K-12 Education
Helping teachers teach and learners learn more deeply and inclusively.
Why K-12 Education
Through partnerships with students, educators, and communities, the Minnesota Humanities Center is working to ensure an empowering educational experience for all learners — and that educators are equipped to develop classrooms where every student can thrive.
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Creating a Just Society Through K-12 Education Programming
Schools are where students begin to explore who they are, examine the world around them, and develop the critical thinking and civic understanding needed for meaningful participation in community life. A well–educated population is vital to the health, safety, economic prosperity, and longevity of our society.
Our programs work at both the system and classroom levels, reimagining what inclusive, culturally grounded education can look like — from district leadership to everyday instruction.
Our Priorities
Improve Humanities Education
Collaborate with educators, scholars, and community leaders to co-create professional development, materials, and curriculum. Host events to share and exchange educational best practices. Partner with youth-centered organizations to ensure student voice drives educational change.
Create Responsive Programs
Develop culturally responsive teaching and learning practices that reflect Minnesota’s racially and ethnically diverse histories and communities. Focus areas include Social and Ethnic Studies, Indigenous Education, and Civics — ensuring all students feel seen, valued, and engaged.
Elevate and Advance K-12 Education
Convene Superintendents, district leaders, and school board members to address urgent challenges in education. Pursue national funding, including from the NEH, to expand access to high-quality, humanities-based learning statewide.
Our K-12 Education Program Offerings
Our priorities shape the programs we build with districts, schools, and communities across Minnesota. From multi-session institutes to customized support, we design inclusive, culturally rich learning experiences that meet the unique needs of educators, classrooms, and learners. Explore our upcoming programs or contact us to co-create one that aligns with your goals.
Get Involved
You have the power to create a more curious, connected and compassionate Minnesota. And we’re here to support and partner with you along the way. Attend one of our upcoming offerings or contact us to explore what’s possible for you, your organization, your community.
“Most significantly the experience has imprinted on me the necessity to hold myself, my content and our education system to a standard that honors humanity and tells the truths that are necessary.”
Minnesota educator following Modern Civil Rights Movement field study in Alabama
Partners in K-12 Programming
- Brooklyn Center Community Schools
- Cloquet Public Schools
- Coalition to Increase Teachers of Color
- Dakota Area Superintendents
- Education for Liberation Minnesota
- Education Minnesota
- Elevate Teaching
- Greenway Public School District
- Hawley Public Schools
- Inver Grove Heights Schools
- ISD 917
- Minneapolis Public Schools
- Minnesota Department of Education
- Minnesota Indian Education Association
- Minnesota Youth Council
- Restoring our Roots Collective
- Rochester Public Schools
- Roseville Area Schools
- Sourcewell
- South St. Paul Public Schools
- TRUE Tuesdays
- Understand Native Minnesota
- Wayzata Public Schools
