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Educator Voice|Racial and Social Justice

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Freedom to Read, Grow Your Own Educators Bills Heard in House

THIS WEEK IN ANNAPOLIS Freedom to Read Act, in Speaker’s Decency Agenda, Promotes Equity, Antidiscrimination The Freedom to Read Act was heard for the first time on Wednesday in the House Ways and Means Committee as its sponsors seek to set standards to prevent the kinds of politically motivated book bans that are emerging around […]

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Childhood Poverty Bill Released; Key Bills to Be Heard in Coming Days

THIS WEEK IN ANNAPOLIS MSEA Stands with Governor to Fight Childhood Poverty In Dorchester County, where nearly 90% of public school students qualify for free and reduced price lunches, MSEA President Cheryl Bost joined Gov. Moore on Monday to promote his childhood poverty fighting legislation, the ENOUGH Act, Senate Bill 482/House Bill 694. The legislation […]
Education Support Professionals|Educator Voice

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Bills Introduced to Limit Privatization of Educator Jobs, Book Bans

THIS WEEK IN ANNAPOLIS MSEA Fights to Protect School Jobs from Privatization All of MSEA’s key legislative priorities have been introduced before the bill filing deadline this session. Most recently, MSEA’s bill to prohibit public schools from hiring subcontractors for staff positions without strong oversight and employee protections has been introduced in Senate Bill 1043, […]
Education Support Professionals|School Funding

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Community College Funding, Educator Support in Motion

THIS WEEK IN ANNAPOLIS In Budget Talks, MSEA Justifies Restoration of Community College Funding In hearings on Thursday in the House and Friday in the Senate on the proposed $63.1 billion budget, Senate Bill 360/House Bill 350, MSEA took opportunities to justify restoring full funding for community colleges. They are essential components to meeting college […]
Educator Voice|Professional Practice|Teacher Toolkit

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Teacher's Toolkit: Tenisha Newman, Baltimore County English Teacher

Tenisha Newman is a first-generation college graduate and a 9th grade English teacher at Catonsville High School in Baltimore County. She’s a member of the Teachers Association of Baltimore County. REPRESENTATION MATTERS When I was a student in my high school, I realized that many of our texts did not hold representation of different minority […]
Education Support Professionals

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My Turn: Cora Ruth, Queen Anne's County Administrative Assistant

Cora Ruth is an administrative assistant in the math and science department at the Queen Anne’s County Public Schools central office. She’s a member of the Queen Anne’s County Education Association. When I started with Queen Anne’s County Public Schools (QACPS) eight years ago, I never imagined I would be helping others the way that […]
Educator Voice|Pedagogy|Professional Practice

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Breakthroughs: My Work Is My Joy

Dominique Bivins is a special education resource teacher at District Heights Elementary School and holds a dual bachelor’s degree in special and elementary education and a master’s in special education. She has been teaching for 23 years Teaching and learning are a big family legacy. I am the daughter and mother of teachers, as well […]
Education Support Professionals|Educator Voice|Union Updates

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MSEA Fights Privatization of Support Staff Jobs

The shortage of skilled education employees in Maryland goes beyond setting new policies to expand and diversify the education profession—it also means looking at the issue of local boards of education using subcontractors as a way to fill the gaps in the shortages of support staff employees like bus drivers, custodians, and more who keep […]
School Funding|Union Updates

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Solving the Educator Shortage: Expanding and Diversifying the Profession

he most vexing problem facing nearly every community across the nation is the dwindling educator pipeline. Whether a community is experiencing this shortage now or bracing for it in the near future, it’s a crisis that must be addressed through an equitable and just public school model that funds the cost of more highly qualified […]
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