Eight others honored as Teacher of the Year finalists
Besides Benjamin, eight other teachers were also finalists for 2021 Minnesota Teacher of the Year award. Here are their reflections on why they teach.
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Eight others honored as Teacher of the Year finalists
Besides Benjamin, eight other teachers were also finalists for 2021 Minnesota Teacher of the Year award. Here are their reflections on why they teach.
Opportunities for Educators in December 2021.
Two new charter schools unionize with Education Minnesota The teachers and staff at Hiawatha Academies, a Minneapolis charter school network, and Great River School, a St. Paul charter school, both voted to unionize with Education Minnesota this June. Both schools’ bargaining units will include teachers and most non-management school staff. Great River and Hiawatha become…
Educating during COVID: Educators use union power to ensure safety for students, staff. Stories from Minneapolis and Cass Lake
On Jan. 1, Minnesota’s new Earned Sick and Safe Time (ESST) law became effective. This law is a huge step forward for a significant number of workers who did not previously have access to sick leave.
After working on the front lines and going above and beyond during this pandemic, the Osseo Education Support Professionals are engaged in a bargaining campaign, fighting for respect, training, and livable wages and benefits. “We’ve come off and are still in a very, very stressful year,” said Becky Hespen, Osseo ESP paraprofessionals local president. “ESPs…
The latest phase in Education Minnesota’s “Believe in ‘We’” paid media campaign is a series of new ads that began airing online and on statewide television.