Education Minnesota

The field of candidates for the 2023 Minnesota Teacher of the Year has been whittled down to 33 semifinalists.

The biennial Teacher Supply and Demand Report includes an overview of the supply of qualified teachers in Minnesota and specific data about their job satisfaction.

Thousands of teachers in a number of states have been protesting at their state capitols, demanding higher pay and better benefits. Is it a movement that we could eventually see here in Minnesota?

Four area teachers are in the running to be the next "Minnesota Teacher Of The Year". Education Minnesota today (Friday) announced the list of 128 candidates from the state's public and private schools.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.