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We're working to integrate our schools
All around the country, caregivers and their children are entering school choice season. Here in Minneapolis, the deadline to request a school is Feb. 7. Whether it be a preschool, elementary, middle … more
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To honor International Day of Peace, students from Lake Nokomis Community Schools Wenonah & Keewaydin marched in a Peace Parade on Sept. 21, 2022. Students and staff from both schools left their campuses around 1:15 p.m. and then marched to Bossen Field. Once there, students formed the word “PEACE” before breaking off into small groups to do a peace project together. The goal of this event was to promote peace within the community, elevate student voice and strengthen the connection between the Wenonah and Keewaydin campuses.
Peace parade at Lake Nokomis Community School
"Wallin saw every scholar as a whole person, and now that I am on the alumni board, I hear that over and over again. It makes such a big difference," said Minette Saulog.
Wallin helps students rise
“A Minnesota story” is the description president and CEO Susan Basil King uses when she tells about the beginnings of Wallin Education Partners, an organization that makes college … more
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MFT59 Dance Party at Davis Center [Photo gallery]
Educators and supporters gathered at the Davis Center on Thursday, March 24 for a dance party. It was day two of the student occupation. Early the next day, MFT59 and the school district announced … more
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MFT59 @ The Davis Center [Photo gallery]
In the last 18 months, over 640 teachers and support professionals have left the Minneapolis Public School district, according to MFT59. In that same time frame, 120 teachers of color have left … more
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Are you considering pulling your children from Minneapolis Public Schools as the strike drags on?
Educators rally in downtown Minneapolis on March 16, 2022. They have also been at the Governor's Mansion and the Davis Center.
Minneapolis educators strike for ‘safe, stable schools’
By TESHA M. CHRISTENSEN “Our community deserves safe, fully-funded, stable schools,” said Roosevelt High School bilingual science teacher Ana Vasquez, an Indigenous woman.She found it … more
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MFT59 @ Governor's Mansion [Photo gallery]
The Minneapolis Federation of Teachers and ESPs Local 59 "hold the line" front of the Governor's Mansion on the 9th day of the strike. View photos and videos. more
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Players saw resurgence coming
As a Minneapolis Storm youth hockey player, Zander Zoia realized he and his teammates had a chance to compete with the state’s best someday. Zoia said his last youth team gained a lot from … more
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Crystal Spring (theater teacher at Washburn and South High), at left, and Melissa Favero (fourth grade teacher at Barton School) picket at Nicollet and 46th St. on March 11. (Photo by Tesha M. Christensen)
ON STRIKE IN MINNEAPOLIS
Minneapolis Public Schools has taken the position that the Minnesota Federation of Teachers and Educational Support Specialists Local 59 is asking for more than the district can afford.The staff on … more
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Teachers protest in downtown Minneapolis [Photo gallery]
MFT59 @ Lyndale and 44th [Photo gallery]
The strike slogan, "One day longer, one day stronger" turned to "One day colder, one day bolder" on Friday, March 11 as the windchill fell below 0º. more
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MFT59 rally at capitol
What about the kids of color? Exactly VIDEO
Roosevelt High School teacher Marcia Howard leads fellow Minneapolis Public School educators who are on strike in a chant during a rally at the Minnesota State Capitol … more
March to Davis Center
Educators and supporters walked from the Minneapolis Public Schools nutrition center to the Davis Center (1250 West Broadway Ave.) on the first day of the strike, March 8, 2022, bringing attention to … more
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'No one can live with these poverty wages'
Minneapolis Public Schools Science teacher Ana Vasquez, an Indigenous woman, found it meaningful to rally on International Women’s Day, Tuesday, March 8, outside Roosevelt High School. She … more
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Teachers, community rally at Roosevelt
"Our ESPs and our teachers have been working through historically trying times over the last few years and deserve to get paid fair wages; wages that keep up with inflation and cost of living. Our … more
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MFT 59 President says she's being threatened VIDEO
https://youtu.be/E11-kXwVW7g “I have had no fewer than 50 phone calls or text messages within the last few hours from friends and people around this country saying ‘Greta, you and your … more
What is MFT 59 asking for?
Learn more here from the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers and Educational Support Professionals, Local 59:https://www.mft59.org/ Hear from Minneapolis School District … more
Teens from area schools were among those who walked out of classes on Feb. 8, gathered at Central High School in St. Paul and marched to the Governor's Mansion. (Photo by Tesha M. Christensen)
'Protect young Black lives'
Teens from area schools were among those who walked out of classes on Feb. 8, 2022, gathered at Central High School in St. Paul and marched to the Governor's Mansion. more
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