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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.
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.
However tempting the idea of disengaging until after Election Day may be, especially after the chaos of the past few weeks, we should try to stay focused and hopeful.
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.
Local unions have been bargaining boldly for better contracts for more than 10 months, and in many places, educators are catching up after years of sacrificing and settling for less than they were worth.
The stories on the picket lines and sidewalk rallies have been the same whether I was in Anoka, Bemidji, Chisholm, or a dozen school districts in between the last few weeks.
Educators across Minnesota are coming together to demand better contracts for the learning conditions of their students and working conditions for themselves.
Nearly all Minnesotans agree that our students should have the freedom to learn an honest history, to read age-appropriate books, and to feel safe and welcome as their authentic selves in their local public school.
Education Minnesota President, Denise Specht’s message: The plain black-and-white postcards started landing in the mailboxes of educators earlier this summer. It asked them to fill out a “satisfaction survey” of their union.
Education Minnesota President, Denise Specht’s message: The negotiations for our new contracts this spring are the chance to complete the work that started a year ago when so many of us campaigned to elect the first pro-education majorities to lead state government in a decade. Read more.
