Our dedication deserves compensation!! Hundreds of Chaska Education Association members rally ahead of tonight’s school board meeting to shine a spotlight on the phenomenal work educators are doing for their students. They deserve a fair contract!
📷 Cecilia Laland
I am proud that Chanhassen High School will be sending two speech children on to nationals. Trevyn Panhoff qualified in drama (coached by Jim Fedje). Lauren Manna is the Central Minnesota Informative Speaking Champion (coached by @ms_sinjem).
A new survey by the state teachers union found 29% of Minnesota's educators are thinking about quitting or retiring, 79% are stressed and 73% report feeling overwhelmed.
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Sitting in a meeting about how we can possibly start school with kids in buildings and the golden line from a brilliant colleague is “I’m a combat veteran and going to combat sounds easier than this.” Oof.
Perhaps the greatest anti-slavery speech ever uttered is “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July,” by Frederick Douglass, in 1852. I wanted to make the speech more accessible. Here’s a thread with an abridged version of the speech we should reread every #FourthofJuly. 1/
It’s decision day!! And the birthday parade of @tommy_klinger !! I swear I’m wearing U of M apparel, but social distance selfies are hard. @chanprincipal @thebullockbrand
I cannot express how thankful, excited, and honored I am to receive a 2020 McKnight Fellowship in Writing. Congratulations to all of the other fellows and honorable mentions. Thank you to @loftliterary and @McKnightFdn for making all of this possible.
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the daily triage that we end up offering to students just isn’t enough. It can’t be enough. So thank you to SPPS union members for stepping up when they need you most and for demanding what is best for our students and our future. @EducationMN#WeAreSPFE#WeAreSPPS
Thinking of union members in St. Paul schools today striking to demand what is best for students. It’s hard to know how spectacularly the system and society at large is failing the young people that are our future without interacting with them at school every day. But we are
The average caseload is 482 (and sometimes much worse) when the recommended caseload from the ASCA is 250.
So where do these kids go? Teachers. They go where they feel safe, but teachers don’t have counseling degrees! We are out of our depth here and (5)