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School Funding

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New School Funding TV Ads and Polling Boost Momentum to Increase Funding

$500,000 Ad Buy to Run across Maryland; 71% Support Increased Funding As a new school year begins and the General Assembly prepares to revise the state’s public school funding formula for the first time in 20 years, a new ad campaign starting today and a new public poll illustrate the wide support and positive effects […]

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MSEA, BTU, and Maryland PTA Call for Virtual Start to School Year to Protect Student and Educator Safety

“A perfect solution does not exist. A safe one does.” Today the Maryland State Education Association, the Baltimore Teachers Union, and the Maryland PTA issued a joint call for the fall semester of the upcoming school year to be virtual. The three groups sent a letter to Gov. Larry Hogan and State School Superintendent Karen […]

Conventions

2020 MSEA Convention

The 2020 MSEA Convention was held on October 16-17. Next year’s Convention is planned for October 15-16, 2021. We hope that public health conditions will allow us to return to Ocean City, where the event is typically held. What Is a Representative Assembly? If you have ever wondered exactly what it is that delegates do, […]
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Educator Activism Helps Stop Budget Cuts

  THIS MONTH IN ANNAPOLIS Pandemic Effects: Avoiding Catastrophe At the end of June, Gov. Hogan and his Department of Budget and Management proposed $1.45 billion in state budget cuts, including $345 million from school- and educator-related funding and programs. The first round of the proposed cuts was scheduled to be acted on by the […]
Coronavirus and Schools

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We Must Close the Digital Divide

The coronavirus pandemic’s forced switch to crisis distance learning this spring exposed a digital divide that came as no surprise to educators. Distance learning — which even at its best cannot replicate the quality of in-person instruction — completely left behind thousands of students who lacked the equipment, technology, or internet access to participate. While we don’t know exactly […]
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Eliminating Inequities in Our Schools

Longstanding inequities in education and racial injustice have been magnified during the coronavirus pandemic. More than 42% of public school students were living in poverty before the pandemic, and it has had a devastating economic impact on many hourly workers and low-wage earners. Students in poorer communities experience more food insecurity, less access to technology, […]

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MSEA Statement on Board of Public Works Rejecting Gov. Hogan’s School Funding Cuts

The following statement may be attributed to Baltimore County elementary school teacher and Maryland State Education Association President Cheryl Bost: “The rejection of Gov. Hogan’s attempt to defund our public schools during the middle of a pandemic is a win—but it’s incredibly disappointing that the governor tried this in the first place. Educators should be […]

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MSEA Statement on $345 Million in Education Cuts Proposed by Gov. Hogan

The following statement may be attributed to Baltimore County elementary school teacher and Maryland State Education Association President Cheryl Bost: “Governor Hogan’s proposed $345 million in cuts to public school funding are unconscionable and endanger the health of Maryland’s educators and students. Crisis distance learning this spring has deepened inequities and achievement gaps among our […]
Coronavirus and Schools

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Letter from MSEA President Cheryl Bost to the Maryland State Board of Education

Calls for focus on funding, safety, educator voice, and action to combat institutional racism and scale back standardized testing Dear Brigadier General Sumpter and Members of the Maryland State Board of Education, These are challenging times, as we navigate an ongoing pandemic and the renewed urgency to eradicate institutional racism and put an end to […]
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