We believe teachers are a key ingredient to school success. To help all Minnesota students succeed, we should open, not close, our doors to great teachers. We’re advocating to improve state policy—and ensure that it’s then properly implemented—to make it easier for experienced teachers licensed in other states to bring their talents to Minnesota. Creating a clear pathway to licensure for out-of-state teachers would help:
- address teacher shortages across Minnesota;
- fill hard-to-staff positions;
- empower principals to hire the best candidate for each position; and
- increase teacher diversity by opening the door to teachers of color from historically black colleges and universities, tribal colleges, Hispanic-serving institutions and alternative certification programs.
MinnCAN’s take: A guide for out-of-state teachers seeking licensure in Minnesota
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Op-Eds, Editorials & Letters to the Editor
Duluth News Tribune op-ed: A teacher’s view: Why we have to fight the teacher-licensure labyrinth
Pioneer Press editorial: Tackling stubborn teacher-licensing problems
Star Tribune editorial: Minnesota Board of Teaching fails court test on licensing
Pioneer Press editorial: The board of disregard: Pioneer Press editorial
Star Tribune editorial: Open more pathways for teacher licensing in Minnesota
Pioneer Press letter to the editor: This needs to be done immediately, for the good of all Minnesota students
Pioneer Press editorial: Minnesota: Licensing teachers: Let’s get on with it
Star Tribune editorial: Streamline rules for teacher licensure in Minnesota
Pioneer Press editorial: Minnesota: Clear the way to license qualified teachers
Grand Forks Herald editorial: Remove roadblocks to licensing teachers in Minnesota
Star Tribune op-ed: Let’s ease licensure path for out-of-state teachers
Pioneer Press op-ed: Out of state teachers need a clear path to licensure in Minnesota
Duluth News Tribune letter to the editor: Minnesota should streamline teacher licensure system
Winona Daily News letter to the editor: Simplify process for out-of-state teachers
St. Cloud Times letter to the editor: Simplify re-licensing for teachers from other states
Star Tribune letter to the editor: It took hiring a lawyer to get this out-of-state teacher licensed
Star Tribune letter to the editor: State’s red tape is frustrating out-of-state teachers like me
Rochester Post-Bulletin letter to the editor: Out-of-state teachers need defined pathway to Minnesota licenses
News from the State Audit on Teacher Licensure
St. Cloud Times: Editorial: Fixing teacher license mess poses challenges
MinnPost: Major fixes to Minnesota’s ‘broken’ teacher licensure system not likely in 2016
Pioneer Press: Minnesota Senate panel tackles teacher licensing tangles
Star Tribune: Editorial: Move quickly to fix flaws in Minnesota’s teacher licensing system
MinnPost: Audit declares teacher licensure system ‘broken,’ and licensing entities agree. But what’s next?
Star Tribune: Minnesota legislative auditor calls state’s teacher licensing system ‘broken’
MPR: Auditor: Minnesota teacher licensing system ‘broken’
Pioneer Press: Legislative auditor: Teacher licensing ‘broken’
Education Week: Minnesota teacher licensing ‘confusing,’ ‘complex,’ and ‘broken,’ audit finds
Rochester Post-Bulletin: State audit finds problems with teacher licensure
News from the Capitol
Pioneer Press: Minnesota has a shortage of teachers – and of staff licensing them
Pioneer Press: Reports conflict on Minnesota teacher licensing reform
Star Tribune: At Minn. House hearing, Board of Teaching is accused of delaying implementation of new licensing law
Watchdog: Poor marks for MN teacher board lead to state investigation
Education Week: Minnesota law seeks clarity on licensing for out-of-state teachers
MinnPost: Amid controversy, Legislative Auditor’s office to audit Board of Teaching
Watchdog: Legislators pressure Minnesota board to license out-of-state teachers
MinnPost: Why the Legislature is trying to fix a teacher-licensing problem it fixed four years ago
Hometown Source: Legislators should approve these four good ideas
Grand Rapids Herald-Review: Teaching standards bills offered
MPR: Teaching board fights against alternative license path
Education Week: Judge orders Minn. Teacher Board to restore ‘portfolio’ licensing route
Pioneer Press: Minnesota must process teacher licenses in portfolio form
Fox 9: 20 teachers sue Minn. Board of Teaching for terminating license method
Star Tribune: Out-of-state teachers frustrated with Minnesota licensing
Pioneer Press: Minnesota licensing hurdles frustrate out-of-state teachers
News from the Courtroom
Pioneer Press: Appeals panel denies state’s request to dismiss teacher licensing lawsuit
The 74: Minnesota’s Board of Teachers Stonewalls Teacher Licensing Changes to the Point of Contempt
Education Week: Minnesota Board of Teaching Held in Contempt of Court
Pioneer Press: Judge: Minnesota board ‘in contempt’ for failing to process teacher licenses
Fox9 News: Judge holds Minnesota Board of Teaching in contempt of court
MPR: Out-of-state educators sue teaching board over licensing process
MinnPost: Dropping portfolio approach to licensing teachers violated state law, suit argues
Education Week: Minn. Lawsuit Raises Questions About Teacher-Licensure Portability
Watchdog: Minnesota charter schools seek license to close achievement gap
MinnPost: Lawyer raises pressure on Board of Teaching to comply with state law
Fox 9: Lawsuit claims Minnesota treats out-of-state teachers unfairly
Watchdog: Teachers sue state board over license delays, denials