MDE: get a clue

So the Minnesota Department of Education is going on the airwaves telling the public that they're pushing four-day week schools back to five-day weeks because "student achievement is suffering."

I can't speak for all four-day week schools, but I can say with 100% certainty that test scores at Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City, MACCRAY and B-B-E have risen in the last few years. Student achievement is not suffering.

How can MDE get away with lying like that? As I said yesterday, they seriously need to use a new message about their blow back being levied on four-day week schools. Not telling the truth doesn't work.

Question: is the state of Minnesota setting themselves up for a lawsuit by lying about schools? Pretty sure it's against civil law to spread lies like MDE is doing.