Author: Sarah Cooke

The sweeping education plan presented Monday by Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan represents a large step forward on three of the biggest challenges facing public education, including recovering from the pandemic, chronic underfunding and persistent racial gaps, Education Minnesota President Denise Specht said. 

Loosening restrictions on activities associated with community spread of COVID-19, as the governor did Wednesday, could jeopardize the planned reopening of elementary school buildings starting Jan. 18, warned Denise Specht, president of Education Minnesota.