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The projected state budget surplus of $17.6 billion provides a once-in-lifetime opportunity for short-term investments in Minnesota students, but increased support over many budget cycles is necessary to meet the challenges facing public education, Education Minnesota President Denise Specht said Tuesday. https://educationminnesota.org/news/press-release/budget-forecast-provides-opportunity-to-do-more-for-minnesota-students/?fbclid=IwAR1eaijVyjTKe_t0L_4fCQXn4VodwRDTN31iQVf0weMPW3Af7Y1Ae86u_QY&j=7905690&sfmc_sub=703336761&l=49429_HTML&u=174145983&mid=1077892&jb=5007

Education Minnesota’s 2022 MEA conference will be held Thursday, Oct. 20.

This year, we will have both our traditional, in-person conference at the Saint Paul RiverCentre and a virtual conference option. Courses are also available year-round on Education Minnesota’s MEA Online for members to complete at their own pace.

https://educationminnesota.org/events/annual-events/mea-conference/

Education Minnesota members will soon have access to a free online training which they will need in order to have teacher candidates in their classroom. https://educationminnesota.org/news/minnesota-educator/free-online-class-provides-support-for-cooperating-teachers/

“I have no words to describe what it is like to be a teacher right now.”

That is what I tweeted at the end of a day earlier this month, sitting on the couch while COVID-19 cases surged everywhere. As a writer and a teacher, I had no words to describe what was happening. https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-stress-hypervigilance-and-decision-fatigue-teaching-during-omicron/2022/01

A Garlough teacher is included among the candidates for the annual Minnesota Teacher of the Year award. The teacher, Anne Bolsem, teaches kindergarten at Garlough Environmental Magnet School in West St. Paul. https://weststpaulreader.com/2022/02/02/teacher-of-the-year-candidate/

Pre-existing educator shortages, made worse by the pandemic, have turned each school system into a precarious house of cards.

https://www.nea.org/advocating-for-change/new-from-nea/omicron-exacerbating-school-staff-shortages