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Session Wins: School Funding, Raising ESP Wages, Anti-Discrimination

SINE DIE IN ANNAPOLIS Session Ends with Wins for School Funding, Anti-Discrimination, Education Support Professionals Third Pandemic-Impacted Session Adjourns Sine Die At midnight on Monday, the 443rd Maryland General Assembly session adjourned sine die with victories for social justice, education equity, and wage improvements for education support professionals (ESPs). Those are just some of the […]
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Support Staff Wages, Key Bills Advance

THIS WEEK IN ANNAPOLIS MSEA’s Priorities Advance through Crossover, Including ESP Wages, Antidiscrimination, Pandemic Recovery Monday was the “crossover” deadline date in the legislative calendar for legislation to get through one chamber of the legislature to guarantee consideration in the other chamber. Several bills in play are MSEA priorities to address education staffing shortages, pay […]
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Fight for Educator Voice in Class Size Gains Momentum

THIS WEEK IN ANNAPOLIS Committed Educators Testify for Class Size Bargaining Rights, Combat Great Resignation In the House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday, a lineup of congressional representatives joined state and local leaders and educators to advocate for House Bill 890, sponsored by chair of the House Democratic Caucus Delegate Jazz Lewis (D-Prince George’s), […]
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Momentum Builds for Higher ESP Wages, Right to Bargain Class Size

THIS WEEK IN ANNAPOLIS Legislation in Motion to Raise Education Support Professionals’ Pay, Make Class Size Negotiable On Thursday during a press conference hosted by MSEA, Senator Craig Zucker (D-Montgomery) and Delegate Jazz Lewis (D-Prince George’s) were joined by distinguished educators, MSEA President Cheryl Bost, and SEIU 500 President Pia Morrison to build momentum for […]
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Poll: Crushing Workloads Burning Out Educators; Right to Bargain for Smaller Classes Would Improve Retention

A majority of Maryland educators report that classes are so large, stress levels so high, burnout so exhausting, and staffing shortages so prevalent that they are more likely to leave the profession or retire early, according to a recent poll conducted by the Maryland State Education Association (MSEA). Poll findings include: 96% of educators say […]
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MSEA Fights for Educators to Have a Voice in Class Size

THIS WEEK IN ANNAPOLIS Educators Should Have a Voice in Class Sizes As educators try to balance crippling staffing shortages and overwhelming workloads with students’ needs for more individualized attention than ever, MSEA is leading an effort to make class size no longer an illegal subject of bargaining in Maryland. The emphasis that the Blueprint […]
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Workload Overload: How Educators Can Combat the Crisis of Class Size, Caseloads, and Workload

As the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future begins the promising—and complicated—process of implementation, public school educators in Maryland, like those in most states, find themselves struggling under the unyielding grind of an ongoing pandemic and all that it leaves in its wake for their students and jobs. Across the country staff shortages are affecting teaching and […]
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A Message from MSEA President Cheryl Bost

Lately we are witnessing in­creased vitriol directed at school employees and public education—blame, disrespect, and even threats towards edu­cators and unions by people who don’t work in our schools. Everyone wants the pandemic to be over and possibly no group more than educators (and, of course, healthcare workers). We are all experiencing pan­demic fatigue and […]
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It Should Not Be Illegal to Talk About Class Size

Maryland’s collective bargaining law identifies subjects that are required topics during negotiations, including wages and hours. And it specifically outlines some subjects that are illegal to talk about at the bargaining table, including class size. We believe this can and must change. Even before the pandemic, we saw the impact on student learning and working […]
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