Author: Sarah Cooke

The field of possible candidates for this year’s Minnesota Teacher of the Year honor has been narrowed to 27. An independent selection panel of 18 community leaders chose the semifinalists from an initial field of 159 candidates from across the state.

Reversing the ongoing shortage of educators in Minnesota’s public education systems should remain a top priority for the 2024 Legislature as lawmakers consider how to spend a $3.7 billion budget surplus forecasted on Thursday.

Leaders from the Minnesota School Counselor Association joined bill author Rep. Kaela Berg and Roseville student Lilah Heiny at a news conference Thursday to highlight a proposal to address unmet mental health needs in schools due to some of the worst student-to-counselor ratios in the country.

Education Minnesota has endorsed the reelection campaigns of U.S. Reps. Angie Craig, Betty McCollum and Ilhan Omar in the first round of 2024 federal endorsements by Minnesota’s largest labor union. 

The 2024 Minnesota Teacher of the Year will be chosen from a field of 159 candidates.

New standards for teaching social studies, approved by an administrative law judge Tuesday, will prepare the next generations of Minnesotans to understand our shared history and help them avoid repeating the mistakes of the past.

Reversing the pervasive shortage of educators in Minnesota’s public education systems should be a top priority for the 2024 Legislature as lawmakers consider how to spend a small budget surplus forecasted on Wednesday, said Denise Specht, president of Education Minnesota. 

Minnesota voters overwhelmingly elected school board candidates on Tuesday who rejected book bans and supported students’ freedom to learn in safe, welcoming public schools. 

Education Minnesota has increased its outreach to school board voters through a digital advertising campaign in response to a sprawling effort to restrict what Minnesota students may learn and educators may teach. 

Darci Brown, a bus driver from St. Francis, was named Education Minnesota’s 2023-24 Education Support Professional of the Year at an awards ceremony on Saturday.