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A new state report says the shortage of full-time and substitute teachers has reached nearly every school district in Minnesota, which Education Minnesota President Denise Specht said is affecting the quality of learning and burning out educators of all kinds.Â
Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flannagan proposed a historic, $12 billion investment in the lives of Minnesota children, including $6 billion for education, in their 2023 budget released Tuesday.Â
Education Minnesota welcomed on Wednesday the appointment of six new commissioners, including new leaders of the Minnesota Department of Education, Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry and the Minnesota Department of Revenue. Â
A state administrative law judge has approved most of a set of proposed rules for teacher preparation programs intended to foster a greater understanding of how personal biases can shape education practices.
The projected state budget surplus of $17.6 billion provides a once-in-lifetime opportunity for short-term investments in Minnesota students, but increased support over many budget cycles is necessary to meet the challenges facing public education.
Education Minnesota is celebrating American Education Week by honoring KimEl Henry, a restorative practices and dean team lead at Andersen United Middle School in Minneapolis, as our 2022-23 Education Support Professional (ESP) of the Year.
Minnesotans voted for safe, welcoming and effective public schools for all students this year and reelected Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan to a second term, said Denise Specht, president of Education Minnesota.
Four education support professionals have been named finalists for the 2022-23 Education Minnesota ESP of the Year.
Students in Minnesota, and most other states, posted dramatically lower scores on the highly regarded National Assessment of Educational Progress in the spring of 2022 than did students who took the exams before the once-in-lifetime disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Educators from across Minnesota will attend the annual MEA conference on Thursday, where they will hear from various speakers and choose from dozens of classes intended to help them meet the needs of their students.
