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Betty Weller: Kirwan Gives Us a Unique Opportunity to Face Pervasive Inequities

James Baldwin said that “not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it’s faced.” We know that there are massive inequities in our schools — by socioeconomic status, by neighborhood, and by race. We see these gaps in opportunities result in gaps in achievement. In its review of Maryland school funding, […]
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Another Year, Another Hogan Budget with Education Cuts

Fiscal Year 2019 Maryland Budget (photo credit: Erin Cox, Baltimore Sun) THIS WEEK IN ANNAPOLIS More Hogan Education Cuts Education and trees: that’s what Gov. Hogan cuts. This Wednesday, the governor released the fourth and final budget proposal of his term and continued his record of slashing funding for important education programs. Using his power […]
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The Kirwan Commission Delivers a Preliminary Report

The sun rises over the State House on opening day of the General Assembly Session OPENING DAY IN ANNAPOLIS The 438th Maryland General Assembly session convened at noon on Wednesday, January 10, 2018. This is the final year of a four-year term for all delegates and senators and an election year for the 188 members of […]
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What Gov. Hogan’s Education Announcement Is Trying to Distract You From

  Photo from Governor’s Office. On Monday morning, Gov. Hogan held a positively Trumpian press conference, attacking school systems in jurisdictions that didn’t vote for him (Baltimore City and Prince George’s County in particular), bizarrely attempting to relitigate old fights (introducing a bill called the Protect Our Students Act, an attempt to cozy up further […]
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Student Poverty? Class Size? We’re On It.

This is our moment — if we are to be successful in our work influencing the recommendations of the commission to right the $3 billion annual funding deficit that our schools face, we need to educate each other, our communities, and our representatives in Annapolis. Meet Liz, Ronnie, Dwayne, Betty, Jeff, and Vernon — six MSEA activists who are […]
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Making Blended Learning Work in Your Classroom

Alia Knight-Dahl is a sixth grade language arts teacher at Monocacy Middle School in Frederick County and a member of the Frederick County Teachers Association. She is a member of the Vanguard Leadership Program for technology mentors. Alia is the writer of the blog A. Dahl’s House: The (mis)adventures and musings of your friendly, neighborhood […]
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MSEA Convention 2017: This Is Our Moment

  © Stephen Cherry With 30+ workshops attended by 1,500 educators, a record-breaking PAC drive, and nearly 700 delegates gathered in the assembly hall, MSEA’s annual convention in Ocean City was the one of the biggest and most successful in 20 years. Marking her final year at the podium, President Betty Weller led delegates through the […]
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Inside MSEA: Leading on Social Justice

MSEA Executive Director David Helfman In November, local presidents, MSEA staff, and the board of directors came together to learn from each other and discuss plans for the coming year. At the meeting, I was particularly struck by the story that Frederick County Teachers Association President Missy Dirks and UniServ Director Nicola van Kuilenburg shared. In […]
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550+ Meetings and 10,000+ Educators

What do our students deserve? More than MSEA members responded with better pay, more staff, and increased student services. “This really is our moment, and members are responding to it. Legislators will hear from 73,000 members come January with a strong message of unity and purpose for improving our schools — and they won’t stop hearing from […]
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