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Passing the Praxis: MSEA Works to Build a Diverse Teaching Corps

“Representation absolutely mat­ters and it matters for … almost every educational outcome you can think of,” Seth Gershenson told the Washington Post last December. Gershenson, a public policy professor at American University, is a co-author of the upcoming book Teacher Diversity and Student Success (Febru­ary 2021, Harvard Publishing Group). He says that teacher diversity should […]
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MSEA's Praxis Core Prep: The Power of Representation

John Bailey is a student at the Community College of Baltimore County majoring in secondary teacher education with plans to attend an Historically Black College or University as a history major. He’s already a member of MSEA’s Aspiring Educators—in fact, he’s president of the growing CCBC chapter, inspiring others to become active early in their […]
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Educators Will Navigate New Hurdles to Reach Legislators

This Month in Annapolis Educators Will Navigate New Hurdles to Reach Legislators MSEA will be advocating for educators as usual during the 2021 General Assembly session, even though access to lawmakers will shrink because of pandemic-related safety protocols and prohibitions inside the Capitol. House and Senate galleries will be closed to the public; a limited […]
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The 4 Veto Overrides Needed to Help Maryland Schools

“While we are in the midst of a public health and economic crisis of an extraordinary magnitude, stopping progress on education and school construction puts us even further behind." -- House of Delegates Speaker Adrienne Jones
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Dual Pandemics: COVID and Closure, Race and Equity

The heart of MSEA is our members—edu­cation professionals who join together lo­cally and statewide across a large number of job descriptions for the purpose of pro­tecting and improving public education for students, families, and our communi­ties. MSEA members are the strongest em­ployee union in the state—we pivot from our positions as dedicated frontline edu­cators to […]
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MSEA President Cheryl Bost: We can provide hope to students for something better

MSEA President Cheryl Bost Every January, we celebrate and reflect on the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. — work that changed our country and for which he gave the ultimate sacrifice. As we begin a new decade, I wonder how far we have advanced his work. As an educator, and the elected voice of educators across […]
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Honoring Advocacy, Commitment, Courage

2018 MSEA Minority Recognition Award for Leadership recipient Kierre Vinson, a Carroll County member and reading specialist, with MSEA-Retired member Yvonne Gambrill. MSEA supports members and their communities through annual awards for activism on behalf of public schools and minority populations. “Our advocacy is not only for our students and their success, but also for […]
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Promoting Respect and Empathy

You can set the stage for a caring classroom in the 2019–2020 school year with help from another great toolkit from MSEA’s partnership with First Book. The new Promoting Respect and Empathy: A Toolkit for Educators of All Grades includes more than 20 activities from educators to help build more of the valuable social skills students need. You […]
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Black Girls and Discipline

In the mountains of research about school discipline, there’s one group of students that has only recently begun to receive the attention it deserves. That group is Black girls. According to the National Black Women’s Justice Institute analysis of Department of Education Office for Civil Rights Data from 2015–2016, Black girls are seven times more […]
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