PUBLIC SCHOOLS VICTORY ALERT!!
Educator-endorsed candidates came up big in Minnesota last night — winning 94% of their races. This is incredible! THANK YOU to everyone who worked on these campaigns and cast their ballots for public education. #edmnvotes
Educator-endorsed candidates came up big in Minnesota last night — winning 94% of their races. This is incredible! THANK YOU to everyone who worked on these campaigns and cast their ballots for public education. #edmnvotes
November 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
PUBLIC SCHOOLS VICTORY ALERT!!
Educator-endorsed candidates came up big in Minnesota last night — winning 94% of their races. This is incredible! THANK YOU to everyone who worked on these campaigns and cast their ballots for public education. #edmnvotes
Educator-endorsed candidates came up big in Minnesota last night — winning 94% of their races. This is incredible! THANK YOU to everyone who worked on these campaigns and cast their ballots for public education. #edmnvotes
It's Election Day and polls are now open until 8 p.m. statewide!
Find your polling place, what's on your ballot, school board endorsements and more in our 2025 Voter Guide: https://edmn.me/guide #edmnvotes
Find your polling place, what's on your ballot, school board endorsements and more in our 2025 Voter Guide: https://edmn.me/guide #edmnvotes
November 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
It's Election Day and polls are now open until 8 p.m. statewide!
Find your polling place, what's on your ballot, school board endorsements and more in our 2025 Voter Guide: https://edmn.me/guide #edmnvotes
Find your polling place, what's on your ballot, school board endorsements and more in our 2025 Voter Guide: https://edmn.me/guide #edmnvotes
October 31, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Election Day is just over a week away! Find educator-endorsed school board candidates & more in our 2025 Voter Guide: https://edmn.me/guide #edmnvotes
October 26, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Election Day is just over a week away! Find educator-endorsed school board candidates & more in our 2025 Voter Guide: https://edmn.me/guide #edmnvotes
How much federal funding is at risk in your district?
MDE has created a new tool to look up and share that information as the government shutdown nears the one-month mark -- putting our students at risk: https://edmn.me/4722IOm #mnleg #edmnvotes
MDE has created a new tool to look up and share that information as the government shutdown nears the one-month mark -- putting our students at risk: https://edmn.me/4722IOm #mnleg #edmnvotes
October 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
How much federal funding is at risk in your district?
MDE has created a new tool to look up and share that information as the government shutdown nears the one-month mark -- putting our students at risk: https://edmn.me/4722IOm #mnleg #edmnvotes
MDE has created a new tool to look up and share that information as the government shutdown nears the one-month mark -- putting our students at risk: https://edmn.me/4722IOm #mnleg #edmnvotes
Right now, it's easy to feel helpless.
But we have the power of 84,000 educators across MN -- the power of our union. Our students and communities are counting on us amid this chaos. Every single day, we must straighten our spines and live in truth. And we will do this together. #edmnvotes #meamn25
But we have the power of 84,000 educators across MN -- the power of our union. Our students and communities are counting on us amid this chaos. Every single day, we must straighten our spines and live in truth. And we will do this together. #edmnvotes #meamn25
October 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Right now, it's easy to feel helpless.
But we have the power of 84,000 educators across MN -- the power of our union. Our students and communities are counting on us amid this chaos. Every single day, we must straighten our spines and live in truth. And we will do this together. #edmnvotes #meamn25
But we have the power of 84,000 educators across MN -- the power of our union. Our students and communities are counting on us amid this chaos. Every single day, we must straighten our spines and live in truth. And we will do this together. #edmnvotes #meamn25
October is National Retirement Security Month.
Public pensions remain one of the strongest retirement tools, and we remain committed to ensuring every educator can retire with dignity -- with their full benefits earned over years in the classroom. #mnleg #edmnvotes
Public pensions remain one of the strongest retirement tools, and we remain committed to ensuring every educator can retire with dignity -- with their full benefits earned over years in the classroom. #mnleg #edmnvotes
October 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
October is National Retirement Security Month.
