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Toolkit: Welding Teacher Richard Stephens

The Blueprint for Maryland’s Future opens doors across the state to expanded career and technical education (CTE) like Richard Stephen’s award-winning welding program at Worcester Technical High School in Worcester County. The past year has seen many creative work-arounds for learning hands-on skills. Now that students are back in the classroom, they can put all […]
Coronavirus and Schools|Racial and Social Justice|School Funding

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Recovery: Solidarity, Support, Success

Educators have always been on the front lines, whether helping students or families when systems fail or working together as advocates to make the changes that our schools and students need. The pandemic has only underscored the centrality of our schools to our communities, and the important role that they will play as we recover […]
Pedagogy|Professional Practice

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Breakthroughs: When Doodling Becomes Therapy

Gayle Kraus is a veteran middle school visual arts teacher at Piccowaxen Middle School in Charles County. Her mantra is that art stimulates the mind to see new worlds and possibilities and is a pathway to meditation and self-healing. For pandemic recovery and beyond, we are seeking and discovering new ways to de-stress, de-escalate, and […]
Testing

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MSEA and NEA Pull No Punches in the Pandemic Testing Debate

Saying No to Testing MSEA came out strong and early for maximum relief and flexibility for state standardized testing through the U.S. Department of Education’s waiver process. In public comments to the State Board of Education (SBOE) on February 23, MSEA President Cheryl Bost delivered a strongly worded statement about the fairness and sanity of […]
Testing

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An Open Letter to USDE and State Governments from NEA President Becky Pringle

American students are still navigating the most difficult year of learning in modern history. The last thing they need is to be forced to take a stressful test that will not be an effective barometer of their needs and accomplishments. American students are still navigating the most difficult year of learning in modern history. Between […]
Union Updates

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Educators Support Their Communities and Recovery

WCESPA Left Members of the Worcester County Education Support Personnel Association recently joined several other community groups to pack and distribute 400 bags of food to residents in southern Worcester County. Food insecurity remains a serious concern for many students and their families throughout Maryland. PGCEA Below right The Prince George’s County Educators’ Association held […]
Coronavirus and Schools|School Funding

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Inside MSEA with Sean Johnson

The impact of the coronavirus has been felt in every county, community, school building, and classroom. Through all the challenges and trauma, educators and our union have been following the science, organizing together, advocating with a loud voice, and remaining focused on what our students need. Some members have been in worksites since the pandemic […]
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A Word from Legal: Is It Safe?

As we reopen school buildings, there is seemingly ever-changing guid­ance on process and safety protocols. This makes it sometimes chal­lenging to answer the question that we all want to know: “Is it safe?” Many of the schools in our state have safely re-opened buildings in a hybrid model and intend to expand that re-opening before […]
School Funding

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What Does the ARP Mean for Maryland?

Targeted Programs for Maryland Schools Maryland K-12 education will receive $1.9 billion—about $2,200 per student— from the American Rescue Plan (ARP). The funds will help safeguard students and educators now, as school buildings reopen, and support interventions and resources to help students recover. “Just reopening school buildings won’t erase the hardships of the past year,” […]
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