Eleven finalists have been named for the 2024 Minnesota Teacher of the Year award, an annual honor bestowed by Education Minnesota, the statewide teachers union. The teachers were selected from a group of 27 semifinalists and will be interviewed by a selection panel a day before a May 5 award ceremony in St. Paul. The finalists are: Rachel Betterley, a secondary visual arts teacher at North .
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JoAnn Clark’s mission is to introduce Minnesota students of color to historically black colleges and universities. Once the students – more than 1,000 since 2004 – tour HBCUs, Clark’s work is practically done, she said. “It’s the window-and-mirror effect,” she said. “Once they can picture themselves on campus, once they can see themselves there, they’ll do whatever it takes to get there.” .