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$19 Million Grant Will Help Close Educator Shortage Gap

THIS MONTH IN ANNAPOLIS Grow Your Own Grant, Recruiting Plan Tackle Educator Shortage Gov. Moore announced the first round of a $19 million Grow Your Own grant program to support education support professionals (ESPs) and non-licensed school staff looking to teach, with a particular encouragement for men to join the profession. This continues the progress […]
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MSEA Delegates Recommend Re-Electing Moore, Lierman, Brown

THIS MONTH IN ANNAPOLIS MSEA Delegates Endorse Moore, Lierman, Brown for Re-Election, Murray-Lewis for State Board On October 17-18, during the MSEA Fall Representative Assembly (RA), delegates representing MSEA’s 76,000 members voted to support Gov. Wes Moore, Lt. Governor Aruna Miller, Comptroller Brooke Lierman, and Attorney General Anthony Brown for re-election in the 2026 statewide […]
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Governor, Comptroller, Attorney General Receive 76,000 Educators’ Support

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland—Today, delegates representing 76,000 members of the Maryland State Education Association (MSEA) attending the MSEA fall Representative Assembly (RA) voted to support the re-election of Gov. Wes Moore, Comptroller Brooke Lierman, and Attorney General Anthony Brown. Every four years the RA delegation votes on the MSEA Endorsement Council’s recommendation for statewide office candidates. “More […]
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MSEA’s 2025 Summer Organiz­ing Campaign

Ask one of the official MSEA ESP Summer Organizers what the three most important things they learned about during their eight weeks of door-to-door canvassing with the ESP Bill of Rights and it will no doubt mirror the thoughts of Kathy O’Reilly, a year-round organizer for the Washington County Educational Support Personnel (WCESP) local union: […]
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Somerset County Fights Back Against Extremism

Somerset County has been ground zero for a fight against a school board president and board majority bent on underfunding schools and instituting an extremist public school agenda that aligns with Moms for Liberty and other like-minded groups. It all started last November when far right extremist candidates were elected to a majority of seats […]
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My Turn: Ylianfer Otazo, Educational Assistant in Worcester County

My journey in the U.S. has been a transforma­tive experience. I was born in Barquisimeto, the musical city of Venezuela, and I had the honor of singing as a mezzo-soprano in the Opera Choir of Colombia and the National Choir of Peru. My path outside my country has been full of challenges and lessons. As […]
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3 Questions with Bernadette Supanick

Bernadette Supanick is a focused, crafty, and super-charged pre_k teacher in Calvert County who is filled with ideas, patience, and gratitude. “I couldn’t do what I do without the help of incredible instructional assistants whose love of kids is just as big as mine. When I have a vision, they’ve seen it. Together, we’ve brought […]
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2025 MSEA Convention: Protect, Organize, Win

Whether it’s pushing back on extremist groups trying to ban books in our schools or standing up to short-sighted politicians underfunding our schools, our union is there. We know that when we stand together, there is so much good we can do for our students, our communities, and each other. At this year’s 158th annual […]
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2025 SBOE Teacher Member Election Held on November 3-17

During the 2019 legislative session MSEA helped pass a bill to add a current teacher to the State Board of Education, elected by teachers from across the state. This major step in the right direction has helped to ensure that actual teachers who know our students, classrooms, and challenges have a voice at the table […]
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