I went to school in MN from 9th to 12th grade,1967-1971. They graded everything on a curve. The top score on a test was the automatic A even if that top score was a 70 or less. Plus, they had D’s. On most tests you could still pass by getting only 40 percent of the answers right.
This came as quite a shock after attending TX schools where there was no social promotion, and any score below 70 was an F.
Plus, MN schools had almost no discipline. Students could dress any way they wanted, and routinely talked back to teachers with little of no consequences. Unlike TX schools that had strict dress-codes, and you had better say “yes, sir,” “no, sir,” “yes ma’am and no ma’am” or you would be visiting the principals office, and any disruption could earn you some pretty harsh swats with the Board of Education.
The myth of the great MN school system is just that, a myth.
Minnesota schools were superior to other states I most subjects according to national tests used. In fact the tope states were all upper Midwestern states up until the great social upheaval of the 1960’s,
After that every goofy liberal theory was thrown into the curriculum of MN public schools.
Because the MN public school systems are now overwhelmed by immigrants from Somali and illegals from south of the border, plus the insistences of adding inconsequential subjects to the daily lessons - the old-fashioned reading, writing and ‘rithmetic are no longer the top priorities of the public schools. Thank goodness for the parochial schools and other private schools which are still insisting on respect toward teachers, and good study habits.
It is for this reason that Catholic schools in MN are experiencing a small resurgence, despite the high tuition costs.