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News, insight, commentary, and calls to action from MnEEP staff and community
2018 Election
2018 Election: Let’s work to elevate the teaching profession
As we look toward the election, and the impact it will have on the future of all Minnesotans, it’s important to ask these questions:
What do we teach young people of color about aspirations? About making a difference? About giving back? About the value of work? About their strengths and talents?
Most importantly, WHO IS GOING TO TEACH them or the generations to come? How do we attract more change makers and nation builders to the teaching profession?
2018 Election
2018 Election: Do you know how EMLs are protected in law? How you can educate candidates and yourself
Minnesota and the federal government have written in statute various protections for students, including for those whose first language is not English. As we look toward the election, it’s important to understand how these laws and policies should guide all candidates and elected officials—and hold them accountable— in supporting equity for EMLs in Minnesota schools.
2018 Election
2018 Election: Addressing college completion and race equity
How do we maintain our state’s prosperity if our economic vitality depends on obtaining advanced knowledge and skills by communities which, although they will make up the bulk of our economic workforce, struggle with attaining postsecondary credentials? This is an important question for our state, and the answer may well be that we won’t be able to maintain and grow Minnesota’s quality of life unless we find a way to end racial disparities.
2018 Election
2018 Election: Who will lead with an education equity lens?
As we continue our MnEEP series on Midterm Elections 2018, here are some important ways to think about what it means to lead with an equity lens and key questions you can ask candidates to consider about building race equity.
In the News
Pioneer Press: Schools agree to address discipline bias; students of color more likely to be suspended, expelled
By Christopher Magan| Pioneer Press| April 27, 2018 Ten Minnesota school districts and charter schools…
In the News
MinnPost: Test results show Minnesota’s multilingual students need new approaches in the classroom
By Aara Johnson and Bonnie O’Keefe | 05/04/2018 More multilingual students than ever before live and…
2018 election: Addressing school discipline disparities
As Minnesotans consider candidates for state office this fall, it’s important that all candidates understand how deep discipline disparities impact students of color and American Indian students, and that they are prepared as elected officials to make changes that support these students for success in our classrooms, and in the future.