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Legal Questions|Union Updates

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Know Your Rights: Red Cards Assert Rights and Protections to All People in the U.S.

All people in the United States, regardless of immigration status, have certain rights and protections under the U.S. Constitution. The Immigrant Legal Resource Center Red Cards and the ACLU give examples of how people can exercise these rights. However, MSEA General Counsel Kirsty Anderson underscores that they do not provide individualized legal advice. Community members […]
Pedagogy|Professional Practice

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Breakthroughs: Wellness As a Way of Life

Tierra Webb teaches physical education at the K–8 International Baccalaureate World School in Prince George’s County. She is also a curriculum writer, mentor teacher, and professional development presenter for the district. In her school community, she leads the creative arts team and coaches basketball. Outside of school, she continues to support youth through community sports […]
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A Word from Legal: USDE and DEI

Editor’s note: Since the April edition of ActionLine went to press, the Trump administration was handed a heavy blow to its assault on diversity, equity, and inclusion in not only public education, but on how we as a union help equip members to best support the needs of our diverse student population. NEA won on EVERY […]
Educator Voice|School Funding|Union Updates

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"We Kept Pushing": MSEA and the 2025 General Assembly Session

Paul Lemle, MSEA president: We’d been saying over and over that the 2024 election would have a big impact on our schools. And has it ever. Samantha (Sam) Zwerling, MSEA chief lobbyist: As of 2024, about 7% of working Marylanders were employed by the federal government. And about 10% work in the private sector with […]
Educator Voice|Union Updates

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Building a Stronger Union: Administrators, Supervisors, and Higher Ed Faculty Join MSEA

MSEA members and staff are busy helping educators unionize for power and the ability to improve their jobs through collective action. Since the law passed in 2021 allowing community college faculty to unionize, combined with the recent growth of administrators and supervisors unions, these new members are flexing their power for better working conditions, pay, […]
Education Support Professionals|Educator Voice|School Funding|Union Updates

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ESP Priorities Front and Center

The General Assembly session is in full swing and debates about fair tax reform, budget cuts, and Blueprint adjustments are part of many headlines. MSEA’s commitment to education support professionals is front and center in our legislative advocacy, collective bargaining strategy, and organizing focus. First, as it relates to the legislature, MSEA will continue to […]
Education Support Professionals|Educator Voice

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My Turn: Special Ed Clerical Carly Cole

Carly Cole is a special ed clerical employee at Friendship Valley Elementary School in Carroll County. With union membership a family value and tradition, she’s embraced the opportunity to contribute and lead in her local, the Carroll Association of School Employees. Her husband, Brad Cole, is a special educator at Friendship Valley and her children […]
Educator Voice|School Funding|Union Updates

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Where We Stand with MSEA President Paul Lemle

Many Americans love to pay taxes. For my students in government class, we tackled it as a more complicated question—what benefits and services do we receive, and who pays for them? That becomes an especially pressing question when we see so many big businesses and wealthy individuals take home unimaginable profits while for many of […]
Educator Voice|Pedagogy|Professional Practice

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Breakthroughs: Creating Opportunities to Build My Practice through Travel

Josie Perry is a National Board Certified teacher in Social Studies-History. She teaches AP Human Geography and Honors United States History at Rising Sun High School in Cecil County. Note: ActionLine reached out to Josie Perry, featured in our December issue, to follow up on her recent trip to Europe as a teaching fellow for […]
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