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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 […]
Good Trouble|Professional Practice

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The Good Trouble Questionnaire: Casey Day, Frederick County

Brunswick High School computer science teacher Casey Day is a veteran Frederick County and statewide education activist on many campaigns supporting school funding, LGBTQIA+ students and educators, and quality teaching and learning conditions. Check out her John Lewis Good Trouble Questionnaire! What do you love the most about public schools? I love the opportunities that […]
School Funding

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The 2025 General Assembly: Fairness and Progress for All Marylanders

MSEA Members Are Fighting to Fund Maryland Public Schools Note: This article was published in ActionLine before the governor’s budget was released and a number of the below details are now more specific. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook and don’t miss our Up The Street newsletter for weekly recaps of MSEA’s progress on our […]
Educator Voice|Elections|Racial and Social Justice|School Funding|Union Updates

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Educators Organizing for Power

Allegany County Education Association Members organized for power and elected one of their endorsed board of education candidates, ousting an eight-year incumbent. The winning candidate worked closely with ACEA, collaborating on strategy and voter outreach. Teachers Association of Anne Arundel County Anne Arundel literacy teachers were asked to take on significant increased workload by leading […]
Educator Voice|Good Trouble|Racial and Social Justice

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The Good Trouble Questionnaire: Caitlin McCrimmon, Montgomery County

Caitlin McCrimmon makes good trouble for the Montgomery County Education Association. She’s a 4th grade teacher at Oakview Elementary School and is dedicated to public service. Check out her John Lewis Good Trouble Questionnaire! What do you love the most about public schools? I love the diversity and the built-in community outreach. Public schools have […]
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