President’s Message: Terrible school year brought out best in educators
Minnesota educators don’t get enough credit. We’ve met more challenges and maneuvered around more obstacles this school year than anyone could describe.
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Minnesota educators don’t get enough credit. We’ve met more challenges and maneuvered around more obstacles this school year than anyone could describe.
Education Minnesota President, Denise Specht’s message: Preparing students for civic life shouldn’t be controversial.
There has never been a single definition of safety for Minnesota educators since the novel coronavirus shut down our school buildings last year. Instead, our union has acknowledged that each educator’s definition of a safe worksite would depend on the latest science and local conditions.
I’m proud to say the work of thousands of Minnesota educators helped deliver our state’s 10 electoral votes for Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. That win wasn’t easy, and it didn’t happen by accident.
The pandemic hasn’t shaken the belief of most Minnesotans that every child, no matter their grade, color or ZIP code, deserves a safe, welcoming school that prepares its students to pursue their dreams.
The pandemic has thrown us into a tailspin and tossed our routines for back to school like a garden salad. More than one educator I know has said, sounding scared and tired, they just want life to go “back to normal.”
We owe it to each other to keep our distance during graduation season: Educators will miss seeing students they’ve known for years walk across the big stage and into the next phase of their lives. Losing that is heartbreaking.
We owe it to each other to keep our distance during graduation season: Educators will miss seeing students they’ve known for years walk across the big stage and into the next phase of their lives. Losing that is heartbreaking.
Education Minnesota President, Denise Specht’s message: The coronavirus outbreak is teaching the public something educators have known for a long time.
Education Minnesota President, Denise Specht’s message: Recently, a MinnPost reporter published the worst kept secret when she quoted my tweet about our union’s plans for the spring of 2021.