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Erika Strauss Chavarria for Social Justice Activist of the Year
School Funding

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Maryland Schools Are Underfunded by $3 Billion

Photo © NEA Named after its chair, for­mer University System of Maryland Chancellor Brit Kirwan, the Commission’s 25 members are working to rewrite Maryland’s school funding formula. They are scheduled to deliver recom­mendations to the General Assembly in December. Since legislators passed the Bridge to Excellence in Public Schools Act (also known as the Thornton Plan) […]
Union Updates

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New MSEA Director Is Maryland School Psychologist of the Year

“In the absence of alternative strategies, school psychologists are being called on more than ever to provide needed training, interventions, and sup­ports. Unfortunately, in most districts budget restrictions have not increased staffing levels for us, increasing our workloads. We must organize school psychologists around these issues to advocate for increased staffing.” That’s an excerpt from […]
Legal Questions

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What Happens When an Education Employee Is Accused of Abuse or Neglect?

The number of allegations of abuse or neglect made against public school employees is continuing to skyrocket. A great many of the allegations are ruled out — meaning no abuse or neglect occurred — but the investigation process is incredibly stressful for employees because of the negative impact on reputation and possible job consequences. There are multiple agencies involved […]
Education Support Professionals

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My Turn: School Nurse Wendy Stabnow

Wendy Stabnow is a school nurse at Chopticon High School in St. Mary’s County. She is a member of the Education Association of St. Mary’s County. I’m a career-changer. I went back to school when I was 50 to become a registered nurse. Now I’m back in school getting my bachelor of science in nursing degree. […]
Education Support Professionals

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Wicomico Education Support Professionals in a Fight for Fairness

In Wicomico County, education support professionals (ESP) are rallying for just cause and bind­ing arbitration, rights that most other education employees in Maryland already have. If their fight for these rights is success­ful, Wicomico County will join Queen Anne’s County on the Eastern Shore, and all but Anne Arundel and Harford counties in the rest […]
Union Updates

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What’s the Change You Want to See?

IEO grants are all about encouraging distributive leadership — the opposite of the top-down style of management and leadership most of us have come to know. Distributive leadership builds from the base and helps generate activity and activism that’s relevant, efficient, and accessible to everyone involved. Creative, innovative organizing That’s what MSEA’s Innovative Engagement and Organizing (IEO) […]
Charter Schools

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Big Win #3: Taking on the Hogan-DeVos Privatization Agenda

Educators, students, and public schools scored several big wins this legislative session. We’ve look at two of the biggest wins and what they mean for Maryland schools: the Protect Our Schools Act and the More Learning, Less Testing Act. Today we’re looking at the defeat of Gov. Hogan’s charter schools bill. Governor Hogan and U.S. Education Secretary Betsy […]
Racial and Social Justice

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5 Things Transgender Students Want Their Teachers to Know

“Iwish my teachers could understand how important pronouns are. It’s physically painful to be misgendered. If they do mess up, I wish they’d just calmly correct themselves instead of making a huge deal out of it.” — Beau “Iwish they understood that it takes a lot to come out, especially while still in school. I’m just like […]
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