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Join us Aug. 5-6 at the River’s Edge Convention Center in St. Cloud for our Summer Leadership Seminar! This event, held every other summer in odd-numbered years, is a fresh spin on our former Summer Seminar. This updated workshop emphasizes relationship-building and shared experiences in a cohort structure to build leadership skills. Participants are…
For Aiysha Mustapha, equity work comes naturally. After growing up in a New Jersey neighborhood that was only 6% White, she attended high school at a boarding school in Connecticut where most students were White. “I’ve been doing this for most of my life,” she said, “I can honestly say I live the work.”…
The 2025 Teacher of the Year nomination process is progressing, with 31 semifinalists selected from an initial pool of 142 candidates. Nominations began in November, followed by portfolio submissions from nominees. A panel of 21 community leaders reviewed these portfolios to choose the semifinalists. The panel will now re-evaluate the semifinalists’ portfolios and video…
How these Minnesota educators are navigating cultural appropriation in the classroomEducators can help students engage with diversity thoughtfully, avoiding stereotypes and promoting empathy, by fostering understanding and respect for cultural traditions.By Brenda Alvarez, NEA Today Senior Writer Over 350 languages are spoken in homes across the U.S., reflecting the rich cultural tapestry in today’s…
The 2025-26 legislative session is fully underway after a rocky start due to unexpected vacancies in both chambers, a tie in the House and a one-seat DFL majority in the Senate. We have broken down everything that’s happened in the Legislature this session, along with how it has impacted our proposed bills. The Minnesota…
On Feb. 18, almost 500 educators, state workers, nurses, home health and child care workers, service employees and other labor union members gathered in the Capitol Rotunda for a rally around raising revenue. The rally was organized by We Make Minnesota, a labor-grassroots coalition advocating for a strong and equitable state budget, of which…
Last fall, Education Minnesota again conducted its Worksite Action Leader program, which used relational organizing at targeted worksites to increase voter turnout in the November 2024 elections. The program was incredibly effective, increasing voter turnout by double digits. To build on the success of the WAL program, we are starting something similar for this…
A hundred minutes was a long time to listen President Donald Trump when he was spreading lies about public schools, especially when those lies will be used to harm the educators and students Education Minnesota stands for. I sat in the gallery of the great hall of the U.S. House of Representatives as the…
