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On March 28, Education Minnesota encouraged members to attend the No Kings rally to stand up for our students, profession and communities by rejecting an agenda built for billionaires and large corporations instead of working people.
By Emma Blazczyk and John Hulet, Education Minnesota law clerks Since returning to office in January of 2025, the Trump Administration has issued a flurry of executive orders and directives that attempt to dramatically reshape the federal government. The NEA and AFT have been hard at work challenging executive actions that violate federal law, attempt…
On March 16, over 160 educators met at Education Minnesota headquarters in St. Paul to organize and advocate for our health insurance plan.
In 2017, the Minnesota Department of Human Rights (MDHR) determined that schools statewide were suspending and expelling Black, Indigenous, other students of color and students with disabilities at rates much higher than their representation in the overall student population. Under the Minnesota Human Rights Act, all students in Minnesota are entitled to an education free from discrimination.
For many years, 2026 Teacher of the Year David Davis didn’t want to become a teacher. A saxophonist who received his undergraduate degree in saxophone performance, he planned to make a living through performing.
Written by Mary Ellen Flannery, NEA Today senior writer and editor. This story originally appeared in NEA Today on Jan. 25, 2026.This version edited by Heaven Keane. View the original article here. The sun is setting and the temperature is dropping to -22 when Minneapolis-area teachers Naomi Stenson and Lorna Plana lift the hatch on…
The 2026 Teacher of the Year nomination process, which began in November, continues to move forward as the candidate field narrows to 30 candidates. Once nominations closed in the fall, nominees were invited to submit a portfolio. An independent selection panel of 22 community leaders then reviewed the portfolios and selected the semifinalists. This year, 128 candidates submitted portfolios.
Throughout the winter, educators across Minnesota have felt the impact of Operation Metro Surge as the Department of Homeland Security sent upwards of 3,000 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents to Minnesota, allegedly to detain individuals who were in the country illegally and had committed dangerous crimes. However, ICE and CPB agents targeted a much wider demographic, detaining natural-born citizens, immigrants in good legal standing, and constitutional legal observers alike. Because the Trump administration rolled back the longstanding “sensitive locations” policy in 2025, these agents were able to target schools, hospitals, churches, daycare centers and more.
During the 2025 legislative session, Education Minnesota members successfully advocated for much-needed pension improvements for teachers, creating an enhanced career rule for teachers who are at least 60 years of age and have at least 30 years of service in public schools. However, these pension improvements only applied to teachers who are eligible for a pension through TRA—which does not include education support professionals, who have historically been underpaid and remain some of the lowest-paid public school employees in Minnesota.
Over 500 educators attended Education Minnesota’s Political Conference, which took place on the last weekend of January in Bloomington.
