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Tuesday, July 2, 2024

Star-Tribune
Amid hostility to LGBTQ rights in some schools, youth say Pride is essential in 2024
Loring Park was packed with families Friday for Twin Cities Pride’s inaugural Youth Night.

Many Minnesota laws went into effect Monday. Here’s what you need to know.
Several laws passed in the 2024 legislative session took effect Monday, establishing new policies and funding sources for education, economic development and the environment.

Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
Elementary students fundraise to save classroom after voters reject levies
The budget crunch in Thief River Falls underscores the challenges facing districts throughout greater Minnesota: They need increasingly skeptical, aging residents to vote for higher taxes in an era of rising attacks on public schooling in the national media.

Sahan Journal
As COVID funds dry up, can the music at a St. Paul magnet school continue?
The district faced a $100 million shortfall and had to make painful choices — but its cuts to elementary music programming caused the most pushback from parents.

Education Minnesota press releases

Education Minnesota endorses Jen Schultz for Congress

Posted on May 28, 2024

Education Minnesota has endorsed Jen Schultz’s campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota’s 8th Congressional District in northeastern Minnesota.

Legislature invests in current and future educators during 2024 session

Posted on May 20, 2024

The Minnesota Legislature invested time and money in current and future educators during the 2024 session as policymakers worked to alleviate the shortage of educators that affects nearly every school…

Minneapolis educator Tracy Byrd is 2024 Minnesota Teacher of the Year

Posted on May 5, 2024

Tracy Byrd, a ninth-grade English language arts teacher at Washburn High School in the Minneapolis school district, is the 2024 Minnesota Teacher of the Year.

11 selected as 2024 Teacher of the Year finalists

Posted on April 8, 2024

Eleven teachers have been named finalists for the 2024 Minnesota Teacher of the Year award.

Investing in educators is an important way to raise graduation rates

Posted on March 30, 2024

An important way to improve graduation rates in Minnesota is to continue investing in the state’s educators, from their training through a dignified retirement, said Education Minnesota President Denise Specht. 

Education Minnesota applauds Walz’s focus on students and educators

Posted on March 27, 2024

The political action committee of Education Minnesota has endorsed Dwayne Voegeli, a high school social studies teacher in Winona, for District 26A in the Minnesota House of Representatives.