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State Board Meeting Grapples with Reopening Safely

THIS MONTH IN ANNAPOLIS Reopening Safely: State Board Meeting Fuels Worry Rather Than Confidence Throughout September and as recently as yesterday Governor Hogan and State School Superintendent Karen Salmon continued to make high-pressure statements that left educators anxious and confused. At the State Board of Education (SBOE) meetings on September 21 and 22, Salmon continued […]
Early Career Educators|Education Support Professionals

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We're happy you're here! 2020 Guides for NEW Educators and Support Professionals

If you’re new to your job and MSEA, don’t miss your Welcome to MSEA package! Coming to your home via USPS, you’ll find your new MSEA membership card and a brand new guide filled with PROtips, PROfiles, and PROtools to help you get off to a great start. You are starting your education career at […]
Teacher Toolkit

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Toolkit: 3rd Grade Teacher Casey Keyser

Casey Keyser is a third grade teacher at Butterfly Ridge Elementary in Frederick County and an alumni of the Vanguard Teaching Program. She is is a 2021 finalist for the NEA Foundation Horace Mann Award for Excellence in Teaching and is the owner of the education resource blog, Fair Winds Teaching Read Keyser’s Teacher to […]
Coronavirus and Schools

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We Stand Together Supporting Our Families and Our Jobs

Educators all across the state—from rural western counties through the urban communities in central Maryland to the far south and Eastern Shore—are fighting hard for students and each other. As reopening and recovery plans are rolled out—and sometimes rolled back in again—fairness, equity, and clarity are not always at the forefront of decisions leaders make. […]
Pedagogy

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Breakthroughs: Help Every Student Feel Noticed—Recognize, Accept, and Share Hardships

Casey Keyser is a third grade teacher at Butterfly Ridge Elementary in Frederick County and an alumni of the Vanguard Teaching Program. She is is a 2021 finalist for the NEA Foundation Horace Mann Award for Excellence in Teaching and is the owner of the education resource blog, Fair Winds Teaching. When I stepped foot […]
Coronavirus and Schools

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We've Never Experienced a Back to School Like This

We’ve never experienced a back to school like this—and we hope we never will again. We saw, yet again, that educators are rock stars and rarely get the appreciation deserved. After a chaotic spring, you took time to learn new curriculum, technology, and procedures. You set up schedules for your home classroom and for your […]
Union Updates

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MSEA’s First Virtual Convention October 16-17

MSEA’S Virtual Representative Assembly Expect the unexpected at this year’s Representative Assembly where more than 700 delegates from across the state are gathering for our first virtual Representative Assembly on October 16–17. It’s the first time on record that members of Maryland’s education association have not met face-to-face to conduct yearly business. But there’s plenty […]
Educator Voice

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Rachel McCusker is the Educator Voice on the State Board

MSEA is proud to have a member-educator on the State Board of Education—the first ever elected by educators to provide the voice of on-the-ground educators. Rachel McCusker is a music teacher in Carroll County and a former Carroll County Teacher of the Year, and her voice at this unprecedented time is critical. “The addition of […]
School Funding

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NAACP, States Carry the Torch for Federal CARES Act Money

In June, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos launched another attack on public education when she tried to unlawfully impose conditions to redirect emergency federal aid from the CARES Act from public to private schools. In September, that rule—to require public schools to share funding with low-income students at private schools within the same district—backfired. Maryland Attorney […]
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