Author: Sarah Cooke

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a 6-3 decision in Carson v. Makin that brings America one step closer to taxpayer-funded religious schools that may discriminate against some students based on how they learn or who they love.

The following is a statement from Education Minnesota President Denise Specht on news Senate Republicans are done negotiating over a special session of the Legislature and how to spend a $9.25 billion surplus.

Education Minnesota President Denise Specht called on Senate Majority Leader Jeremy Miller, R-Winona, to honor his commitment, negotiate a K-12 education bill that meets the real needs of students, and agree to pass it into law during a short special session.  

ST. PAUL, Minnesota. May 18, 2022 – Minnesota educators are coming to the state Capitol this weekend to tell legislators how to prioritize $1 billion in new education funding to best help our students. 

Minnesota school workers, along with parents, union leaders and legislative leaders, on Wednesday demanded that any deal on the unemployment trust fund include a fix on a decades-old exclusion of hourly school workers from unemployment insurance.  

Gov. Tim Walz presented real solutions to challenges in Minnesota’s schools, including student hunger and untreated mental illness, during his State of the State speech Sunday evening. In response, Education Minnesota President Denise Specht released the following statement.

President Denise Specht and Secretary-Treasurer Rodney Rowe were reelected Saturday at the Education Minnesota Representative Convention. Richfield teacher Monica Byron was elected vice president. 

The package of permanent tax cuts favoring the wealthiest Minnesotans presented in the Minnesota Senate on Tuesday would leave the state without enough resources to provide students with all the academic and emotional support they need to succeed, said Denise Specht, president of Education Minnesota.