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MSEA Member Wins Re-Election to State Board

Teachers re-elected Carroll County music teacher Rachel McCusker to a second term on the Maryland State Board of Education in a statewide election open to all teachers with an active certificate. McCusker cited these critical issues as topics in her new four-year term: Pandemic Recovery “We need to set new, realistic goals for student achievement and […]
School Funding|Union Updates

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2022 Read Across America

Read Across America made a strong comeback this year with an exciting MSEA program focused on literacy engagement in the 300 community schools thus far identified in the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future. “The community schools initiative promises life-changing opportunities and resources for our most vulnerable students and communities,” said MSEA President Cheryl Bost. “We know […]
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A Message from President Cheryl Bost

As we emerge what most educators proclaim to be the toughest year of their career, I am hopeful. These remain challenging times, but it is through the strength of our union, our collective voices, and our collective power that we have and will continue to persevere. I am hopeful that with this strength we will […]
Educator Voice|School Funding

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Workload Overload: How Educators Can Combat the Crisis of Class Size, Caseloads, and Workload

As the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future begins the promising—and complicated—process of implementation, public school educators in Maryland, like those in most states, find themselves struggling under the unyielding grind of an ongoing pandemic and all that it leaves in its wake for their students and jobs. Across the country staff shortages are affecting teaching and […]
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Racial-Social Justice: Building Capacity, Gaining Strength

A New Action Guide for Members MSEA’s new Racial-Social Justice Strategy, Organizing, and Action Resources is an online guide for understanding and addressing institutional and structural racism and systemic discrimination. It answers a need for quality resources and tools that support personal or organizational growth, education, and action related to racial and social justice. “Our […]
Professional Practice|Teacher Toolkit

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Toolkit: English Language Teacher Katie Miller

Katie Miller is an English language teacher and department chair at Tuscarora High School in Frederick County and past president of Maryland TESOL (Teachers of English as a Second Language). She is a member of the Frederick County Teachers Association. COLLABORATION Everyone in the building (and beyond) impacts our students, so we can’t work in […]
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MSEA’s 37th Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration

MSEA welcomed guests to the 37th Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration on January 15 via Zoom with keynote speaker Dr. Henry Louis Gates, member recognitions, and a celebration of student performance and visual art. The theme was: Knowing Our Roots: The Importance of Embracing Our History and Teaching It Truthfully. Dr. Gates is the […]
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A Message from MSEA President Cheryl Bost

Lately we are witnessing in­creased vitriol directed at school employees and public education—blame, disrespect, and even threats towards edu­cators and unions by people who don’t work in our schools. Everyone wants the pandemic to be over and possibly no group more than educators (and, of course, healthcare workers). We are all experiencing pan­demic fatigue and […]
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It Should Not Be Illegal to Talk About Class Size

Maryland’s collective bargaining law identifies subjects that are required topics during negotiations, including wages and hours. And it specifically outlines some subjects that are illegal to talk about at the bargaining table, including class size. We believe this can and must change. Even before the pandemic, we saw the impact on student learning and working […]
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