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Teacher Toolkit

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Toolkit: Lemony Snicket and This Guy Are Asking All the Wrong Questions …

Meet Thomas Dennison, a fifth grade teacher at Havre de Grace Elementary School in Harford County and a winner of a 2016–2017 $25,000 Milken Educator Award. Read his ActionLine article: “Q: How do we start? A: #truth” here. Here are some of his favorite classroom tools: LEMONY SNICKET BOOKS (See above) A great book is […]
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An ESSA Primer: Will Maryland Make the Most of ESSA?

Photo credit: National Education Association It’s been more than a year since President Obama signed the every student succeeds act (ESSA) into law — laying to rest the policy disaster known as No Child Left Behind. Now Maryland is beginning to take serious steps in the lengthy process of implementing the new law. The Maryland State Department […]
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A Civics Lesson from Theory to Practice

Civics, social studies, and government teachers see theory and action collide every day in the news. For this General Assembly session, we’ve asked teachers from across the state to share their insights into MSEA’s legislative priorities and how they fit into their own views of their classroom and practice. Let’s first take a look at […]
Education Support Professionals

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Raising the Bar for ESP Professional Development

Pictured left to right at the ESPBC Professional Development Day January 17: Jovanie Jones, Robert Caperna, Tammy Hough, Evers Burns, Tonya Dentry, and Bill Voithofer. The Education Support Professionals of Baltimore County are raising the bar for professional development. In one year, they’ve increased attendance at the 1½-day professional development conference by 100% with educators […]
Vouchers

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Where Should Your Taxes Go — Public or Private Schools? Voters Say …

A January 2017 poll asked Maryland voters a number of questions about public vs. privately-run charters and private schools. Their answers showed agreement across parties, regions, and demographics. Here’s a quick look at some results. Don’t miss the full story here.
Pedagogy

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Q: Where Do We Start? A: #truth

Thomas Dennison is a fifth grade teacher at Havre de Grace Elementary School in Harford County. He is a 2016–2017 winner of the $25,000 Milken Educator Award presented this year to 35 educators across the country. Do we start with a joke? Do we unpack background knowledge? Do we start with the end and find out […]
Legal Questions

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Workers Comp — Do You Know Your Basic Rights?

Ouch. As an educator, you’re covered by Workers’ Compensation insurance from your first day of employment. This insurance covers you for any injuries that occur while on the job or driving from one work location to another. If you think an injury that should be covered under Workers’ Compensation has occurred, you should: • Immediately […]
Racial and Social Justice

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MSEA’s 32 Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration

Darryl Barnes, MSEA 2017 Community Service Award winner; MSEA President Betty Weller; Oreal Morsell, MSEA 2017 Community Service Award winner; Jitu Brown, keynote speaker; and MSEA Vice President Cheryl Bost. MSEA hosted its 32nd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration on January 14th at BWI Hilton with special guests Jitu Brown, national director of the […]
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Educators’ Agenda: Protect Our Schools

Photo: Martin Falbisoner (Attribution: ShareAlike 3.0 Unported) There is a growing threat to our public schools from President-Elect Trump in the White House and Governor Hogan here in Maryland. Both share an education agenda that weakens public schools by shifting taxpayer dollars to private and for-profit charter schools. This agenda would harm — and in some cases, […]
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