Minnesota Education Equity Partnership

02/04/2025

Join us on FEBRUARY 27th at Minneapolis College for a FREE MNEEP Higher Education Convening to support higher ed leaders, staff, faculty, and advocates in advancing racial equity in higher education.

Register now! Breakfast and lunch provided.

Uniting for Race Equity: Turning Challenges Into Action

A FREE MnEEP College Race Equity Advocacy Advisory Council Convening Co-Hosted by Minneapolis College Breakfast & Lunch Provided When: February 27, 2024 | 8:30 AM – 2:30 PM Where: Minneapolis College…

01/13/2025

MN schools prepare for the threats of deportation & family separation: “There’s a real sense of anxiety, of uncertainty,” said Carlos Mariani Rosa, executive director of the Minnesota Education Equity Partnership, which hosted the seminar.

As a new Trump administration nears power, some communities are bracing for potential mass deportations and the impact they may have on schools. It’s especially concerning in small-town districts like St. James and Butterfield where most of the kids are Latino.

10/25/2024

We are so honored to be a 2024 Bush Prize recipient! This award recognizes the collective achievements we have made to advance race equity in education in Minnesota, and it underscores the transformative power of bold, community-led solutions in building a racially just, inclusive, and equitable education system.

This award belongs to all of us—community members, parents, students, educators, district and higher-ed leaders, faculty, and staff— working to create education spaces where POCI students use their power to contribute to the learning experience, shape the world around them, and define their aspirations and identity within it.

With this award, we have an even bigger opportunity to expand our collective impact, deepen partnerships and collaborations, and mobilize even more race equity leaders through our Race Equity Training Center.

We hope you will join us in this critical movement to build a racially just Minnesota where everyone has the opportunity to thrive!

Thank you to the Bush The Bush Foundation and Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation for their support and recognition!

10/14/2024

We’re grateful for the support of the Minneapolis Foundation and to be among such esteemed race equity leaders and champions!

This support makes possible more opportunities to deepen our race equity training work across the state and improve outcomes for students of color and Indigenous students!

The Foundation's 2024 education totaling more than $1.1 million grants include focused investments in school leadership and literacy.

07/17/2024

Grateful to the folks at MENTOR Minnesota for inviting MnEEP Executive Director Carlos Mariani Rosa and MnEEP Policy Fellow Leiataua Dr. Jon Peterson to share knowledge about policy advocacy for race equity during Professional Development Day! Honored to share space with you all!

03/27/2024

Minnesota has an urgent need to redress its education debt to English Learners (EL). One way: EL micro-credentialing for educators.

How Minnesota can address its education debt to English Learners Call to Action, Emerging Multilingual Learners March 26, 2024 EL micro-credentialing for educators is a critical pathway for increasing support for English Learners Today, Minnesota’s foreign-born population makes up 12 percent of th...

03/01/2024

Grateful to Bethel University for hosting Race Equity Now, our higher-ed convening for advancing racial equity in education. Powerful, transformative stories were shared, alongside calls to action and promising practices for creating colleges and universities that reflect and honor the unique needs and aspirations of Minnesota's students of color and Indigenous students.

03/01/2024

“Historic investments” in teachers means historic investments in racial equity.

A truly “historic investment” would acknowledge our changing societal conditions and provide teachers with vigorous professional learning opportunities that support their success in culturally validating and meeting each child’s needs while eliminating the persistent underservicing of our POCI students.

“Historic investments” in teachers means historic investments in racial equity K12 Education March 1, 2024 By Nan Yurecko; MnEEP Race Equity Training Center Coordinator I love teachers —no, I mean I really love teachers, literally and figuratively. I am grateful for all the teachers who impact...

11/14/2023

We're thrilled and grateful to be part of an esteemed group of organizations leading transformative, lasting change throughout MN, thanks to the The Bush Foundation Ecosystem Program! This is how we work, together, to build a more racially just Minnesota!

We support these organizations through our Ecosystem program. They are recognized in their communities as go-to resources, infrastructure or intermediary organizations, or simply, just can’t do without organizations. We call them Ecosystem organizations because they create the environment needed f...

09/05/2023

It's the first day of school for many in MN. Here's what we must do to support educators and students of color and Indigenous students.

Back to School: Supporting our K12 educators in advancing racial equity Executive Director Message, K12 Education August 31, 2023 How we can lift up and support our K12 teachers this year—and our students of color and Indigenous students This school year, educators are facing new and daunting chal...

07/20/2023

Using a race equity lens is critical for not only analyzing the test scores but also for informing and shaping what we do next to ensure each student’s success.

What we really need to be asking about recent student test scores Executive Director Message July 20, 2023 Last month, the National Assessment of Education Progress released data from the reading and math test scores of 13-year-olds during the 2022-2023 school year. The results were similar to the p...

07/13/2023

NEW REPORT! What does it look like when we build an education system that honors and uplifts the lived experiences of students who are People of Color and Indigenous (POCI)?

MnEEP's 2023 State of Students of Color and American Indian Students Executive Summary demonstrates why Culturally Validating Pedagogy and Leadership (CVP/L) is critical for improving outcomes for POCI students and advancing racial equity and educational excellence in Minnesota.

This report is a critical resource for educators, K-12 leaders, and higher-ed leaders, staff, and faculty to understand, design, and support CVP/L in all education spaces—and to advance racial equity and excellence for POCI students with the intentionality and urgency POCI students deserve.

2023 State of Students of Color & American Indian Students Report NewDownload the PDF This Executive Summary of the 2023 State of Students of Color and American Indian Students Report details five case studies using the CLEAR Solutions Framework to demonstrate the effectiveness of centering Cultural...