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Racial and Social Justice

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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 […]
School Funding

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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 […]
Pedagogy

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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 […]
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