2023

Most Minnesota teachers would be able to retire with a full pension a year earlier under a provision in the omnibus tax bill approved in the Tax Conference Committee of the Minnesota Legislature on Saturday morning. 

Educators from across Minnesota will march to the Capitol on Tuesday to tell lawmakers not to adjourn the legislative session without any action on fair teacher pensions.

The teaching and learning conditions in Minnesota’s schools could dramatically improve with the passage of the E-12 education and labor omnibus bills that the Legislature is expected to send to Gov. Tim Walz next week.

The office professional members of Education Minnesota St. Francis reached a tentative agreement with St. Francis Public Schools on Wednesday and the unit members approved the agreement today.

The faculty of the two campuses that comprise Northland Community and Technical College have taken an overwhelming vote of no confidence in college President Sandra Kiddoo and are calling for a leadership change.

Michael Houston, a mathematics teacher at Harding High School in the St. Paul Public Schools, is the 2023 Minnesota Teacher of the Year. 

Minnesota teachers testified Thursday at a special meeting of the joint Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirements in favor of a proposal to lower the normal retirement age to receive a state pension without penalties. 

The 2023 Minnesota Teacher of the Year will be chosen from a group of 11 teachers from across the state who have been named finalists in the program.

The slowly improving graduation rate in Minnesota is welcome news but more needs to be done to ensure all Minnesota students have access to a world-class education, no matter where they live, what they look like, or their backgrounds, said Denise Specht, president of Education Minnesota.