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Why Ethnic Studies should be central in Minnesota school curricula

November 15, 2021

The critical moment we are in has cast new light on racism in this country, and the impact it has on People of Color and Indigenous (POCI) people in Minnesota. This daily reality has opened the doors for us to review our institutions and their practices.

Latest Census data for Minnesota shows urgent need for building racial equity in education

September 10, 2021

Centering racial equity frameworks, policies, practices, and narratives will not only enhance what these shifts mean to public school education, but will bring the quality and equity for communities to thrive and prosper.

MnEEP welcomes Dr. Rev Hillstrom to the team

September 10, 2021

MnEEP is proud to announce Dr. Rev Hillstrom will join our dedicated team of race equity leaders as the Director of Research.

Recommiting to Racial Equity - Critical Race Theory allows us not only to understand today's inequities and act to end the legal system's underpinnings of those, but also to inform what measures we can create to help undo the harm caused.

Anti-CRT and Minnesota schools: Why educators and school leaders must recommit to racial equity this school year

August 21, 2021

As the school year begins among anti-Critical Race Theory rhetoric and attacks on race equity…

MnEEP statement on the final verdict in the Chauvin trial for the murder of George Floyd

April 22, 2021

On April 20, 2021, a Minnesota jury found the former Minneapolis Police Department officer, Derek…

Race equity is a path from hope to justice, where people of color and indigenous people use their personal agency to build systems of healing and liberation that uplift and value the human dignity of all people. Race equity in education means the humanity of POCI students is honored and celebrated in all education spaces, and the racial predictability and disproportionality of student achievement is eliminated. To that end, race equity in education is not merely a value or the absence of racial inequities or disparities. It means that all education systems and structures are just and inclusive, and every student uses their power to shape the world and wo they want to be in it.

Words matter: Transforming systems and public narratives

March 16, 2021

Words, and our understanding of them, have power. They have power to shift mindsets and inspire action. And they have the power to transform systems and drive meaningful change for racial justice.

Racing to justice, bolstering a Minnesota multi-racial movement for racial equity in education

Racing to justice: What MnEEP is doing now

February 11, 2021

Over the last year, the MnEEP staff and Board reflected on our work and set clear goals and intentions for our new 2021 – 2025 strategic plan for bolstering a Minnesota multi-racial movement for racial equity in education.

Minnesota Education Equity Partnership, CREAAC Call to Action, Support the Higher Education Race Equity Compact

An urgent call to lawmakers to support a higher-ed race equity policy agenda now

January 14, 2021

Now is the time for the state to create and implement a new, racially equitable higher-education model that reinvests financial resources in POCI students and addresses their unique needs for support.

Minnesota Education Equity Partnership, Call to Action, Support Equity for English Learners (EL)

ACCESS testing should be postponed or waived for the 2020-21 school year

January 13, 2021

MnEEP acknowledges that MDE has extended the ACCESS testing window, beginning January 21st through April 16th, but we maintain that ACCESS testing should be postponed or waived at the federal and state levels if we are to uphold standards of safety and race equity.

Video: Racing to Justice

December 11, 2020

Thanks to all who joined our annual event today to honor education’s racial equity leaders…