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Education Support Professionals

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Organizing for an ESP Bill of Rights

SEEKING RESPECT & RECOGNITION There’s an exciting buzz in the air at educator unions across Maryland and it’s about the fight for respect and recognition for all ESPs. Right now, education support professionals (ESPs) are organizing to build presence, strength, and power in a campaign focused on a bill of rights that defines the is­sues […]
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Jessica Fitzwater for Frederick County Executive

Jessica Fitzwater keeps long days. She’s a second-generation educator, two-term Frederick County Council member, a mother of two young children, and now the Democratic Party’s candidate in the race for county executive of fast-growing Frederick County. Throughout her career as an elementary music teacher, she’s made her mark on her local Frederick County Teachers Association […]
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This Election Really Is That Important

It’s a fraught time. Books banned from classrooms. Educators targeted for curriculum or lessons. Name calling in schools. Voter suppression at the polls. It’s happening here in Maryland and across the country. The only answer— the proven answer—is exercising our right to vote. Vote good candidates in. Keep the bad ones out. You know who […]
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A New Law Addresses Behavioral Health Interventions

A bill banning seclusion and limiting when restraints may be used in public schools became law this year. This law prohibits the use of seclusion as a behavioral health intervention in public schools and limits the use of physical restraint except in certain circumstances. The definitions in the law are riddled with exceptions, making application […]
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Election 2022: Making the Case for Civility, Honesty, and Fairness

Donald Trump may be out of the White House, but his toxic ideology still poisons our collective political environment. In counties across the state, pro-public education advocates are fighting for civility, equity, honesty, and fairness for their students, their schools, and their communities. There’s a choice to be made on November 8, and it’s about […]
Educator Voice|Union Updates

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2022 MSEA Convention Is Back in OC!

It’s the first in-person MSEA Convention and Representative Assembly since 2019! Join us for some good old-fashioned in-person networking, camaraderie, and FREE PD that you can use ASAP. Twenty-one professional development workshops—local PD credit possible! Scores of education exhibits—freebies! Six hundred invited dele­gates—union strong! Parliamentary pro­cedure—mind your manners! PAC challenges—support public education candidates! Sunrises at […]
Educator Voice|Racial and Social Justice|Union Updates

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Feature: Unions Rising

There’s a rumor going around that for new Walmart store employees, job orientation includes advice on how to access food stamps and other social services while employed with the company. Rumor or not, the corporate giant, like McDonald’s and other stores and fast-food chains, employs thousands who receive food stamps and Medicare, according to a […]
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Educator Unions Seen and Heard

SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER On May 4, an overflow crowd of Queen Anne’s County Education Association members packed the board of education meeting room protesting the first contract proposals offered by the board under the county’s new superintendent of schools, Patricia Saelens. Saelens was formerly superintendent of Dorchester County schools where educators consistently protested board […]
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Primary 2022: Boots on the Ground for Educator Candidates

We’re still dealing with fallout from the divisive politics that have so damaged the way we talk with and about each other and our ability to rally together around issues that affect us all, like public education, climate change, gun control, and more. This division is much closer to home now as educators across the […]
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