Education Minnesota

Walz demands DHS stop detaining Minnesota children In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Walz demanded details about how many Minnesota kids are in detention facilities.

They’re taking children from Minnesota and locking them up like criminals in detention camps in Texas.

For the love of God, send our kids home and bring an end to this nightmare.

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Parents are afraid to send their kids to school, classrooms sit half-empty, children are being taken to detention facilities. We’ve crossed a line.

I stood with education leaders to discuss the growing harm federal actions are causing to children, families, and our schools.

TOMORROW: Education groups will provide an important update about ICE activity at schools in a 3 p.m. news conference at the state Capitol edmn.me/4klDvDG #iceoutschools #iceoutmn

This week is National Black Lives Matter at School Week and we're amplifying the NEA's call for all ages to reflect, speak up and take meaningful steps toward justice. Learn more: https://edmn.me/4tgSQcr #BLMatSchool

Liam Ramos is home but four other Columbia Heights students remain at Texas detention center amid possible measles outbreak https://edmn.me/45MdQhj #iceoutschools #iceoutmn

With the surge of ICE agents here in Minnesota, I want to ensure every Minnesotan knows their rights. My office launched a new webpage with a number of guides to help you know your rights and how to protect yourself.

Visit ag.state.mn.us/Immigration to learn more.

ICE Is Circling Minnesota Schools, Looking For Children to Take Liam Ramos, 5, isn’t the only child in detention. Teachers and parents describe kids being hunted by federal agents.

NEW: School hallways are silent. Grandparents patrol outside in shifts. Two more kids taken from Liam Ramos' school.

Trump isn't deescalating ICE at all at MN schools.

“I stopped wearing my high heels to work. I wear my boots to work because I have had to run." www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi...

Happy National School Counseling Week!

These professionals play a critical role in supporting EVERY student in Minnesota. And when our students are supported, there's no limit to their success. #NSCW26

Group wearing blue and holding signs that say messages in support of our community and against ICE and CBP.

A monarch on melting ice

On Fridays we wear blue to stand in solidarity with our Minnesota siblings and make ourselves visible to let our community know where we stand. @educationmn.bsky.social

YESSS @amyklobuchar.com!

Minnesota educators deserve a living wage, affordable health care and a fair, flexible pension that helps them retire with dignity after years of public service in the classroom. #mnleg #edmnvotes

“Let me be crystal clear: ICE agents don’t belong anywhere near our schools and they don’t belong in Minnesota.” - DFL gubernatorial candidate and Sen. @amyklobuchar.com

✊✊✊✊ #iceoutschools #edmnvotes

“Thank you, in these toughest of times, to all the educators here today. Thank you for all of your work. Education and teaching is everything to me,” DFL gubernatorial candidate and Sen. @amyklobuchar.com tells our Political Conference attendees.

Thank you for firing us up, Senator! #edmnvotes

Educators hear a lot about how valued we are. Yet our pay and respect often do not reflect that.  

One job should be enough -- enough for bills, enough for health insurance, enough for dignified retirement, enough to live comfortably, Osseo ESP President Michelle Dennard says. #mnleg #edmnvotes

Every working Minnesotan deserves paid time to care -- especially those we trust to care for our children. Now we have #PaidLeave4All. West St. Paul school counselor Margaret Citta urges Amy Klobuchar to protect and strengthen this critical benefit for educators and all workers. #edmnvotes

Health insurance costs are rising 10-20% in many school districts -- erasing any educator salary gains. This is unsustainable, Anoka-Hennepin Education Minnesota President John Wolhaupter says.

"Healthy schools require healthy educators — this crisis demands real leadership now." #edmnvotes

Job Nyangacha asked his fifth grade students what they wanted state leaders  to know about ICE being in MN. A common response: "I just don't get why this is happening."

"This is not sustainable. We need change now. We need ICE to be held accountable," he tells Sen. Amy Klobuchar. #edmnvotes

Opinion | ICE Took Their Classmate. They Started Writing Letters. Letters from students living in fear.

Liam Ramos’ classmates miss him, so they decided to write letters to the ICE agents who took him. “Dear ICE,” one student wrote, “You are scaring schools, people and the world.”

Minnesota could hire 700 more teachers with the $61 million UnitedHealth’s CEO makes each year. This level of income inequality is outrageous. It’s wrong.

St. Paul school social worker Linda Azure Big Day: "The future of Minnesota is built in our classrooms, not by greedy executives." #edmnvotes

Community college instructor Erica Wood urges U.S. Senate candidates @angiecraigmn.bsky.social and @peggyflanagan.bsky.social to increase funding for higher education and stresses the importance of both liberal arts and technical education for the future of Minnesota's workforce. #edmnvotes

It's past time for the federal government to fully fund its share of special education costs.

St. Cloud teacher Adeyoola Ajayi asks @angiecraigmn.bsky.social and @peggyflanagan.bsky.social how they plan to increase $$ for our students who need support the most. #edmnvotes

ICE is quietly reshaping daily life in greater MN, too.

In Willmar, more than 1,200 of 4,000 students were absent recently -- both white and BIPOC, teacher Tammy Knapper says. ICE detained a 19-year-old student for five days. Trauma takes the place of learning. Something must change. #edmnvotes

Our U.S. Senate candidate forum starts now! Thank you @angiecraigmn.bsky.social and @peggyflanagan.bsky.social for participating! #edmnvotes

They actually think they’re gonna wear us down? Public school educators? We’re going to beat this fascist regime through public education and through public sector unions.

Dang right, @governorwalz.mn.gov! #edmnvotes

A rousing standing ovation for our Teacher Governor at tonight’s Political Conference! Thank you, @governorwalz.mn.gov for your leadership these past eight years and your historic investments in public schools and in our educators. #edmnvotes

Thank you for defending the rights of Minnesotans over and over @ag.state.mn.us! The people’s AG! #edmnvotes

LET’S GO! Our 2026 campaign starts NOW!! #edmnvotes

Every day, Minnesota educators are keeping our students safe and sane. We're creating food shelves in schools, washing students' clothes, even guarding doors and patrolling bus stops.

We’re proving what @governorwalz.mn.gov said: “Never underestimate a public school educator!” #edmnvotes

Yesterday, our President Monica Byron was in the streets, whistle in hand, alerting a Richfield elementary school of the dozen ICE agents circling around it. Tonight, she welcomes nearly 500 weary but determined members to our Political Conference.

"Educators, ICE must leave our state." #edmnvotes

In Minneapolis, MN, from “art build” tables to frozen streets, @mfelocal59.bsky.social @educationmn.bsky.social
 educators, students & families turned fear into action, standing together to protect kids & keep schools safe and welcoming for every student.
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#PublicSchoolProud

The targeting of 22 community members will not deter us from continuing to show up for one another and protect our fellow Minnesotans.

We look out for each other here. And we're not going to stop. #iceoutmn #iceoutschools