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Testing

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Maryland Legislation to Limit Testing in Schools Signed into Law

Today, Gov. Larry Hogan signed the unanimously-approved More Learning, Less Testing Act (SB452) into law. The legislation limits mandated testing to 2.2% of the year in Maryland public schools—or 23.8 hours in elementary and middle schools and 25.7 hours in high schools—except in eighth grade, where the limit is at 2.3% or 24.8 hours.  Maryland […]
Racial and Social Justice

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Erika Strauss Chavarria for Social Justice Activist of the Year
School Funding

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Maryland Schools Are Underfunded by $3 Billion

Photo © NEA Named after its chair, for­mer University System of Maryland Chancellor Brit Kirwan, the Commission’s 25 members are working to rewrite Maryland’s school funding formula. They are scheduled to deliver recom­mendations to the General Assembly in December. Since legislators passed the Bridge to Excellence in Public Schools Act (also known as the Thornton Plan) […]
Union Updates

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New MSEA Director Is Maryland School Psychologist of the Year

“In the absence of alternative strategies, school psychologists are being called on more than ever to provide needed training, interventions, and sup­ports. Unfortunately, in most districts budget restrictions have not increased staffing levels for us, increasing our workloads. We must organize school psychologists around these issues to advocate for increased staffing.” That’s an excerpt from […]
Legal Questions

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What Happens When an Education Employee Is Accused of Abuse or Neglect?

The number of allegations of abuse or neglect made against public school employees is continuing to skyrocket. A great many of the allegations are ruled out — meaning no abuse or neglect occurred — but the investigation process is incredibly stressful for employees because of the negative impact on reputation and possible job consequences. There are multiple agencies involved […]
Education Support Professionals

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My Turn: School Nurse Wendy Stabnow

Wendy Stabnow is a school nurse at Chopticon High School in St. Mary’s County. She is a member of the Education Association of St. Mary’s County. I’m a career-changer. I went back to school when I was 50 to become a registered nurse. Now I’m back in school getting my bachelor of science in nursing degree. […]
Education Support Professionals

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Wicomico Education Support Professionals in a Fight for Fairness

In Wicomico County, education support professionals (ESP) are rallying for just cause and bind­ing arbitration, rights that most other education employees in Maryland already have. If their fight for these rights is success­ful, Wicomico County will join Queen Anne’s County on the Eastern Shore, and all but Anne Arundel and Harford counties in the rest […]
Pedagogy

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Connecting to Curriculum with Arts Integration

Arts integration has been an ini­tiative in Anne Arundel County Public Schools for nearly a de­cade. At Wiley H. Bates Mid­dle School, a performing and visual arts magnet school, we define arts integration as using art techniques to access Common Core standards and curriculum. By using arts integration les­sons, we are able to increase stu­dent […]
Union Updates

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Celebrating You, Your Work, Your Action

Each day during the 2017 General Assembly, delegates and senators walked by MSEA’s Annapolis headquar­ters on Main Street greeted by larger-than-life banners of educator members, a reminder perhaps of the faces of those who will carry the weight of implementing the education policies and bills they would be working on. The banners are not only […]
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