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The 2025 General Assembly: Fairness and Progress for All Marylanders

MSEA Members Are Fighting to Fund Maryland Public Schools Note: This article was published in ActionLine before the governor’s budget was released and a number of the below details are now more specific. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook and don’t miss our Up The Street newsletter for weekly recaps of MSEA’s progress on our […]
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Budget Amendments Needed to Protect Funding for Students in Poverty, Multilingual Learners

THIS WEEK IN ANNAPOLIS Governor’s Blueprint Bill Introduced; At-Promise Students Need Advocates This week Gov. Moore introduced legislation titled the Excellence in Maryland Public Schools Act, House Bill 504/Senate Bill 429, which is linked to the K-12 funding plan he included in his proposed fiscal year 2026 budget, House Bill 350/Senate Bill 319. The complex […]
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Moore’s Budget Introduced with Big Implications for Education and Fairer Tax Policies

THIS WEEK IN ANNAPOLIS Moore’s Budget Introduced with Big Implications for Education and Fairer Tax Policies On Wednesday, Gov. Wes Moore unveiled a proposed fiscal year 2026 budget that would broadly address the $3 billion deficit, make big investments in public education, and create a new, fairer tax code to ease the burden on regular […]
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Session Starts with Imperative to Protect School Funding

THIS WEEK IN ANNAPOLIS Commitment Required to Keep Public Education Priorities A nearly $3 billion fiscal year 2026 budget deficit looms over the General Assembly session that opened on Wednesday and will require continued commitment to public schools from the governor and the legislature. On Wednesday, Gov. Moore announced that the budget he will present […]
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Educators Organizing for Power

Allegany County Education Association Members organized for power and elected one of their endorsed board of education candidates, ousting an eight-year incumbent. The winning candidate worked closely with ACEA, collaborating on strategy and voter outreach. Teachers Association of Anne Arundel County Anne Arundel literacy teachers were asked to take on significant increased workload by leading […]
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The Good Trouble Questionnaire: Caitlin McCrimmon, Montgomery County

Caitlin McCrimmon makes good trouble for the Montgomery County Education Association. She’s a 4th grade teacher at Oakview Elementary School and is dedicated to public service. Check out her John Lewis Good Trouble Questionnaire! What do you love the most about public schools? I love the diversity and the built-in community outreach. Public schools have […]
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Where We Stand with MSEA President Paul Lemle

THE WORLD AS IT SHOULD BE Colleagues, elections always change us, and they always change our country. This November was no exception. As a union, we had some big wins in the Senate, House, and on many boards of education. On the national level, however, the incoming Trump Administration is a very real threat to […]
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2024 MSEA ESP of the Year Meghan Anderson

MSEA’s 2024 ESP of the Year Meghan Anderson is a Baltimore County education support pro­fessional who supports regional social emotional learning at Parkville Middle School. “Our program,” she says, “aims to foster a positive school climate by equipping students with tools to understand and manage their emotions, develop empathy and positive relationships, make responsible choices, […]
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2024-2025 Maryland Teacher of the Year Kat Locke-Jones

Congratulations to 2024-2025 Maryland Teacher of the Year Kat Locke-Jones, a Baltimore City 7th grade English language arts teacher! She is passionate about teaching students to write and tell their own stories as an academic exercise and as a way to find and shine a light on themsel­ves. She is co-founder of SL24, a mental […]
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