Public pensions remain one of the strongest retirement tools, and we remain committed to ensuring every educator can retire with dignity -- with their full benefits earned over years in the classroom. #mnleg #edmnvotes
Public pensions remain one of the strongest retirement tools, and we remain committed to ensuring every educator can retire with dignity -- with their full benefits earned over years in the classroom. #mnleg #edmnvotes
Education Minnesota is proud to endorse Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger for the special election in Senate District 47 on Nov. 4.
Early voting is open! Find your polling place: https://edmn.me/pollfinder #mnleg #edmnvotes
Early voting is open! Find your polling place: https://edmn.me/pollfinder #mnleg #edmnvotes
October 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Education Minnesota is proud to endorse Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger for the special election in Senate District 47 on Nov. 4.
Early voting is open! Find your polling place: https://edmn.me/pollfinder #mnleg #edmnvotes
Early voting is open! Find your polling place: https://edmn.me/pollfinder #mnleg #edmnvotes
Every educator deserves a living wage.
Kudos to the St. Francis teachers and parents who spoke in support of a raise for educational assistants -- many of whom work second jobs or rely on public assistance. They are "the backbone of inclusive education." #mnleg #edmnvotes
Kudos to the St. Francis teachers and parents who spoke in support of a raise for educational assistants -- many of whom work second jobs or rely on public assistance. They are "the backbone of inclusive education." #mnleg #edmnvotes
Parents, teachers voice support for St. Francis educational assistants
Fifteen teachers, parents, grandparents and educational assistants spoke before the St. Francis Area Schools Board Sept. 22 to insist upon a raise for EAs as the district negotiates their work
www.hometownsource.com
October 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Every educator deserves a living wage.
Kudos to the St. Francis teachers and parents who spoke in support of a raise for educational assistants -- many of whom work second jobs or rely on public assistance. They are "the backbone of inclusive education." #mnleg #edmnvotes
Kudos to the St. Francis teachers and parents who spoke in support of a raise for educational assistants -- many of whom work second jobs or rely on public assistance. They are "the backbone of inclusive education." #mnleg #edmnvotes
The teacher pay penalty has hit a record high.
Salary gains in the last bargaining cycle helped, but Minnesota teachers still earn 34% less than workers w/a similar education level. We're pushing for legislation to make up for decades of leaving educators behind. #mnleg #edmnvotes
Salary gains in the last bargaining cycle helped, but Minnesota teachers still earn 34% less than workers w/a similar education level. We're pushing for legislation to make up for decades of leaving educators behind. #mnleg #edmnvotes
September 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The teacher pay penalty has hit a record high.
Salary gains in the last bargaining cycle helped, but Minnesota teachers still earn 34% less than workers w/a similar education level. We're pushing for legislation to make up for decades of leaving educators behind. #mnleg #edmnvotes
Salary gains in the last bargaining cycle helped, but Minnesota teachers still earn 34% less than workers w/a similar education level. We're pushing for legislation to make up for decades of leaving educators behind. #mnleg #edmnvotes
Students are more likely to seek help when mental health services are based in schools like we do here in Minnesota. It's just that simple. https://edmn.me/46A7DEL #mnleg #edmnvotes
September 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Students are more likely to seek help when mental health services are based in schools like we do here in Minnesota. It's just that simple. https://edmn.me/46A7DEL #mnleg #edmnvotes
Based on my research, these are the ISD #833 SoWashCo candidates who are endorsed by the local teacher's union (in alpha order).
Elizabeth Bockman Eckberg
Louise Hinz
Katie Schwartz
Sharon H. Van Leer
Voters will be asked to vote to fill four seats. #Minnesota #EdMNVotes
Elizabeth Bockman Eckberg
Louise Hinz
Katie Schwartz
Sharon H. Van Leer
Voters will be asked to vote to fill four seats. #Minnesota #EdMNVotes
September 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Based on my research, these are the ISD #833 SoWashCo candidates who are endorsed by the local teacher's union (in alpha order).
Elizabeth Bockman Eckberg
Louise Hinz
Katie Schwartz
Sharon H. Van Leer
Voters will be asked to vote to fill four seats. #Minnesota #EdMNVotes
Elizabeth Bockman Eckberg
Louise Hinz
Katie Schwartz
Sharon H. Van Leer
Voters will be asked to vote to fill four seats. #Minnesota #EdMNVotes
Early voting starts TODAY!
