologizes for ‘confusion’ surrounding new policy but concerns remain

Experts: Burnsville district can now conceal students’ gender identity from parents

Conservative ‘Minnesota Parents Alliance’ Claims Victory In 49 Races

Minnesota school district voters approve most spending measures, elect board members

Social issues bring wave of conservative candidates to MN school board races

Election Analysis: MN school board races saw lots of conservative candidates. How did they do?

The School Board Election Revolt Continues – Wall Street Journal

Parent-backed school board candidates pick up nearly 50 seats

A Ray Of Hope

A Growing Force: Conservatives Aim To Shake Up Nation’s School Boards On Election Day

Muslim-Americans find common ground with conservatives over polarization of America’s schools

The Battle Over The Schools Heats Up

Culture war issues drive debate in some hotly contested Minnesota school board races

Somali parents join movement against left-wing indoctrination in schools

GA school worksheet characterizes ‘hypothetical’ abortion ban as ‘abuse of power’, prompts parental pushback

Parents behind popular social media accounts chat about exposing school controversies

Parents Seek to Reclaim Education One School Board Seat At A Time

Teachers union agreement stipulating White teachers be laid off first criticized: ‘Constitutionally suspect’

Minnesota-based parental rights group launches effort to train, support school board candidates

Podcasts and Radio

Trapped: Chaos in the Classroom

Education America

3/18/23 Episode 355: Social Emotional Learning; What’s Behind The Curtain

3/11/23 Episode 354: MN Schools Go WOKE

10/1/22 Episode 331: Minnesota Parents Alliance

4/23/22 Episode 308: Minnesota Parents Alliance – Interview with Cristine Trooien

The Jack Tomzcak Show

6/3/23 – Hr 2 Members of The Minnesota Parents Alliance

Liz Collins Reports

Episode 59: Education Leader: Parents can’t ‘unsee, unhear’ what’s going on in schools

Local Options

Private Full-Time Academies

Christian Programs:

Liberty Classical Academy – White Bear Lake and Hugo

Providence Academy – Plymouth

Hand-In-Hand Christian Montessori – Roseville, Bloomington and Wayzata

Impact Christian Academy – Buffalo

Foundations Christian Academy – Ham Lake

Laurel Community School – St. Paul

Maranatha Christian Academy – Brooklyn Park

Sacred Journey Academy – Alexandria

Islamic Programs:

IQRA School

American International Islamic School

Al-Amal School

Private Microschools and Homeschool Learning Centers

The Gathering Learning Studio – Afton

Skola Microschool – Roseville

Awakening Spirit Homeschool Collaborative – Stillwater

Mid-Metro Academy- Roseville

West Metro Homeschool Academy – Maple Grove

Educational Entrepreneurs – Unbundling Education and Building Something New!

National Microschooling Center

LiberatED Podcast by Kerry McDonald

Educational Innovations: A 50 State Guide to Microschooling and Mix-and-Match Learning (National School Choice Week)

Herzog Foundation

Vela Education Fund

Stand Together Trust

Acton Academy

Prenda Learning

Wildflower Schools

KaiPod Learning

Great Hearts

ISD11 Anoka-Hennepin Funding Analysis 11.1.23

ISD 31 Bemidji Funding Analysis 12.18.23

ISD 77 Mankato Funding Analysis 1.10.24

ISD 112 Eastern Carver Cty Funding Analysis 12.11.23

ISD 181 Brainerd Funding Analysis 12.18.23

ISD 192 Farmington Funding Analysis 12.11.23

ISD 194 Lakeville Funding Analysis 12.11.23

ISD 196 Rosemount Apple Valley Eagan RAVE Funding Analysis 10.5.23

ISD 197 West St. Paul Mendota Funding Analysis 10.25.23

ISD 200 Hastings Education Funding Analysis 10.18.23

ISD 270 Hopkins Funding Analysis 10.15.23

ISD 271 Bloomington Funding Analysis 10.30.23

ISD 272 Eden Prairie Funding Analysis 1.26.24

ISD 273 Edina Funding Analysis 10.25.23

ISD 276 Minnetonka Funding Analysis 10.28.24

ISD 279 Osseo Funding Analysis 11.27.23

ISD 485 Royalton Funding Analysis 12.14.23

ISD 487 Upsala Funding Analysis 12.14.23

ISD 535 Rochester Funding Analysis 7.17.24

ISD 621 Mounds View Funding Analysis 12.5.23

ISD 623 Roseville Funding Analysis 10.26.23

ISD 625 Saint Paul Funding Analysis 12.6.23

ISD 656 Faribault Funding Analysis

ISD 659 Northfield Funding Analysis 6.3.24

ISD 709 Duluth Funding Analysis 10.31.23

ISD 717 Jordan Finance Analysis 4.15.24

ISD 721 New Prague Funding Analysis 6.3.24

ISD 719 Prior Lake Savage Funding Analysis 11.15.23

ISD 728 Elk River Funding Analysis 1.2.24

ISD 832 Mahtomedi Education Funding Analysis 11.1.23

ISD 833 S Wash Cty Funding Analysis 10.24.23

ISD 2144 Chisago Lakes Funding Analysis 11.21.23

ISD 2159 Buffalo Lake Hector Funding Analysis

ISD 2172 Kenyon Wanamingo Funding Analysis 4.22.24

ISD 2805 Zumbrota Funding Analysis 12.14.23 10.31.23

ISD 2895 School District Financial Analysis 12.18.23

ISD 2905 Tri City United Funding Analysis