Author: Sarah Cooke

Tens of thousands of Minnesota’s public school educators led the state’s Class of 2025 to the highest four-year high school graduation rate in state history, Education Minnesota said Friday. 

The 2026 Minnesota Teacher of the Year will be chosen from a group of 11 teachers who have been named finalists in the program.

Education Minnesota launched a statewide advertising campaign this week calling for passage of the Educator Group Insurance Program.

Educators from across Minnesota gathered at the Capitol on Wednesday to demand a structural fix to the health insurance affordability crisis that is pushing out educators and consuming historic state investments in public education before they reach most classrooms.  

Educators from across Minnesota will join state lawmakers at a news conference at the state Capitol at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday to demand a structural fix to the health insurance affordability crisis.

Today’s budget forecast offers some hope for Minnesota’s economic outlook and provides the Legislature with an opportunity to invest in critical areas of need, including the skyrocketing health care costs faced by educators.

Minnesota educators struggling with soaring health insurance premiums will testify Thursday before a state House committee considering legislation that would create a single, statewide insurance pool for all public school employees.

 Education Minnesota has endorsed the campaigns of Jake Johnson and U.S. Reps. Betty McCollum and Ilhan Omar in the first round of 2026 federal endorsements from Minnesota’s largest labor union.

Minnesota school districts and educators returned to federal court Monday seeking an emergency order to stop immigration enforcement activity at and around public schools.