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Teaching while Black

Jason Fahie is a physical education teacher at Harper’s Choice Middle School in Howard County. (Photo © Stephen Cherry) When I moved to Maryland 11 years ago, I was the only Black male teacher in my building. I had to learn to navigate a new environment while, once again, being an ambassador for my commu­nity. I […]
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“Colleagues, It’s Been an Honor”

MSEA President Betty Weller Colleagues — it’s been an honor. It’s been an honor to have been your president over the last six years. I’m so proud of the work we’ve done togeth­er — with our students, with our communities, and with our voices. We’ve had tough conversations — whether on improving the faulty implemen­tation of new standards and testing, how underfunding […]
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The Racial Bias in You

Personal racial bias comes in so many forms that it feels almost too overwhelming — and complicated — to talk about. For educators it means unambiguously confronting personal obstacles to reaching and teaching every student. It means having the often painful and painfully honest conversations with yourself and your colleagues to discover and realize that deeply rooted biases indeed […]
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“There Is the Racial Conversation Which We Need to Dive into, Right?”

José Vilson is a New York City middle school math teacher and author of This Is Not A Test: A New Narrative on Race, Class, and the Future of Education,(Haymarket Books, 2014). He’s also the founder of EduColor, a coalition of teachers, parents, and other concerned citizens dedicated to the uplift of people of color in education. […]
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“Lead with Love.”

Monique Morris is an award-winning author and social justice scholar with nearly three decades of experience in the areas of education, civil rights, juvenile and social justice. Dr. Morris is the author of several books, including Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools (The New Press, 2016), and has written and lectured often on social justice […]
Racial and Social Justice

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We Need to Improve Minority Teacher Turnover

Photo © NEA Minority teachers have the power to make their schools a better place — and be a critical role model, ally, and advocate for all students, especially minority students. In fact, research has shown that minority teachers may lead to greater academic gains by minority students and can play an important role in closing achievement gaps. […]
School Funding

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We’re Taking Full Advantage of EVERY Opportunity

MSEA’s GO Team leaders are spearheading grassroots efforts across the state to mobilize members in the fight for school funding. SPRING — FALL MSEA seeks candidate pledges to support the Maryland Promise of ending the underfunding of our schools and providing every family and community a great public school and the opportunity to succeed. SPRING — SUMMER The Kirwan Commission […]
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Here’s What We Won Thanks to YOU!

We made it happen! Thanks to members in every county, MSEA’s campaign to FIX the FUND went far beyond schoolhouse walls — and could now mean an additional $500 million annually for our schools. Legislators agreed nearly unanimously: Maryland needs to right the murky promise made in 2008 that state casino revenues that went into the Education […]
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Your Rights as an Educator-Activist

iStock Photo Educator activism — locally and across the country — is building for safer schools, increased funding, better pay and support for educators, and improved professional respect. MSEA encourages activism, but we also want members to protect themselves, their jobs, and their local associations by understanding the differences between types of actions and their effects. Let’s look first […]
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