The change was necessary to maintain federal special education funding. But one education advocate said it went too far, and will lead teachers to jump to other specialties.
From the column: "Even after moving to Duluth, a city with more diversity than my hometown, I still have not been taught by a minority racial and ethnic educator."
An appeals court says a Minnesota board was justified when it rejected a substitute teaching license a former police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in 2016. The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday affirmed a licensing board that concluded Jeronimo Yanez didn’t meet the moral standards required to teach in public schools. Yanez, a former St. Anthony police officer, shot Philando Castile during a traffic stop after Castile volunteered that he had a gun. Castile had a permit for the firearm. Yanez was acquitted of manslaughter but left law enforcement and became a part-time teacher at a parochial school.
The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday affirmed the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board's revocation of Jeronimo Yanez's substitute teaching license.