JUST IN: Richfield teacher Monica Byron elected as new Education Minnesota president edmn.me/42t9pXs #edmnrc #edmnproud

No educator should have to stand before their colleagues and apologize bc their cancer diagnosis or other health issue is going to raise district insurance rates.

No more. Not in this state, Vice President Marty Fridgen says. #mnleg #edmnrc

So happy to have @aft.org President Randi Weingarten and @neatoday.bsky.social President Becky Pringle at Day 2 of our 2025 Representative Convention. Stronger together, always! #edmnrc

The purpose of education is "to create in a person the ability to look at the world for themselves, to make their own decisions."

That is what every educator in this room has dedicated their career to. And it is exactly what is under attack, President Monica Byron tells our RC delegates. #edmnrc

And we’re convened! THANK YOU to the record crowd of nearly 800 educators from across Minnesota who are gathered in Bloomington for the weekend to do the business of our union at the 2025 Representative Convention 💪 #edmnrc

Lakeville educators came together to win big changes this last round of contract negotiations. The local union is the winner of our We Are One Solidarity Award. Congratulations!! #edmnrc #edmnproud

Minnesota, you showed us the way this winter, @aft.org President Randi Weingarten tells our RC delegates.

You embraced the stranger. You helped the neighbor. You stood peacefully against brutality and oppression. This is the way forward. #iceoutmn #edmnrc

Welcome to the Goodhue ESPs and all the other locals that joined Education Minnesota this past year! Our union only continues to grow and we are so proud!! #edmnrc #edmnproud

Kasey Wacker is our 2025 Human Rights Award winner! An English teacher and speech coach at Perham High School, she makes room for every student's voice in her classroom so everyone feels welcome and ready to learn. #edmnrc #edmnproud

Our union will respond anywhere, anytime when our members and our students are threatened.

The challenges facing educators never arrive one at a time. But the solution always begins the same way: Solidarity.
- President Monica Byron to delegates of our Representative Convention #edmnrc

Outgoing @governorwalz.mn.gov is presented w/a map of Minnesota signed by Representative Convention delegates as a thank you for his many years of championing our public schools and the educators who shape our state’s future. 👏👏👏 #edmnrc

For her decades of union service at the local, state and national level, @denisespecht.bsky.social is the 2025 recipient of Education Minnesota’s highest honor — the Peterson-Schaubach Award. Thank you, Denise!! #edmnrc

YES, @governorwalz.mn.gov!

“If you’re running for office in Minnesota, it shouldn’t be hard to say hell no you won’t support vouchers that take money from private schools.” Public $ should stay in public schools! #mnleg #edmnrc

Our union's highest honor -- the Peterson-Schaubach Leadership Award -- is awarded to the late Ternesha Burroughs -- a longtime union leader, political advocate and educator in Osseo who passed away unexpectedly last year. Ternesha, you are so missed. #edmnrc #edmnproud

Dr. Ronald Ferguson, a sociology instructor, is our 2026 Human Rights Award winner for his work fostering inclusivity as advisor of the Multicultural Club on the Ridgewater College campus in Willmar. Congratulations! #edmnrc #edmnproud

2025-26 ESP of the Year Monica Eggert wears many hats as a special education support professional in Rochester.

She focuses on building trust with her students, beginning every morning by greeting every single student by name. "Every child has a story to tell." #edmnrc

Becker educators came together last year to defeat an anti-union effort to weaken their bargaining power. The local is the winner of our We Are One Solidarity Award. Congratulations! #edmnrc #edmnproud