2024

Voters across Minnesota on Tuesday overwhelmingly supported candidates for their local school boards who promised to deliver public schools that are safe, welcoming and effective for all students and educators. 

Mark Bauch, a ninth-grade educational assistant at Washington Technology Magnet School in the Saint Paul Public Schools, is the 2024-25 Education Minnesota Education Support Professional of the Year. 

Educators from across Minnesota will attend the annual Minnesota Educator Academy 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 and grow as professionals. 

Education Minnesota on Wednesday announced its endorsement of 12 candidates for the Minnesota House of Representatives.

Nominations are now open for 2025 Minnesota Teacher of the Year.

The presidents of the NEA and AFT, former colleagues of Gov. Tim Walz, and more than a hundred educators will gather in St. Paul to watch Walz debate JD Vance on Tuesday, Oct. 1. 

Education Minnesota announced its endorsement Friday of 23 candidates for the Minnesota House of Representatives and state Senate, including two members of the union.

The state of Minnesota’s new investments in the educator workforce and the learning conditions of students are not yet reflected in results of the state’s system of standardized tests, Denise Specht, president of Education Minnesota, said Thursday after the state released new data on student test scores and attendance. 

Education Minnesota on Wednesday announced its endorsement of 25 candidates for the Minnesota House of Representatives.

Education Minnesota President Denise Specht congratulated Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday after Vice President Kamala Harris named him as her running mate.