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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 […]
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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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The Unthinkable Happened…Again

A sign at MSEA’s march to Fix the Fund on March 19, 2018. The unthinkable has happened again and again and again. The hopeful notion we all still hold on to that “it won’t happen here” was shattered when Great Mills High School, not far from where the Potomac River meets the Chesapeake Bay, became the […]
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Who Decides What’s on the Bargaining Table?

Educators know they have some basic rights thanks to the contract negotiated by their local association bargaining team. Salary and wages, health and life insurance, sick leave and sick leave banks, retiree health care provisions, and more are, in fact, mandatory subjects of bargaining. Your local association brings those and other issues — ones imposed by the […]
Education Support Professionals

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ESPs Are Building Power at Their Locals, MSEA, and NEA

Empowerment was more than a buzzword at MSEA’s ESP Professional Development Day and the 2018 NEA Education Support Professionals Conference in Orlando, where MSEA members found opportunities for professional growth and building union strength at every event and workshop. Meet the NEA ESP of the Year. First-time attendee Casey Rudzinski, Frederick County, was among MSEA’s delegation of 53 members […]
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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?” […]
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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 […]
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Students, Educators, and Schools are Big Winners in the 2018 Legislative Session

At midnight, the balloons and confetti dropped in the House chamber and the 438th General Assembly officially adjourned Sine Die. SINE DIE IN ANNAPOLIS As the clock struck midnight and the General Assembly wrapped up its 438th legislative session, educators can reflect on a very successful 90 days. Of the 3,127 pieces of legislation introduced this […]
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Fix the Fund Update and Overriding Vetoes

MSEA President Betty Weller, MSEA Vice President (and President-Elect) Cheryl Bost, and former MSEA (then MSTA) President Pat Foerster lead the march at MSEA’s March to Fix the Fund. (Photo © Stephen Cherry) THIS WEEK IN ANNAPOLIS Fix the Fund Constitutional Amendment on Third Reading for Final Passage The House of Delegates is one vote away from […]
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