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Gov. Hogan Threatens to Veto the Protect Our Schools Act

WJLA and numerous other stations covered the protests surrounding Gov. Hogan and Secretary DeVos’ visit to a Montgomery County school on Thursday. URGENT ACTION NEEDED The Protect Our Schools Act is up for an important vote in the Senate. Please send your senator an email or give them a call at 1–888–520–6732 asking them to support […]

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MSEA’s Week of Action Leads to Major Progress

Educators had a big week last week — with substantial levels of activism leading to significant steps in the right direction on the Protect Our Schools Act, the Less Testing, More Learning Act, and turning back Gov. Hogan’s private school vouchers program. Here’s the recap: Nearly 500 educators joined the March to Protect Our Schools […]
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MSEA’s Successful Week of Action

Hundreds of educators in Annapolis participating in MSEA’s March to Protect Our Schools. Photo © Stephen Cherry. THE WEEK THAT WAS IN ANNAPOLIS Hundreds of Maryland Educators Brave the Snow to March for Public Schools MSEA’s Week of Action has been a huge success, driving public education issues to the top of the General Assembly’s agenda: · […]
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Protect Our Schools Act Passes House of Delegates

WEEK OF ACTION TO PROTECT OUR SCHOOLS It’s here! After last year’s very successful Week of Action, MSEA has another week of statewide activism planned. This year’s Week of Action starts on Monday, March 13 with our March to Protect Our Schools and runs through Friday, March 17. Here’s what we’re asking members to do throughout […]
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6 Steps to Get Ready for MSEA’s March to Protect Our Schools

Less than a week from now, a thousand educators will make their way to Annapolis to March to Protect Our Schools. We’re marching for less standardized testing and to prevent the privatization of our public schools. (Haven’t RSVPed yet? Take care of that now.) Here are 6 steps to make sure you’re ready to march! […]

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It’s Time to Protect Our Schools

You won’t know why Charles is wearing pink boxing gloves unless you watch… Grab your planner now! Highlight March 13–17 and get ready to rumble for MSEA’s Week of Action. We’re taking on over-testing and the Trump/DeVos/Hogan privatization agenda with strong and united activism directed at your elected representatives. Legislators need to hear from us […]
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Are You Marching to Protect Maryland’s Public Schools?

There’s still time! You can join hundreds of Maryland educators in Annapolis on Monday, March 13 to take a stand against the school privatization schemes of the Hogan/Trump/DeVos agenda and work to reduce standardized testing. MSEA’s Educators’ Agenda is moving but we need to keep the volume loud and the heat high. The Protect Our […]
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Maryland House Approves Less Testing, More Learning Act Unanimously

MSEA President Betty Weller stands with Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz, former NAACP president Ben Jealous, Maryland PTA President Elizabeth Leight, Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker, and Baltimore City educators at Tuesday’s press conference pushing back on private school vouchers. *The March to Protect Our Schools* We’re closing in on a thousand RSVPs for our […]
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Why We’re Marching on March 13

The issues MSEA is fighting for this year are pretty straightforward: reducing testing to 2% of instructional time, protecting neighborhood schools from privatization, and stopping public school funding from supporting for-profit charters and private school vouchers. You can make a difference in these fights by joining the March to Protect Our Schools! We’re marching from […]
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