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“There Is the Racial Conversation Which We Need to Dive into, Right?”

José Vilson is a New York City middle school math teacher and author of This Is Not A Test: A New Narrative on Race, Class, and the Future of Education,(Haymarket Books, 2014). He’s also the founder of EduColor, a coalition of teachers, parents, and other concerned citizens dedicated to the uplift of people of color in education. […]
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“Lead with Love.”

Monique Morris is an award-winning author and social justice scholar with nearly three decades of experience in the areas of education, civil rights, juvenile and social justice. Dr. Morris is the author of several books, including Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools (The New Press, 2016), and has written and lectured often on social justice […]
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We Need to Improve Minority Teacher Turnover

Photo © NEA Minority teachers have the power to make their schools a better place — and be a critical role model, ally, and advocate for all students, especially minority students. In fact, research has shown that minority teachers may lead to greater academic gains by minority students and can play an important role in closing achievement gaps. […]
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Inside MSEA: Leading on Social Justice

MSEA Executive Director David Helfman In November, local presidents, MSEA staff, and the board of directors came together to learn from each other and discuss plans for the coming year. At the meeting, I was particularly struck by the story that Frederick County Teachers Association President Missy Dirks and UniServ Director Nicola van Kuilenburg shared. In […]
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Erika Strauss Chavarria for Social Justice Activist of the Year
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Update: Supporting Our LGBTQ Students

When President Obama issued a directive last May protecting the right of transgender students to use the restrooms and lockers that match their gender identities, many students and their allies felt some sense of relief and acknowledgement. MSDE followed that up with guidelines that allow students to use the facilities they choose and that policy […]
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5 Things Transgender Students Want Their Teachers to Know

“Iwish my teachers could understand how important pronouns are. It’s physically painful to be misgendered. If they do mess up, I wish they’d just calmly correct themselves instead of making a huge deal out of it.” — Beau “Iwish they understood that it takes a lot to come out, especially while still in school. I’m just like […]
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MSEA’s 32 Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration

Darryl Barnes, MSEA 2017 Community Service Award winner; MSEA President Betty Weller; Oreal Morsell, MSEA 2017 Community Service Award winner; Jitu Brown, keynote speaker; and MSEA Vice President Cheryl Bost. MSEA hosted its 32nd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration on January 14th at BWI Hilton with special guests Jitu Brown, national director of the […]
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Organizing for LGBT+ Students and Educators

Sharon Zearfoss-Naugle with members of the Gender Sexuality Alliance at Governor Thomas Johnson High School. A quote hangs in Sharon Zearfoss-Naugle’s music room at Governor Thomas Johnson High School (TJHS) in Frederick County. She doesn’t know quite where it came from, just that it’s been there for as long as anyone can remember. It goes like […]
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