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Nominations for the 2024 Minnesota Teacher of the Year are opening soon! Now in its 60th year, the MNToY program is the oldest and most prestigious of its kind in the state. The winner will be named at a banquet in May.

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Join us Thursday, Oct. 19 for our 2023 MEA conference! FREE and open to Education Minnesota members and aspiring educators only. Relicensure courses, high-quality PD and much more at the Saint Paul RiverCentre!

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Find school board endorsements by local unions, what’s on your Nov. 7 ballot and more in our 2023 Voter Guide! Local elections have never been more important, so please learn, share and then vote!

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Did they think this “survey” would fool me? I’m sticking with the union

The plain black-and-white postcards started landing in the mailboxes of educators earlier this summer. It asked them to fill out a “satisfaction survey” of their union. A member might glance at it and think it was from Education Minnesota itself, but it was from the Freedom Foundation of Washington state, one of the country’s biggest anti-union organizations.

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