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By Paula Johnston, Education Minnesota Attorney This Legal Briefs column, written by Education Minnesota attorneys, is one of an occasional series on legal developments that affect educators. On April 28, 2025, Minnesota Court of Appeals issued a great decision in Bellamy v. ISD No. 700, Hermantown Public Schools. The case concerned a 2023 amendment to…
For the past four years, we’ve kept a spreadsheet updated with critical data as part of our work. Inside Education Minnesota, there is nothing special about a spreadsheet; we have hundreds of them tracking school finance information, legislative projections, student and staff data and more. But this one is special.
In 2024, the Minnesota Legislature passed a “ban on book bans”— a law preventing the removal or restriction of books “based solely on its viewpoint or the messages, ideas, or opinions it conveys.”
Since January, uncertainty has swirled around the U.S. Department of Education due to a series of chaotic executive orders and policies from the current presidential administration.
Do you know an ESP who deserves to be recognized for their exemplary work? Nominate them for Education Minnesota’s 2025-26 Education Support Professional of the Year Award!
Besides Linda Wallenberg, eleven others were selected as finalists. We asked them to share some reasons why they teach, which we have included below.
2025 Teacher of the Year Linda Wallenberg uses literature of the past to help students make sense of the present Linda Wallenberg, Minnesota’s 2025 Teacher of the Year, is in her 49th year of teaching at Eden Prairie High School. By some estimates, she’s taught 12,000 students throughout her tenure in the classroom. But what’s…
President Specht gives final address to the RC On April 25-26, Education Minnesota hosted its annual Representative Convention in Bloomington. Delegates from across the state met to conduct union business, including discussion of action items that will guide the union’s work for the next year. There was a record-breaking nearly 800 participants in attendance at…
Education Minnesota Vice President Monica Byron was elected after running unopposed for president. Marty Fridgen of United Teachers of South Washington County was elected vice president and Ryan Fiereck of Education Minnesota-St. Francis was elected secretary-treasurer.
Nevertheless, her union persisted…That’s how I would like future educators and unionists to look back on my time as president of Education Minnesota, a job I will step away from at the end of June.
