Raise Your Hand for Education

Today is National Teacher Day. It’s a day to honor the great work our teachers do for students every day in classrooms across our state and country. That’s why Education Minnesota has designated May 3 as “Raise Your Hand for Education Day.”

The goal is to have Minnesotans like you raise your hand. Your pledge can be as simple as “I raise my hand to ensure teachers have the support they need to help students succeed.”

HOW TO:

1) Go online and make a pledge.

• To submit a pledge, log on to www.IRaiseMyHand.com and roll your mouse over the “I Raise My Hand” icon in the center of the page.

• Click “Add your own pledge” and fill out the required fields, including first name, last name, email, zip code and what you’re pledging.

• Then click on the box that says “I agree to the terms and conditions” and “submit pledge.”

2) Share your pledge with friends and family and ask them to make one of their own. The more people raising their hands for education, the more we can demonstrate a strong, unified voice to support our schools.

3) Have some fun with it! On National Teacher Day, throw a “pledge party” in your school, home or community using the helpful hints in this guide.

We need parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles, neighbors and, yes, legislators to all raise their hands for education.