Minnesota’s collapse of K-12 education achievement since Tim Walz’s election as governor is well documented. Once known for its relatively high educational performance, Minnesota’s shocking decline now exceeds, in some metrics, the decline of the nation as a whole.

Why is this happening? Gov. Walz has dramatically transformed the purpose of education in Minnesota. Academic achievement is no longer the primary goal. Instead, Walz’s education focus is transforming the students’ values, attitudes, and beliefs into the woke worldview. This indoctrination is called “culturally relevant” teaching and is woven throughout the Walz education program. Social emotional learning and restorative justice are just two examples of how this “culturally relevant” teaching has been embedded into Minnesota’s K-12 curriculum.

Tim Walz revealed his governing agenda, including his education agenda, in his first official executive order as governor—he established a Diversity Council (i.e. DEI).

To implement his DEI agenda, he appointed woke members to the teacher licensing board (PELSB). His appointees revised academic social studies standards, instituted radical ethnic studies, and issued Marxist teacher licensing standards. The new teaching licensing standards require newly licensed teachers to adopt and teach the basic doctrines of the Cultural Marxist worldview in every class and school activity.