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Less Testing, More Learning Act Heads to the House Floor

    THE WEEK THAT WAS IN ANNAPOLIS Less Testing, More Learning Act Passes House Ways and Means One of MSEA’s top legislative priorities — the Less Testing, More Learning Act (HB461/SB452) — cleared its first major hurdle this week when it was unanimously voted out of the House Ways and Means Committee, 19–0. The full House of Delegates moved […]
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Educators Lead on Efforts to Reduce Testing

Fox Baltimore was among the outlets covering Wednesday’s Senate bill hearing of the Less Testing, More Learning Act. Sign-Up for the March to Protect Our Schools Protect public education with hundreds of educators on March 13 at MSEA’s march and lobby night! We have one simple message for legislators: Protect Our Schools. Sign-up and share this link […]
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Maryland Legislators Stand with MSEA to Protect Our Schools

MSEA President Betty Weller and legislative leaders at MSEA’s Protect Our Schools press conference. ANNOUNCING: The March to Protect Our Schools Protect public education with hundreds of educators on March 13 at MSEA’s march and lobby night! We have one simple message for legislators: Protect Our Schools. Sign up and share this link to join us: […]
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Gov. Hogan’s Sounds of Silence

You may have heard this playing in Annapolis recently… THE WEEK THAT WAS IN ANNAPOLIS Gov. Hogan Attempts to Spin Weak Education Record in Third State of the State On Wednesday, Gov. Hogan delivered his third State of the State speech to both chambers of the General Assembly, using rhetoric on bipartisanship that his record doesn’t […]
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Gov. Hogan Announces Legislation to Weaken Charter School Law (Again)

THE WEEK THAT WAS IN ANNAPOLIS On Wednesday, Gov. Hogan expanded his school privatization agenda when he sent out a press release announcing legislation to radically reform how charter schools operate in Maryland. His release named several bad ideas: · Creating the Maryland Public Charter School Authority, an independent public charter school authorizer · Exempting […]
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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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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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Gov. Hogan Finally Funded Public Schools. Why? $40 Million in Corporate Welfare.

Credit: Executive Office of the Governor, Steve Kwak THIS MONTH IN ANNAPOLIS Gov. Hogan Finally Agrees to $20 Million for Public Schools (In Exchange for $40 Million in Corporate Welfare) Back in August, Gov. Hogan announced that he would not release $25 million for public schools because of a downturn in state revenue projections caused by […]
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