Beginning in fall 2026, Minnesota public schools will be responsible for determining how Ethnic Studies is implemented in K-12 classrooms. Public high schools will have to offer an optional Ethnic…
Liability insurance is often touted as a major union perk, yet it makes up only a sliver of teacher union spending. Recent financial reports show that Education Minnesota — the…
Across the state, more educators are choosing to step away from union membership, according to Education Minnesota’s recent federal LM-2 report filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. The union’s…
A national organization focused on training and electing Minnesota school board candidates is against neutrality in the classroom. Founder and Executive Director Kyrstin Schuette of the School Board Integrity Project stated…
Today is the last day Education Minnesota union members can request a refund of the political action committee (PAC) contribution that gets automatically charged to them each year. PAC money…
The state teachers’ union has increased the Political Action Committee (PAC) contribution it automatically charges member teachers and education support professionals (ESPs). PAC money is spent on supporting political parties,…
When it comes to politics, the teachers’ union rarely misses a roll call. An organization intended to support teachers and their professional needs has morphed into a loud, persistent political…
Minnesota schools adopt a radical ‘liberated’ Ethnic Studies learning regime Minnesota’s controversial new K-12 Social Studies standards will hit our state’s classrooms in Fall 2026. Here’s what students at your…
Minnesota’s controversial new K-12 social studies standards will hit our state’s classrooms in fall 2026. Here’s what students at your local school will be learning if your district adopts tax-funded…
Today marks the final day for Minnesota educators to reevaluate their relationship with the union and take control of their paychecks and professional voices. With the 30-day opt-out window closing…
There is cause for celebration! A federal tax credit for contributions to Scholarship Granting Organizations (SGOs) was included in the federal budget bill that was signed into law on July 4,…
Since 2019, Minnesota has had a former educator in the governor’s office — an “Educator-in-Chief,” as nicknamed by Tim Walz himself and his teachers’ union Education Minnesota. “Thank you to…
It’s back to school time again and it’s also time for Minnesota teachers to decide about union membership. From now until Sept. 30, Minnesota teachers can opt-out of the union if they…
The national nonprofit group Defending Education recently released a report highlighting the funds spent since 2022 by the nation’s two largest teachers’ unions, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and…
As an employer, Education Minnesota has roughly 155 full-time employees with three primary officers — a president, vice president, and secretary-treasurer, according to its most recent federal filings with the…
Perhaps it is convenient for the teachers’ union to use a word with a negative connotation to label all choice policies, but school choice programs don’t function the same way,…
The Education Minnesota teachers union and oil-heiress Alida Messinger continued to dominate the DFL money game last year. You will recall my Minnesota For Sale series of years past, tracing…
When asked to estimate how much their state spends per public school student, parents and other adults guessed $5,000 and $6,000, respectively, both significantly under the average across all states…
Did you know that the 2023 DFL-controlled legislature decided that Minnesota school boards can bypass their residents and renew local school levies (taxes)? During the legislature’s 2025 special session, a…
Back-to-school season will soon once again be underway, and so will the annual opportunity for educators to decide if union membership is right for them. From Sept. 1 until Sept.…
Why do Minnesota public school districts with declining enrollment see an increase in per-pupil revenue? Because under public school finance systems, “districts that lose students do not lose a proportional…
Former Education Minnesota President Denise Specht indirectly threw shade at American Experiment recently, writing in her last column for the union’s magazine Minnesota Educator that the union will continue “battling”…
American Federation of Teachers union President Randi Weingarten is leaving her position with the Democratic National Committee (DNC) due to disagreements with leadership, according to a letter obtained by POLITICO.…
A recent CBS News article interviewed new Education Minnesota president Monica Byron on the state of education as she takes the helm of the teachers’ union, with reporter Esme Murphy…