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Mi Turno: Judith Calderon-Coronado Burnham, Asistente de Servicio de Alimentos

Judith Calderon-Coronado Burnham es asistente de servicio de alimentos en Escuela Primaria Elkridge. Ella es miembro de Asociación de Educación del Condado de Howard. Mi amor por los niños es compartir amabilidad, y cocinar para los demás es lo que me atrajo de mi trabajo en las Escuelas Públicas del Condado de Howard, es una […]
Educator Voice|Elections|School Funding

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School Board Elections 2024: What's at Stake

BOARDS OF EDUCATION MAKE DECISIONS THAT AFFECT OUR DAILY LIVES AND CAREERS—FROM CONTRACTS TO COMBATTING BOOK BANS, BOARDS OF EDUCATION ARE WHERE THE ACTION IS. THAT’S WHY SOME EXTREMISTGROUPS ARE SO INTERESTED IN SPENDING BIG MONEY IN LOCAL RACES AND PURPOSELY DRAWING VOTERS INTO NATIONAL, POLITICIZED CULTURE WARS. YOUR BOARD OF EDUCATION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR […]
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Teacher's Toolkit: Mary Kay Connerton, Anne Arundel County Wellness Educator

Mary Kay Connerton is the wellness coordinator at Annapolis High School and the 2023-2024 Maryland Teacher of the Year. She’s a member of the Teachers Association of Anne Arundel County. Her commitment to student wellness is a passion she is sharing throughout her county and in conversations with elected leaders and decision-makers. WELLNESS FOR EVERYONE […]
Educator Voice|Union Updates

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MSEA Welcomes Community College Faculty

Every union has units of employees it represents. MSEA, which has long represented certificated educators, support professionals, and administrators (in six counties), is now welcoming fulltime community college faculty to our larger union family. In 2021, legislation passed by the Maryland General Assembly gave community college employees the right to unionize and win improvements in […]
Education Support Professionals|Educator Voice|School Funding

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MSEA's 2024 Legislative Agenda

The 2024 General Assembly is an important opportunity to continue to build on the strong work and history of commitment to our public schools by the governor and the legislature. Record investments in public education are benefiting Maryland students across the state as we continue to recover from the pandemic while at the same time […]
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The Good Trouble Questionnaire: Ben Nadler

Ben Nadler makes good trouble as a member of the new Union of Harford Community College Faculty, where he is an English professor. He is among the organizers who founded the new faculty union at HCC, MSEA’s first higher ed unit in the state. Read more about MSEA’s newest members here. What do you love […]
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Breakthroughs: Together We Are Better, Stronger, Wiser

Erica McAndrew is the 2022-2023 Carroll County Teacher of the Year and a first-grade teacher at Spring Garden Elementary, where she has taught for 29 years. She has her masters in elementary math leadership and had her thesis published about her passion, math and children’s literature. Over the last 29 years, the profession of teaching […]
Elections

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David Trone for U.S. Senate

With Senator Ben Cardin retiring, Marylanders will elect a new U.S. senator in November 2024 for the first time since Sen. Chris Van Hollen was elected to his first term in 2016. At the 2023 MSEA Fall Representative Assembly, delegates from across the state voted to recommend Rep. David Trone (D-6th) to NEA for endorsement. […]
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Inside MSEA with Sean Johnson: See you in Annapolis

This issue of ActionLine includes a summary of key initiatives that will be part of MSEA’s legislative program during the upcoming General Assembly session. There is a lot of power in having MSEA lobbyists working for you while you are working for students. But that power is best realized when your voice is part of […]
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