Education Minnesota

A St. Paul science teacher has been named Minnesota's Teacher of the Year for 2013. Megan Olivia Hall teaches grades 7-12 at the Open World Learning Community in St. Paul. She was presented with the award Sunday.

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The head of the Minnesota teachers union is calling for a swift settlement of teacher contracts across the state.

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Nearly half of Minnesota schools didn't make the grade under the federal No Child Left Behind law in 2011. The Minnesota Department of Education on Friday released its lists of schools that failed to make what the law calls "Adequate Yearly Progress" toward having all students proficient in reading and math by 2014.

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An educator from Winona has been named the 2011 Teacher of the Year. She's Katy Smith, an Early Childhood Family Education teacher at Goodview School in the Winona district.

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The next Minnesota Teacher of the year, will be announced on Sunday. Cold Spring Elementary kindergarten teacher Joyce Baumann is one of the 10 finalists for this year's award.

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A teacher from Cold Spring Elementary is a finalist for this year's Minnesota Teacher of the Year. Joyce Baumann is one of 10 finalists for the award presented by Education Minnesota.

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The state teachers union, Education Minnesota, is launching a new media campaign to support the state's children and their schools. It's called "I Raise My Hand" and will appear on television, online, direct marketing and in print advertising.

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A kindergarten teacher from Rocori is a semi-finalist for Minnesota's Teacher of the Year award. Joyce Baumann is one of 30 semi-finalists for the 47th annual award presented by Education Minnesota.

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Minnesota's influential state teachers union says it wants to shrink the state's achievement gap by shrinking class sizes and focusing on early childhood education for future students. The union is also calling for annual performance reviews for teachers. And they're endorsing it's version of alternative pathways to teaching.

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The influential state teachers union will release its recommendations for several education reforms, including for shrinking the achievement gap between affluent white students and less fortunate minority students.

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