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Tiffany Dittrich
White Bear Lake Area Educators, Local #7286
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Tiffany Dittrich
White Bear Lake Area Educators, Local #7286
Jesse Holm
Education Minnesota-Hastings
Matthew Wilmes
Education Minnesota – Lewiston-Altura
Education Minnesota mourns assassination of Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman
Due in part to the roadblocks the Legislature faced during this session, lawmakers had to meet for a one- day special session in June to formalize a budget deal that was negotiated at the end of the regularly scheduled legislative session.
Education Minnesota teacher apprenticeship program creates new pathway to classroom teaching. Earlier this summer, Education Minnesota officially began a new apprenticeship program for elementary educators Currently, the landscape for teacher apprenticeships is very segmented: if a district even has an apprenticeship program, it’s managed at the district level. This results in wildly different apprenticeship experiences…
Since 2023, hourly school workers have been able to receive unemployment insurance over the summer. This program is vital for reducing turnover in ESP roles and increasing flexibility and stability for education support professionals, who remain some of the most underpaid employees in public education. Earlier this session, Republicans proposed legislation that would defund this…
There’s still time to nominate a colleague for ESP of the Year. Nominations are open until Sept. 15.
At Kennedy Elementary School, students are guaranteed to find themselves represented in a library book.
NEA report finds inflation outpacing educator pay increases Minnesota ranks 15th in teacher pay, 16th in ESP pay, but nationally teachers make 5% less than they did ten years ago.