Strikeblog! All the latest news on the Minneapolis teacher strike: rallies, negotiations, and another day without classes

Minnesota school workers push Legislature to solve ‘staffing crisis’ with $25-an-hour minimum wage.

‘We shouldn’t have to separate being Black from our profession’: A Minneapolis teacher weighs the cost of battling the white education hierarchy—and her own union.

Why don’t Minnesota schools ever seem to have enough money? We asked House education-committee chair Jim Davnie how we got here and how to fix it.

Minneapolis teachers and district reach tentative deal to end strike after three weeks. Agreement includes raises, class-size caps, mental-health spending—and a lot of unfinished business.

Minneapolis school board chair Kim Ellison expects a deal with educators Thursday night or Friday morning to end a 13-day strike.

Minneapolis Public Schools and educators resume mediation Thursday to resolve stalled contract talks. Educators say they’re hopeful they can settle their differences today.

As Minneapolis educators’ strike stretches on, even parents and kids who support striking teachers long to return to school.

What’s the biggest obstacle to ending the Minneapolis teachers strike? The district says it’s increased spending requests for mental-health services.

Strikeblog Week 3: Minneapolis educators say the district is getting close to an acceptable contract offer. The district says it’s made a final offer to support staff. The Minneapolis teachers strike continues. 

Food service workers reach tentative contract agreement with Minneapolis Public Schools, averting a strike planned for March 28

An open gym, Legos, a church drop-in center, and a sit-in at district headquarters: how North High students are staying busy during the Minneapolis educator strike

Strikeblog Week Two: Striking educators and Minneapolis Public Schools describe (limited, halting) progress in contract negotiations.

Minneapolis Public Schools outline strike’s effects on school calendar

Teachers in Minneapolis’ adult English literacy and GED program earn less than their K–12 counterparts. They say the low pay is causing an “exodus” of teachers and reducing available classes.

Kim Ellison, the Minneapolis school board chair, shares her approach to union negotiations

Minneapolis educators hit the picket line for the second day. “Stability on the Northside is a question of racial justice,” one striking teacher said.

Minneapolis Public Schools and educators union resumed talks for first time in two days—and broke them off 90 minutes later.

Striking Minneapolis educators rallied at the Capitol, called for education funding, and sang “Purple Rain.” Some non-unionized educators, and their students, joined them.

Minneapolis teacher salaries have fallen behind pay in other big Minnesota districts, nonpartisan researcher says.

Strikeblog Day Four: Negotiations continue, educators canvass, and district outlines school makeup day policy.

The Minneapolis educator strike stretched into its fourth day Friday. Educators rallied the first three days of the strike but canvassed neighborhoods Friday. The district outlined how the strike would impact the schools calendar as negotiations continued, with both sides more than $100,000,000 apart in their proposals.

Four thousand Minneapolis educators went on strike Tuesday morning after weeks of mediation failed to result in a contract agreement. It marks the first time in more than half a century that Minneapolis teachers have gone on strike.

Minneapolis educators are negotiating for wage gains—particularly for educational support professionals—additional counselors and social workers, and class-size limits.

Minneapolis Public Schools leaders have maintained the district simply does not have the money for what educators want.

In an interview with Sahan Journal, Kim Ellison, the Minneapolis school board chair, said she would meet the educators’ demands if she had the money to do so.

“But I have limited resources,” she said. “So how can I make sure we’re all taking care of everybody, but focusing the limited resources that we have on the students who need it the most?”

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Minneapolis Public Schools outline strike’s effects on school calendar

Teachers in Minneapolis’ adult English literacy and GED program earn less than their K–12 counterparts. They say the low pay is causing an “exodus” of teachers and reducing available classes.

Kim Ellison, the Minneapolis school board chair, shares her approach to union negotiations