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After Diverting $1.4 Billion from the Education Trust Fund, Hogan Backs Plan to Fix the Fund

Chart showing how Gov. Hogan has used the Education Trust Fund shell game to shift $1.4 billion away from education during his time in office. Source: Department of Legislative Services THIS WEEK IN ANNAPOLIS Gov. Hogan Backs Fix the Fund, Announces His Own Bill On Wednesday, Gov. Hogan backed the legislature- and educator-led campaign to Fix […]
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MSEA Calls for $364 Million Supplemental Budget for Schools

Gov. Hogan’s Four Budgets Have Taken $1.4 Billion from Education Trust Fund Today, Gov. Hogan announced his support to Fix the Fund—an effort led by state legislators and educators to ensure that money raised through casino gaming into the Education Trust Fund goes to increasing education funding, rather than displacing general funds already going to […]
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Coping Skills for Educators from a Maryland School Nurse

Nurse Kimberly Finley checks in with colleague Shannon Ward, an additional adult assistant at Hawthorne Elementary Schools in Baltimore County Kimberly Finley is a registered nurse at Baltimore County’s Hawthorne Elementary School. Like many school nurses, she delivers care not only to students in the school, but to the adults as well. We talked with […]
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Join the March to Fix the Fund

On March 19, we’re marching to Fix the Fund. We want the General Assembly to pass the Fix the Fund Act to make sure that gaming revenues go where they were intended — to increase school funding. During the last four years, Gov. Hogan has used $1.4 billion of this revenue to plug holes in other parts […]
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March to Fix the Fund Set for March 19

THIS WEEK IN ANNAPOLIS Introducing: The March to Fix the Fund Building on the success of last year’s March to Protect Our Schools, MSEA is planning another march in Annapolis called The March to Fix the Fund — which will focus on asking members of the General Assembly to put a constitutional amendment on the 2018 ballot to […]
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Where Did the Gambling Money Go?

In 2008, Maryland voters approved casino gambling at the ballot box. And in 2012, Marylanders approved the expansion of gambling into table games. Many people cast their votes in favor believing that it would lead to dramatic increases in public school funding. That hasn’t happened. Source: Department of Legislative Services The Education Trust Fund (ETF) […]
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Toolkit: Snakes, Skulls, and a Zombie Hunting Permit

Chad Pavlekovich, Ed.D, is a STEM science teacher at Salisbury Middle School in Wicomico County. He has been a finalist for Maryland Teacher of the Year and is a Maryland Master Teacher recognized for his work with STEM education from the Future of Education Technology in 2015 and STEMCON in 2017. THE ICONIC POLYHEDRAL See portrait […]
Education Support Professionals

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Education Support Professionals — Your On-the-Job Rights and Benefits

This is part three of a series about collective bargaining for Maryland educators. Read “Collective Bargaining — It Makes Your Contract Legally Binding” and “Bargaining Your Contract — Your Right and Duty.” Your right to negotiate your work contract through your local education association is protected by law and only possible because the majority of your colleagues said “yes” […]
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Lisa Nealis — “We’re Doing What’s Right and Paying It Forward”

Lisa Nealis is the receptionist at the Allegany County Board Of Education central office. Despite the challenges and obstacles we face, our goal is to ensure that our students have the best academic experience possible — but we’re also looking after our own as a family, doing what’s right, and paying it forward. — Lisa Nealis My 20-year journey in education […]
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