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Action Leader program empowers members to advocate for pensions and health care improvements

 Last fall, Education Minnesota again conducted its Worksite Action Leader program, which used relational organizing at targeted worksites to increase voter turnout in the November 2024 elections. The program was incredibly effective, increasing voter turnout by double digits. To build on the success of the WAL program, we are starting something similar for this…

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President’s message: No matter the challenges, we will not surrender our priorities or our values

 A hundred minutes was a long time to listen President Donald Trump when he was spreading lies about public schools, especially when those lies will be used to harm the educators and students Education Minnesota stands for. I sat in the gallery of the great hall of the U.S. House of Representatives as the…

Support our colleagues in the Becker Education Association

Our union colleagues in the Becker Education Association are facing a challenge to their status as the exclusive representative in the Becker school district. Show them your support by submitting a photo, video or message. Send as many as you’d like! The local will be using these in daily messages to the BEA members to…

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Teacher of the Year candidate field narrowed to 31 semifinalists

NEWS RELEASE FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Teacher of the Year candidate field narrowed to 31 semifinalists  ST. PAUL, Minn. Feb. 26, 2025 – The field of possible candidates for this year’s Minnesota Teacher of the Year honor has been narrowed to 31. An independent selection panel of 21 community leaders chose the semifinalists from an…

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Legal Briefs: How educators can prepare for the new administration’s immigration agenda

Donald Trump’s election and hostility to public education will pose new challenges to Minnesota educators in 2025. The most dangerous of them may be his support for school voucher programs that divert taxpayer money from public education to private and religious schools.

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A federal voucher program may be coming. Here’s what you need to know

Donald Trump’s election and hostility to public education will pose new challenges to Minnesota educators in 2025. The most dangerous of them may be his support for school voucher programs that divert taxpayer money from public education to private and religious schools.