Author: Sarah Cooke

Education Minnesota President Monica Byron released the following statement demanding ICE stay away from Minnesota schools in the wake of yesterday’s ICE actions involving educators and students.

The union of Minnesota educators thanked Gov. Tim Walz on Monday for his commitment to students and schools after the governor announced that he would not seek reelection to a third term in November.

The president of the Stewartville United Educators labor union released the following statement Friday in response to the shootings outside Stewartville High School that critically wounded a student and left an adult male dead of a self-inflicted wound. 

Today’s budget forecast offers some stability as the Minnesota Legislature prepares to take on the increasing challenges facing Minnesota in 2026. In the upcoming legislative session, it will be critical to use the projected surplus to increase financial support for educators across Minnesota. 

School board voters across Minnesota overwhelmingly supported union-endorsed candidates in Tuesday’s elections that promised to build safe, welcoming and effective schools for all students while rejecting candidates carrying the MAGA education agenda.

Monica Eggert, a special education support professional at Rochester Alternative Learning Center, is the 2025-26 Education Minnesota Education Support Professional of the Year.