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President’s message: No matter the challenges, we will not surrender our priorities or our values

 A hundred minutes was a long time to listen President Donald Trump when he was spreading lies about public schools, especially when those lies will be used to harm the educators and students Education Minnesota stands for. I sat in the gallery of the great hall of the U.S. House of Representatives as the…

President’s message: Progress is possible through collective bargaining
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President’s message: Progress is possible through collective bargaining

Donald Trump’s election and hostility to public education will pose new challenges to Minnesota educators in 2025. The most dangerous of them may be his support for school voucher programs that divert taxpayer money from public education to private and religious schools.

President’s message: There are challenges ahead, but Minnesota educators can meet them
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President’s message: There are challenges ahead, but Minnesota educators can meet them

Donald Trump’s election and hostility to public education will pose new challenges to Minnesota educators in 2025. The most dangerous of them may be his support for school voucher programs that divert taxpayer money from public education to private and religious schools.

President’s message: Betsy DeVos and why we can’t go back on Election Day
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President’s message: Betsy DeVos and why we can’t go back on Election Day

Betsy DeVos and why we can’t go back on Election Day
If anyone needed more motivation to vote this fall, there’s this: Betsy DeVos has gone on the record saying she would like to return to her former job as the U.S. Secretary of Education if Donald Trump is elected president in November.

President’s message: Let’s ‘celebrate’ educators a little less and care for them a little more
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President’s message: Let’s ‘celebrate’ educators a little less and care for them a little more

I may have surprised a few people at the annual Minnesota Teacher of the Year banquet when I said it was time to stop celebrating teachers and other educators.