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Education Minnesota’s annual MEA conference will be held Thursday, Oct. 17 at the St. Paul RiverCentre. This event, which is the union’s largest professional development conference, will feature dozens of workshops and exhibitors.
On Nov. 5, Education Minnesota members will head to the polls and vote for the elected officials that will represent us at all levels of government. These elected officials make decisions that impact every part of our jobs, from the amount of funding our districts receive, to the policies that govern our bargaining practice, to our pensions and health care options and more.
The Willow Lane Elementary kindergarten team was doing everything right. They were using tried-andtrue instructional methods. They prioritized parent and family engagement to ensure that students were set up for success at home and school. In every subject, they were providing the very best instruction that they knew how to give.
Betsy DeVos and why we can’t go back on Election Day
If anyone needed more motivation to vote this fall, there’s this: Betsy DeVos has gone on the record saying she would like to return to her former job as the U.S. Secretary of Education if Donald Trump is elected president in November.
However tempting the idea of disengaging until after Election Day may be, especially after the chaos of the past few weeks, we should try to stay focused and hopeful.
Shift signups are open for the 2024 Minnesota State Fair! Join us from Thursday, Aug. 22 through Monday, Sept. 2 at our booth in the Education Building. Each year, Education Minnesota members and staff volunteer to produce personalized photo calendars for visitors. The booth also features a different education group each day that showcases their curriculum area or program.
The Moorhead school district is home to a large Kurdish-speaking population—other than English, it is the most common language in the district and is spoken in the homes of 239 families. But Moorhead High School ESL (English as a second language) teacher Zak Amin noticed that there was a cultural divide between parents and children.
Fellow educator and First Lady of the United States, Dr. Jill Biden, led a rally to formally launch the “Educators for Biden” campaign with Education Minnesota. Dr. Biden, along with Education Minnesota President Denise Specht, NEA President Becky Pringle and AFT President Randi Weingarten, spoke to members about the historic public education investments the Biden administration has made.
