Northern Lights Driver Education

Northern Lights Driver Education provides driver training to students in Duluth and the surrounding area. Northern Lights Driver Education focuses on training teens to become safe, risk-free drivers.

Current Minnesota State Requirements can be found in the MN Driver Manual.

Two hands on the wheel, eyes on the road!

My concerns where that my daughter would not have enough time to practice driving and thus, being prepared for lessons. There were also exposures to COVID and illnesses that made getting practice time and preparing for lessons challenging. We needed to postpone lessons, but Denise was remarkably supportive and accommodating. Therefore, these concerns were resolved. The online classroom portion was wonderful and packed full of information! Denise is enthusiastic and knowledgeable! My daughter appreciated the behind-the-wheel portion, but would get anxious because she stated she felt she received a lot of critiques. As a parent though, I appreciated Denise’s suggestions on how my daughter could improve her driving skills and be safe. I was surprised by how thorough and knowledgeable Denise was. I don’t recall receiving so much in depth training when I went through Behind the Wheel training many years ago. I very much appreciated Denise’s knowledge. As a parent, I felt I could trust Denise with my daughter and be a good teacher for her as well. I would recommend Northern Lights Driver Education to others.
Patricia W.

I had concerns about the class being virtual, whether my son would be able to concentrate through the computer. Turns out it was great for him! Happy to have this option! My child and I really learned a lot from this class. Very well taught and great communication towards the both of us. I’m very happy with my son’s behind the wheel. Picked my son up and dropped him off. Great communication and thorough lessons. Great job covering topics and throwing in some life lessons too! Not only were the lessons important but she made the parents feel welcomed and important! I would recommend Northern Lights Driver Education to other parents.
Melissa Ross

Adella had to take driver’s training in a zoom class due to COVID. Denise, the instructor did an amazing job getting the kids to interact and stay focused and to teach them the importance and safety of driving. We thought the class room portion was excellent! We loved how Denise was so punctual and informative during the behind-the-wheel instructions! Adella said she took the time to teach the safety in driving and safety of being alone as a femaile walking to a car in a public, dark parking lot. Which is very important these days!! Very grateful for that as a parent to a teenage girl!
Janel Olesiak

Honestly I was incredibly thankful that it was online. As a mother of 4 and a husband that works nights in the railroad it saved me a ton of driving and waiting. Lilly’s anxiety level was high every time because she is the awkward kid that doesn’t small talk well. But she was pleasantly pleased that it wasn’t super scary and she was comfortable. You are excellent at explaining everything. I would recommend Northern Lights Driver Education to others.

Devin Dzuck

I was concerned about my teen not being a focused driver. Northern Lights was very thorough from start to finish with classes for permit and behind the wheel. My teen felt the classroom portion was all practical and important. The behind-the-wheel portion was professional and valuable in helping my teen demonstrate being a focused driver when my husband and I were passengers. I would recommend Northern Lights Driver Education to others
Amanda H.

My child appreciated being able to do the class in person, though was a bit frustrated with the amount of time one student seemed to monopolize of class time, though it sounds like Denise handled that as well as could be expected. We appreciated having the behind the wheel split into 3 sessions and Denise’s flexibility and willingness to do an early weekend session before a planned road trip so we would be more comfortable getting our child some drive time during that. We would recommend Northern Lights Driver Education to others.
Hannah R.