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MSEA’s 32 Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration

Darryl Barnes, MSEA 2017 Community Service Award winner; MSEA President Betty Weller; Oreal Morsell, MSEA 2017 Community Service Award winner; Jitu Brown, keynote speaker; and MSEA Vice President Cheryl Bost. MSEA hosted its 32nd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration on January 14th at BWI Hilton with special guests Jitu Brown, national director of the […]
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A Civics Lesson from Theory to Practice

Civics, social studies, and government teachers see theory and action collide every day in the news. For this General Assembly session, we’ve asked teachers from across the state to share their insights into MSEA’s legislative priorities and how they fit into their own views of their classroom and practice. Let’s first take a look at […]
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Gov. Hogan Releases “Too Good to Be True” Budget

Gov. Hogan responds to press questions about his budget. (Credit: Executive Office of the Governor) THE WEEK THAT WAS IN ANNAPOLIS On Tuesday, Gov. Hogan held a press conference to highlight a new budget that somehow closed a $544 million deficit without raising taxes or making “serious” funding cuts. Reporters were skeptical. It turns out […]
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The 5 Most Infuriating Moments from Betsy DeVos’ Confirmation Hearing

If you care about public education, you probably heard about Betsy DeVos’ train wreck of a confirmation hearing for Secretary of Education last night. If you haven’t called your senator yet at 1–855–882–6229 to tell them to vote NO on DeVos, this list of 5 lowlights from her confirmation hearing should make you run straight […]
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4 Charts Show Marylanders Want More Support for Public Schools

Education doesn’t have to be a partisan issue. A poll released today from Gonzales Research of 823 registered Maryland voters shows broad agreement across counties, parties, and demographics: Marylanders want increased funding for public schools, increased access to pre-k, and for our political leaders to focus on improving public schools rather than shifting resources to […]
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It’s Time to Protect Our Schools

Photo by Martin Falbisoner (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons THE WEEK THAT WAS IN ANNAPOLIS MSEA Begins Advocacy on “Protect Our Schools” 2017 Educators’ Agenda With the 2017 Maryland General Assembly now under way, MSEA President Betty Weller and the government relations staff are moving quickly to line up bill sponsors, […]
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4 Ways to Contact Your Legislator

  With the 2017 Maryland General Assembly now in session through April 10, it’s time to make sure that all 47 senators and 141 delegates hear from educators on the issues that matter to our students and schools. You have the ability to help steer the direction of the laws that will impact our jobs […]
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Educators’ Agenda: Protect Our Schools

Photo: Martin Falbisoner (Attribution: ShareAlike 3.0 Unported) There is a growing threat to our public schools from President-Elect Trump in the White House and Governor Hogan here in Maryland. Both share an education agenda that weakens public schools by shifting taxpayer dollars to private and for-profit charter schools. This agenda would harm — and in some cases, […]
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An Educator’s Guide to MSDE’s ESSA Survey

Photo: Stephen Cherry The Every Students Succeeds Act (ESSA), the landmark federal bill that replaces No Child Left Behind, presents a once in a generation opportunity to redefine and improve public school success, with less emphasis on testing and a greater focus on closing opportunity gaps. Maryland’s ESSA Implementation Will Shape Your School for Years to […]
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