128 teachers are candidates for 2026 Minnesota Teacher of the Year
The 2026 Minnesota Teacher of the Year will be chosen from a field of 128 candidates.
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The 2026 Minnesota Teacher of the Year will be chosen from a field of 128 candidates.
Linda Wallenberg, the 2025 Minnesota Teacher of the Year, has been named one of five finalists for the 2026 National Teacher of the Year, one of the most prestigious honors in American education.Â
Education Minnesota called on Saturday for the White House to withdraw federal forces from Minnesota after Minneapolis police say federal agents shot and killed another Minnesotan.
Education Minnesota responded on Saturday to reports that the U.S. Department of Justice has reportedly opened a criminal investigation of Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.
Education Minnesota President Monica Byron and local union leaders from across the state will hold a news conference Friday morning to call on Immigration and Customs Enforcement to stay away from schools.
Education Minnesota President Monica Byron released the following statement demanding ICE stay away from Minnesota schools in the wake of yesterday’s ICE actions involving educators and students.
Education Minnesota President Monica Byron released a statement in response to today’s shooting death of a woman in Minneapolis by an ICE agent.
The union of Minnesota educators thanked Gov. Tim Walz on Monday for his commitment to students and schools after the governor announced that he would not seek reelection to a third term in November.