From the New York Post: The Quality “Learing” Center Minneapolis, a purported day care flagged in a viral video designed to expose fraud, may have been bustling with kids Monday, but it is typically such a ghost town that it appeared closed, a local told The Post.
The resident called the kiddie scene at the site Monday — a few days after explosive footage called it out and suggested it was part of widespread state fraud — “highly unusual.
“We’ve never seen kids go in there until today. That parking lot is empty all the time, and I was under the impression that place is permanently closed,” the person said.
Monday’s busy parking lot and the roughly 20 kids streaming in and out as The Post staked out the site were in stark contrast to the neighbor’s description and YouTuber Nick Shirley’s video showing what appeared to be a facility that wasn’t in use.
The facility has its hours listed as Monday to Thursday, 2 to 10 p.m. It is licensed to hold 99 children. However, there were no children present at all when Shirley visited the facility.
Ibrahim Ali, who says he is the manager and the owner’s son, claimed that Shirley was just there before they opened for the day.
As for the misspelled sign, which read “Learing” instead of “Learning,” Ali blamed that on a graphic designer and claimed, “I guess they didn’t think it was a big issue…. it’s gonna be fixed.”
Suddenly, after Shirley’s investigative video went viral, Somalis were seen bringing children to the facility on Monday.
NEW: People are now bringing children to the Somali “Quality Learing Center” in Minneapolis exposed by Nick Shirley
The Post reports the parking lot at the Quality Learning Center is now “bustling with kids.”
A local said, “We’ve never seen kids go in there until today. That… pic.twitter.com/Rnvk4xKNn7
— Unlimited L’s (@unlimited_ls) December 30, 2025
If Minnesota’s Somali daycare fraud was a mistake, explain this:
DHS records show 95 violations from 2019 to 2023 at the Quality Learning Center.
Minnesota even put them on a conditional license in 2022.
Yet they still gave the center $7.8 million in grants since 2019. pic.twitter.com/512PKck7DQ
— Natalie Winters (@nataliegwinters) December 29, 2025
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