Education Minnesota, the state’s teachers union, unveiled the names of 114 candidates for the 2016 Minnesota Teacher of the Year on Wednesday.
A panel of 25 judges will review the applications, narrowing the list to a group of semifinalists and then finalists before naming the winner May 15.
The candidates, listed by their school districts, are here.
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