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2024-2025 Maryland Teacher of the Year Kat Locke-Jones

Congratulations to 2024-2025 Maryland Teacher of the Year Kat Locke-Jones, a Baltimore City 7th grade English language arts teacher! She is passionate about teaching students to write and tell their own stories as an academic exercise and as a way to find and shine a light on themsel­ves. She is co-founder of SL24, a mental […]
Educator Voice|Elections|Union Updates

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Maryland Elects Pro-Public Education Leaders

While the national election results promise challenging times ahead for public education and unions, MSEA members and educator-recommended candidates had very successful local election results here in Maryland. Hundreds of MSEA members and allies knocked on doors throughout Maryland, called and sent postcards to voters, and handed out Apple Ballots on Election Day—and won in […]
Educator Voice|School Funding

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MSEA's 2025 Legislative Agenda

“The state is facing serious budget challenges going into the 2025 Legislative Assembly. We don’t yet know what threats from the new federal administration might have a uniquely disproportionate effect on Maryland’s economy, such as the possible loss of federal jobs (which employ 160,000 Maryland residents), federal funding for the Key Bridge and Baltimore’s new […]
Education Support Professionals|Educator Voice

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My Turn: Harford County Media Technician Beth Kowalchek

Meet Beth Kowalchek, a media technician at Havre de Grace and Meadowvale elementary schools in Harford County. She’s a skilled paraeducator and media technician and an avid reader. She’s a member of her union, the Harford County Education Association, and is currently a year-round organizer for MSEA’s ESP Bill of Rights. After several years of […]
Educator Voice|Elections|Racial and Social Justice|School Funding|Union Updates

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The Power of Our Union Has Never Been More Important

Elections have consequences. Sometimes those consequences are a perceived mandate from voters, as in 2012 to protect the Affordable Care Act at the national level or the DREAM Act and marriage equality at the state level. Or the overwhelming support realized for a governor committed to the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future, as in the elec­tion […]
Education Support Professionals|Educator Voice|Elections|Racial and Social Justice|School Funding

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Commitment to Public Schools, Students, and Educators Drives Session Priorities

THIS MONTH IN ANNAPOLIS 2025 Legislative Session Pivotal for Marylanders, Educators, Students The 2025 legislative session, opening on January 8, will be pivotal for Marylanders, educators, and students. MSEA will look to elected officials to continue to build on the history of commitment to our public schools by the governor and the legislature, in the […]
Educator Voice|Elections

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Every Vote Matters in High-Stakes Election

THIS MONTH IN ANNAPOLIS Basic Rights, Freedoms on Ballot Tuesday As Election Day nears, the stakes keep rising for those seeking to defend public education, personal freedoms, healthcare rights, and voting rights. Those values are on Maryland ballots in the election that will determine the next U.S. president, U.S. House and Senate representation, leaders of […]
Education Support Professionals|Educator Voice|Racial and Social Justice|Union Updates

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My Turn: Baltimore County CARE Liaison Cortly Witherspoon

Meet Cortly Witherspoon, a community school liaison at Baltimore County’s Winfield Elementary School. He’s a longtime social and political activist and now, as a member of the Education Support Professionals of Baltimore County (ESPBC), a union activist. This year, he’s part of MSEA’s 2024-2025 Minority Leadership Training cohort, one of MSEA’s signature leadership development programs. […]
Educator Voice|Pedagogy|Professional Practice

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Breakthroughs: Maximizing Opportunities for My Students and My Career

Erica Richardson is a social science teacher at Joppatowne High School and the 2024 Harford County Teacher of the Year. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in secondary education from St. Thomas Aquinas College and is a board member of the Middle States Council for Social Studies. For the past 25 years, I have been […]
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