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The Good Trouble Questionnaire: Clarissa Simmons Cameron

Clarissa Simmons Cameron is an education activist and a mentor teacher and ESOL chair at Largo High School. She took the Good Trouble Questionnaire for the April 2023 issue of ActionLine. What do you love the most about public schools? Public schools are the heart of the community and a lifeline for many of our […]
Educator Voice|Professional Practice|Racial and Social Justice|Teacher Toolkit

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Teacher's Toolkit: Howard County's Tiffani Peguese

Tiffani Peguese is a Black student achievement liaison at Patuxent Valley Middle School in Howard County and a member of the Howard County Education Association. Using three grants from Howard County’s Horizon Foundation, she helped fund and stock libraries with inclusive and diverse literature. She recently completed a two-year fellowship with the foundation, where she […]
Educator Voice|Professional Practice|Racial and Social Justice|School Funding

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2023 General Assembly: It Feels Great to Be Heard

From the more than 3,000 pieces of legislation introduced this year in Maryland’s General Assembly, MSEA tracked hundreds that addressed MSEA’s legislative priorities passed by the member-led Legislative and Citizenship Committee. The agenda focused on the educator shortage and workload, school safety, strengthening the Blueprint, improving educator voice and workers’ rights, making good on last […]
Educator Voice|Elections

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Jacob Bennett Takes His Seat on Harford County Council

In the short time since Harford County middle school science teacher Jacob Bennett won a seat on the seven-member county council by 94 votes in a close November election, he has been excluded from the inauguration program and official swearing-in ceremonies, locked out of his office and email account, denied the council salary and supplies […]
Education Support Professionals|Educator Voice|Union Updates

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ESP Union Summer 2023

MSEA’s ESP Bill of Rights campaign is exciting support staff across the state with a focused plan of action for better contracts, pay, and respect. Individual worksites and entire local unions have already endorsed the Bill of Rights but we’re not stopping there. We want 100% of ESPs to know what the Bill of Rights […]
Educator Voice|Racial and Social Justice

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A Message from Cheryl Bost

I find myself scrolling through the news and too often I am overwhelmed and despondent. Senseless, unrelenting shootings. Increased violence by and against our youth who have unchecked access to guns. Political attacks targeted at the continued oppression of people of color, religious ideologies, women’s rights, gender identity, political affiliation…of people who are…simply existing. Our […]
Education Support Professionals|Educator Voice|School Funding

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Session Closes with Wins for Public Education and New Administration

SINE DIE EDITION THIS WEEK IN ANNAPOLIS Session Adjourns Sine Die with Historic Wins At midnight on Monday, the 445th Maryland General Assembly legislative session, and first one for the Moore-Miller Administration, adjourned sine die with victories for education support professionals (ESPs), aspiring and veteran educators, students, social justice, labor rights, and education equity. Out […]
Educator Voice|School Funding

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Powerful Educator Shortage Act Testimony Heard in House

THIS WEEK IN ANNAPOLIS Educator Shortage Act Heard in House On Wednesday, MSEA President Cheryl Bost and aspiring educator Jailyn Bridgeforth joined the lead panel testifying in support of Gov. Wes Moore’s Educator Shortage Act (House Bill 1219/Senate Bill 893) during its hearing in the House Ways and Means Committee. “The pipeline of educators continues […]
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Bills Address Educator Shortage, Mental Health, Safety

THIS WEEK IN ANNAPOLIS Governor’s Bill Addresses Educator Shortage Head-on Confronting the shortage of educators and the inadequate pipeline to supply their ranks, Gov. Moore has introduced his Educator Shortage Act, House Bill 1219. The bill would achieve several goals that MSEA has fought for, including establishing a paid internship program for aspiring educators. The […]
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