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With summer (finally) here , it’s an important time to reflect on MnEEP’s work in…

By Adrienne Benjamin (Amikogaabawiikwe) I recently was selected as one of 50 “Young Cultural Innovators”…

Education leaders, community members, and students comprise the Race Equity and Excellence in Education Network (REEEN) to inform important equity planning in Greater Minnesota. We have learned a lot from these partnerships and from our role in building the capacity of leaders and communities to use an equity lens in their equity planning, leading, and systems change work. 

Here are some important lessons we have learned, and how we can continue to use them to build race equity in education:

“The more people participate in the process of their own education, and the more people…

Across the state, both K-12 schools and higher education institutions are increasingly committing to clear equity goals and policies to address educational disparities and systemic inequality. While these are important improvements, they question is often: How  are they  measuring progress of these new policies and practices to advance race equity?

The school year is done. Children have moved into a new grade, learned new skills,…

Very recently, I had the opportunity to present with my colleague Aara Johnson at the…

Since the recent March for Our Lives event in Washington D.C., where more than 800,000…