Don't forget to cast your ballot on or before 11/4 for educator-endorsed school board candidates, which can be found here: https://edmn.me/guide #edmnvotes
Don't forget to cast your ballot on or before 11/4 for educator-endorsed school board candidates, which can be found here: https://edmn.me/guide #edmnvotes
September 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Early voting starts TODAY!
Don't forget to cast your ballot on or before 11/4 for educator-endorsed school board candidates, which can be found here: https://edmn.me/guide #edmnvotes
Don't forget to cast your ballot on or before 11/4 for educator-endorsed school board candidates, which can be found here: https://edmn.me/guide #edmnvotes
Ridiculous.
Republicans say more student mental health support is key to reducing school shootings, yet refuse to fund programs doing just that. Make it make sense. #mnleg #edmnvotes
Republicans say more student mental health support is key to reducing school shootings, yet refuse to fund programs doing just that. Make it make sense. #mnleg #edmnvotes
Feds reject Rochester Public Schools’ appeal for mental health grant, citing DEI
Rochester’s superintendent had pleaded with the government to restore the grant, arguing the funding was critical to addressing the district’s mental health needs.
www.startribune.com
September 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Ridiculous.
Republicans say more student mental health support is key to reducing school shootings, yet refuse to fund programs doing just that. Make it make sense. #mnleg #edmnvotes
Republicans say more student mental health support is key to reducing school shootings, yet refuse to fund programs doing just that. Make it make sense. #mnleg #edmnvotes
JUST IN: Education Minnesota welcomes today's news that @governorwalz.mn.gov is running for a third term. Full statement: edmn.me/3VSafst #mnleg #edmnvotes
September 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
JUST IN: Education Minnesota welcomes today's news that @governorwalz.mn.gov is running for a third term. Full statement: edmn.me/3VSafst #mnleg #edmnvotes
Facing economic headwinds and uncertain federal funding, more Minnesota school districts are asking voters for funding this fall https://edmn.me/4gmuzLZ #mnleg #edmnvotes
September 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Facing economic headwinds and uncertain federal funding, more Minnesota school districts are asking voters for funding this fall https://edmn.me/4gmuzLZ #mnleg #edmnvotes
So, which is it?
Do Republicans want more funding for school-based mental health programs or not? Because you can't say one thing and do another here, guys. 🤦 #mnleg #edmnvotes
Do Republicans want more funding for school-based mental health programs or not? Because you can't say one thing and do another here, guys. 🤦 #mnleg #edmnvotes
Multiple Minnesota programs are losing federal funding for school mental health grants
Programs run by the University of Minnesota and Rochester Public Schools will no longer be funded under the Trump administration.
www.kare11.com
September 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
So, which is it?
Do Republicans want more funding for school-based mental health programs or not? Because you can't say one thing and do another here, guys. 🤦 #mnleg #edmnvotes
Do Republicans want more funding for school-based mental health programs or not? Because you can't say one thing and do another here, guys. 🤦 #mnleg #edmnvotes
The average teacher spends about $895 of their own money each year to stock their classrooms -- a 49% increase from 2015, according to a recent national study. #mnleg #edmnvotes
Teachers face rising costs to keep classrooms stocked
Teachers are spending about $895 a year on their classrooms, according to a national study released by Minneapolis-based Adopt a Classroom.
kstp.com
August 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The average teacher spends about $895 of their own money each year to stock their classrooms -- a 49% increase from 2015, according to a recent national study. #mnleg #edmnvotes
Soaring health insurance costs are bankrupting educators and districts alike.
Creating a statewide health insurance pool for school employees will bring costs down and stabilize the market. Learn more: https://edmn.me/3E9ENjX #mnleg #edmnvotes
Creating a statewide health insurance pool for school employees will bring costs down and stabilize the market. Learn more: https://edmn.me/3E9ENjX #mnleg #edmnvotes
August 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Soaring health insurance costs are bankrupting educators and districts alike.
