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“But I Thought You Were Happy in Middle School?”

Annie Mewborn is a ninth grade English teacher at Easton High School and 2016–2017 Talbot County Teacher of the Year. She is in her 13th year as an educator and holds a master’s degree in education, specializing in learning and technology. “Why would you want to leave middle school, I thought you were happy there?” […]
Union Updates

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Why Does Janus v. AFSCME Matter to Educators?

Montgomery County kindergarten teacher Kember Kane speaks to fellow union activists in front of the Supreme Court before the Janus v. AFSCME case was heard on February 26. A decision is expected this summer. On February 26, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Janus v. AFSCME, a case designed to weaken or dismantle unions and the […]
School Funding

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Inside MSEA: We Must Be the Leaders Our Children Need

I was deeply moved by the Annapolis March for Our Lives organized by 16-year-old Mackenzie Boughey. Thousands of students, educators, and others rallied and then marched from the State House, filling Main Street down to City Dock. Across the country, students mobilized millions. They bravely showed the country the need for a sustained effort to […]
Teacher Toolkit

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Teacher’s Toolkit: A Poetry Picnic and a Turkey Named Ramone

Beth Roe is a fifth grade teacher at St. Leonard Elementary School in Calvert County. “I’m a Chesapeake girl and grew up trot-lining blue crab with my dad. Now I live on the banks of Hunting Creek with my husband, teen boys, and a menagerie of chickens, ducks, dogs, cats, turkey, and recently pigeons. I like […]
School Funding

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We Marched. They Listened.

Next up it’s the 2018 elections and the 2019 legislature when those we elect in November vote on the Kirwan Commission recommendations and a new school funding formula. “By now, most educators know just how important that vote will be,” Weller said. “We know from an independent report that each public school in Maryland is […]
Education Support Professionals

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Ian Pope Meets Students at the Intersection of Hope and Their Choices

Ian Pope is an alternative education paraprofessional and coach of the junior varsity boys basketball team at Reservoir High School in Howard County. “We have to reach each student where they are and help raise them up to be where they need to be for success. “ — Ian Pope If you’ve ever driven a car you have noticed […]
Legal Questions

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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 […]
School Funding

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Legislators Agreed Overwhelmingly

MSEA President Betty Weller Since casinos have come online, nearly $2 billion in revenue was redirected from our schools to other areas in the budget by Gov. O’Malley and Gov. Hogan. Thanks to your advocacy, the General Assembly overwhelmingly passed the Fix the Fund Act, which puts a constitutional amendment on the ballot in November to […]
School Funding

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We’re Fighting for Safer Schools

We believe the preliminary Kirwan Commission recommendations are promising and will better support the social-emotional learning and health of our students. Here’s why: · They provide the wrap-around services and mental health staffing we need in schools that serve communities with high concentrations of poverty where students are more likely to have experienced trauma. We […]
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