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What About My School’s Leaky Roof?

You probably read about students freez­ing in Baltimore City schools when more than one-third of the city’s schools — and students — went without sufficient heat during the cold spell last January. It was a big story that gained national attention. Nine months later, it was the heat wave at the start of the school year with 105 degree […]
Education Support Professionals

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ESPs: Organizing and Negotiating for Success

  Members register at the Calvert County Education Support Professional Development Day in November. Activism like that of the custodians in Washington County, proves that orga­nizing — coming together for the common good — works. It’s the power of a strong voice and collective action that turned the heads of Washington County’s Board of Education. Now custodians are in […]

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Hard Work. Big Wins.

Question 1, the Fix the Fund ballot measure championed by MSEA, passed with 89% of the vote — the widest margin of any ballot measure in 24 years! Marylanders were so well-informed about the ballot question that it earned more votes than any other candidate or measure on the entire ballot despite being nearly the […]

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My Turn: Lisa Brashears

Lisa Brashears is a 29-year veteran bus driver for the Frederick County Public Schools. “Without us the system would crumble — children would have no way to get to school, there would be no one to prepare and serve nutritious breakfasts and lunches, and school buildings would be dirty and unsafe.” — Lisa Brashears In 1989, I was the mother […]
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My Mentor Revived My Career!

Richard Warren is the 2019 Maryland Teacher of the Year and a secondary STEM teacher at Crisfield High School in Somerset County. Richard’s degrees include a master’s in teaching and a doctorate in educational leadership. My career as a teacher has not always been the easiest. My first few years of teaching were the most […]
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Advocacy from the Heart in Washington County

Matias Meza shares concerns about cyberbullying at a PESO meeting in Washington County. Advocacy comes from need and need comes from the heart. Washington County students, educators, and parents have filled a void in public school advocacy with a new group called PESO — it’s the Parent, Educator, Student Organization, an independent citizen-led group founded by its […]
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MSEA President Cheryl Bost on Maryland’s New Star Rating System

MSEA President Cheryl Bost On December 4, I sat before the State Board of Education to be sure our voice was heard concerning Maryland’s new star rating system for school accountability. Our position is firm: rating schools doesn’t improve them; educators and parents in their communities do. School accountability only works if educators and parents drive […]
Early Career Educators

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Richard Warren: Maryland’s 2018–2019 Teacher of the Year

  Richard Warren congratulates a student in his STEM class on a stellar rocket launch. Richard Warren’s first period STEM classroom is a group of 8th grade students who usually don’t get to spend much time together. It’s a pilot class that brings together students of different abilities — from severely disabled students with IEPs to gifted and […]
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Looking Ahead — Harder Work, Bigger Wins

Our campaign for a Maryland Promise began as a commitment to create equal opportunity in every community for every child in Maryland. We’re halfway to making that promise a reality. Passing the Fix the Fund Act in the 2018 General Assembly, then passing Question 1 on the ballot in November were the two critical first […]
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