Author: Sarah Cooke

Minnesota teachers will explore how to responsibly integrate artificial intelligence into classrooms and support students facing mental health challenges, among dozens of other topics at the 2025 Minnesota Educator Academy on Thursday at the Saint Paul RiverCentre. 

Education Minnesota welcomed the announcement by Gov. Tim Walz that he would seek reelection in 2026.

Statewide Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments scores held steady in reading and math, and the Minnesota Department of Education reported consistent attendance rates improved again.

Nominations are now open for the 2026 Minnesota Teacher of the Year award.

Education Minnesota extends its deepest sympathies to the educators and families affected by the latest act of mass gun violence in Minnesota, this time at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis on Wednesday morning. 

Education Minnesota condemned the Trump administration’s decision to withhold $6.8 billion in congressionally approved funding from states, calling the move an illegal attack on public education that will harm Minnesota’s students, families and communities. 

Minnesota educators mourn the loss of a dedicated lawmaker and staunch champion of public education, House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated as part of a series of attacks early Saturday that also killed her husband and wounded a state senator and his wife.