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Monday, April 14, 2025

Star Tribune
Voters kept saying no to tax hikes in a Minnesota school district. These moms stepped up.
Voters have rejected several different requests for additional school funding. Fifteen years ago, it took three tries before voters approved funds for a new elementary school.

MPR News
DOGE abruptly cut a program for teens with disabilities. This student is ‘devastated’
One of [the] programs, cancelled on Feb. 10, was called Charting My Path for Future Success. It was a research-based effort to help students with disabilities make the sometimes difficult transition from high school into college or the world of work and self-sufficiency.

WCCO
Minnesota, Wisconsin join 19 states in suing Trump administration over canceled student visas
The administration has now canceled the visas of nearly 530 students, faculty and researchers across 88 colleges and universities.

West Central Tribune
Willmar Schools teacher apprenticeship program offers new path to education career
The new teacher apprenticeship program by Willmar Public Schools and Southwest Minnesota State University will give participants a new opportunity to become teachers.

Education Minnesota press releases

12 finalists for 2025 Teacher of the Year

Posted on April 10, 2025

The 2025 Minnesota Teacher of the Year will be chosen from a group of 12 teachers who have been named finalists in the program.

New Trump public education threat shows bias

Posted on April 4, 2025

The latest threat to federal funding for Minnesota’s public schools shows the biases of President Trump’s administration, but isn’t binding on Minnesota school districts, Denise Specht, president of Education Minnesota,…

Senate budget plan honors funding promises but falls short on pensions 

Posted on March 28, 2025

The Minnesota Senate released the first details of its plan for the state budget on Friday, and while it delivers on promised increases to E-12 education, it doesn’t provide enough…

Educators sue St. Francis Area Schools over book ban policy

Posted on March 24, 2025

Education Minnesota-St. Francis filed a lawsuit Monday alleging the St. Francis Area Schools unlawfully bans books in libraries and classrooms based on the ideas, characters and stories they contain. 

Education Minnesota launches new ads supporting better pay pensions health care for educators 

Posted on March 21, 2025

Education Minnesota continues its advocacy for educators and students through a series of new advertisements featuring members of the union that will air on digital platforms starting Monday, March 24,…

Trump abandons public education with latest executive order

Posted on March 20, 2025

President Donald Trump abandoned public education in America on Thursday with an executive order to dissolve the U.S. Department of Education, said Denise Specht, president of Education Minnesota.