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2024 School Board Elections: There's No Down Time

With so much at stake in school board races across Maryland, there’s little downtime from the May primaries to the November general election. Already in locals where these school board races are so critical, candidates are planning and campaigning, and local educator unions are strategizing how to maximize educators’ influence at the voting booth. State […]
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Angela Alsobrooks for U.S. Senate

Delegates to MSEA’s Representative Assembly met in a special session in May to approve the MSEA Endorsement Council’s recommendation of Angela Alsobrooks for U.S. Senate to fill the seat of retiring Sen. Ben Cardin. That recommendation was then forwarded to, and approved by, NEA. Visit the Angela Alsobrooks for Senate website. Alsobrooks is the current […]
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2024 Election Results: A Big Win for Cecil County

In Cecil County, citizens led by well-organized local pro-public education forces celebrated the win they needed most when they ousted County Executive Danielle Hornberger in the May primary. After three years of maintenance of effort only funding by Hornberger, and her 2024-2025 proposed budget of brutal cuts which included slashing middle school sports, music programs, […]
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Educator-Recommended Candidates Sweep Primaries, Work for November Wins

THIS MONTH IN ANNAPOLIS Educators’ Recommended Candidates Win Primary Races More than 90% of educator-recommended candidates emerged victorious in the May primary races at all levels of government, giving educators an excellent opportunity to see champions for schools and students hold elected office at many different levels. For the always important board of education races, […]
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General Assembly 2024

A Big Lift  Throughout the 90-day session, MSEA’s lobbyists tracked approximately 400 pieces of legislation and provided testimony on 150. While most of MSEA’s legislative priorities passed, other bills did not cross the finish line but raised awareness on critical topics that impact educators and students daily. We also worked successfully to prevent the passage […]
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Primary Election Day 2024

Do you wonder why your local union and MSEA are involved in politics? It’s because almost all of the people who make decisions about public education and your job are elected leaders or their appointees. When we elect solid friends of public education to positions on boards of education, county councils, and as state and […]
Education Support Professionals|Professional Practice

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My Turn: Anne Arundel County Early Career Intervention Technician Monet Eberhart

Monet Eberhart is an early career intervention technical at Point Pleasant Resource Center in Anne Arundel County and the vice president of her local, the Secretaries and Assistants Association of Anne Arundel County. Working with early childhood education students is a profound journey that intertwines passion, community impact, and personal inspiration. The foundation of this […]
Pedagogy|Professional Practice

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Breakthroughs: Finding Our Locus of Control

Kathleen Klecan is the 2020 Maryland School Counselor of the Year and the lead school counselor at Brunswick Elementary School in Frederick County. She also serves as the master teacher for new school counselors in Frederick County Public Schools and is the lead of the mentoring committee for the Maryland School Counselor Association. There is […]
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The Good Trouble Questionnaire

Ravi Pillalamarri makes good trouble for the Teachers Association of Anne Arundel County. He is a math teacher at Annapolis High School. He took the questionnaire for the April, 2024 issue of ActionLine. What do you love the most about public schools? Public education is an equalizing force for society, both for students and personnel. […]
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