Creating a statewide health insurance pool for school employees will bring costs down and stabilize the market. Learn more: https://edmn.me/3E9ENjX #mnleg #edmnvotes
Creating a statewide health insurance pool for school employees will bring costs down and stabilize the market. Learn more: https://edmn.me/3E9ENjX #mnleg #edmnvotes
The route to the American dream goes through our public schools.
If we follow a blueprint for safe, welcoming, relevant and engaging schools, every student can reach their unique potential. Keep public money in public schools! #mnleg #edmnvotes
If we follow a blueprint for safe, welcoming, relevant and engaging schools, every student can reach their unique potential. Keep public money in public schools! #mnleg #edmnvotes
Strengthen, don’t abandon, public schools
Americans want safe, welcoming, relevant and engaging schools in every community.
www.aft.org
August 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The route to the American dream goes through our public schools.
If we follow a blueprint for safe, welcoming, relevant and engaging schools, every student can reach their unique potential. Keep public money in public schools! #mnleg #edmnvotes
If we follow a blueprint for safe, welcoming, relevant and engaging schools, every student can reach their unique potential. Keep public money in public schools! #mnleg #edmnvotes
Vouchers are ineffective, unaccountable and siphon funding away from the schools more than 90% of students attend. We don't need them in Minnesota -- or anywhere. #mnleg #edmnvotes
Opinion | Gov. Walz, don’t opt in to school choice vouchers
"The drive by the Trump administration to prioritize private education is a bigger signal of its lack of respect for public education," Caroline Siebels-Lindquist writes.
www.startribune.com
July 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Vouchers are ineffective, unaccountable and siphon funding away from the schools more than 90% of students attend. We don't need them in Minnesota -- or anywhere. #mnleg #edmnvotes
"Public schools are committed to serving everyone. Full stop. Losing targeted support for the students who need it most doesn’t make sense.”
Tell Congress to release the education funding Trump is withholding. #mnleg #edmnvotes
Tell Congress to release the education funding Trump is withholding. #mnleg #edmnvotes
Exercise the Power of the Purse | NEA
Stop the Department of Education from withholding $6.8 billion in education funding.
edmn.me
July 21, 2025 at 12:38 AM
"Public schools are committed to serving everyone. Full stop. Losing targeted support for the students who need it most doesn’t make sense.”
Tell Congress to release the education funding Trump is withholding. #mnleg #edmnvotes
Tell Congress to release the education funding Trump is withholding. #mnleg #edmnvotes
Inflation + federal funding cuts + end of COVID relief aid = possible local property tax increases in an unprecedented number of Minnesota school districts this fall. #mnleg #edmnvotes
Voters in many school districts will be asked for extra money to fund schools in November
According to Education Minnesota, an unprecedented number of districts are considering levy referendums, which means they will be asking tax payers for a property tax increase to help fund education.
kstp.com
July 19, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Inflation + federal funding cuts + end of COVID relief aid = possible local property tax increases in an unprecedented number of Minnesota school districts this fall. #mnleg #edmnvotes
JUST IN: Education Minnesota condemns the Trump administration's unlawful withholding of $6.8 billion in critical school funding edmn.me/4kgvCxq #mnleg #edmnvotes
July 1, 2025 at 9:07 PM
JUST IN: Education Minnesota condemns the Trump administration's unlawful withholding of $6.8 billion in critical school funding edmn.me/4kgvCxq #mnleg #edmnvotes
Rising housing costs and stagnant wages are pricing more educators out of living in the communities they work in. That's a problem, Anoka-Hennepin teacher John Wolhaupter explains to MPR News. #mnleg #edmnvotes
Report finds housing costs outpacing growth of teacher salaries
The report from the National Council on Teacher Quality looked at school districts nationwide. In Minnesota, the report focused in on Anoka-Hennepin Public School District and St. Paul Public Schools,...
www.mprnews.org
June 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Rising housing costs and stagnant wages are pricing more educators out of living in the communities they work in. That's a problem, Anoka-Hennepin teacher John Wolhaupter explains to MPR News. #mnleg #edmnvotes