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55 Years in the Classroom, and Still Counting!

On Teacher Appreciation Day, Greencastle Elementary School second-grade teacher and Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) member Estelle Moore thought she was going to another assembly celebrating student attendance in school. She didn’t know that behind the curtain were hiding NEA President Becky Pringle and Vice President Princess Moss, MSEA Vice President Nikki Woodward, MCEA President […]
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2026 General Assembly Wrap Up

MSEA counted wins in every category of its 2026 legislative priorities: protecting public education investments, developing a fairer school rating system, establishing guardrails around technology in the classroom, standing firm against vouchers, reducing the educator shortage, strengthening worker rights, and defending Maryland’s most vulnerable people. Those gains will have real, positive impacts on classrooms, schools, […]
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2026 Read Across America

MSEA leaders and members have been celebrating Read Across America and pro-moting literacy and the joy of books for years. This year, MSEA’s gift collections of 20 brand-new hardcover books were donated to school media centers across the state. MSEA’s program dovetails with NEA’s yearlong Read Across America program and highlights literacy at a time […]
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ESP’s: Focus on Bargaining As MSEA’s ESP Organizing Committee gets ready to launch the 2026 Bargaining Guide, members are focused on an aggressive push for a $25 minimum starting wage. The new guide, developed by the MSEA ESP Organizing Committee and aligned with the ESP Bill of Rights, will include a uniform member survey that […]
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Little Desks, Big Ideas

Little Desks, Big Ideas is MSEA’s interview series where President Paul Lemle chats up guests whose ideas are as big as the desks are small…and take a look, we mean small! Paul’s made new friends of folks like Teacher of the Year ALonna Soward-Puryear, Baltimore County community school liaison Cortly Witherspoon, One Fair Wage President […]
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Session Ends with Wins for ESPs, Accountability System, Funding

SINE DIE EDITION Session Ends with Wins for School Accountability, ESP Rights, Better Policy When the confetti concluded the 448th General Assembly session on Monday at midnight educators could celebrate some important new laws and historic firsts. MSEA tracked 417 bills during the session to improve educators’ profession, expand equity for students, and support worker […]
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Worker Rights, Educator Voice, Revised Star System Advance as Session Nears End

THIS WEEK IN ANNAPOLIS MSEA Priorities Advance: Worker Rights, Educator Voice, Revised Accountability System Now just days before the legislative session adjourns Sine Die on Monday, much of the legislation that aligns with MSEA’s legislative priorities is a step closer to becoming law. With overall commitments to K-12 public education funding intact, next year’s budget […]
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Bills to Fund Education, Support Educators, on Track after Crossover Deadline

THIS WEEK IN ANNAPOLIS House Committee Approves Revised Accountability System; Many MSEA Priorities Crossed Over Monday’s crossover deadline came and went with many of MSEA’s legislative priorities now in position to be passed by the opposite chamber. Legislation that did not get passed by the original chamber and cross over to the opposite chamber by […]
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Budget Supports Schools, Crosses Over; MSEA Priority Bills Advance

THIS WEEK IN ANNAPOLIS $71 Billion Budget Bill Passes Senate; Moves to House In a vote that included six Republican members, the Senate on Wednesday passed (40-6) a $70.88 billion fiscal year 2027 budget that the House will now take up. Like the governor’s proposed budget, the Senate version keeps the state’s commitment to K-12 […]
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