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What About My School’s Leaky Roof?

You probably read about students freez­ing in Baltimore City schools when more than one-third of the city’s schools — and students — went without sufficient heat during the cold spell last January. It was a big story that gained national attention. Nine months later, it was the heat wave at the start of the school year with 105 degree […]
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Looking Ahead — Harder Work, Bigger Wins

Our campaign for a Maryland Promise began as a commitment to create equal opportunity in every community for every child in Maryland. We’re halfway to making that promise a reality. Passing the Fix the Fund Act in the 2018 General Assembly, then passing Question 1 on the ballot in November were the two critical first […]
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MSEA President Cheryl Bost on Maryland’s New Star Rating System

MSEA President Cheryl Bost On December 4, I sat before the State Board of Education to be sure our voice was heard concerning Maryland’s new star rating system for school accountability. Our position is firm: rating schools doesn’t improve them; educators and parents in their communities do. School accountability only works if educators and parents drive […]
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Inside MSEA: Showing Our Commitment

MSEA Executive Director David Helfman Educators are committed to their students — it’s almost always the reason they stay in the profession. In fact, our recent survey findings show that more than 9 in 10 educators buy school supplies for their classrooms, and about 4 in 10 are accumulating debt just to stay in the profession they love, […]
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$500 Million More to Public Education? YES, PLEASE!

“Voting yes on Question 1 won’t just add badly needed funding to our public schools, it keeps a promise to voters,” said MSEA President Cheryl Bost at a press conference at Loch Raven High School in Baltimore County on August 30. In March, more than 1,000 Maryland educators rallied in Annapolis to call on the legislature […]
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Insufficient Funds

Debbi is a 12-year Cecil County paraeducator. She works full time at her school, rents a room in her house on Airbnb, and is looking for a restaurant job. From Time Magazine to the New York Times, from Arizona to North Carolina (and Kentucky, Oklahoma, and West Virginia in between), the situation and status of […]
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41% of Maryland Educators Work Second Jobs

Photo © NEA The Kirwan Commission is working on a plan to dramatically raise educator salaries — and not a moment too soon. A new poll of Maryland educators finds that far too many are struggling to make ends meet at home and keep their heads above water at work. 2 in 5 Educators Working Second Jobs The poll […]
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Here’s What We Won Thanks to YOU!

We made it happen! Thanks to members in every county, MSEA’s campaign to FIX the FUND went far beyond schoolhouse walls — and could now mean an additional $500 million annually for our schools. Legislators agreed nearly unanimously: Maryland needs to right the murky promise made in 2008 that state casino revenues that went into the Education […]
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We’re Taking Full Advantage of EVERY Opportunity

MSEA’s GO Team leaders are spearheading grassroots efforts across the state to mobilize members in the fight for school funding. SPRING — FALL MSEA seeks candidate pledges to support the Maryland Promise of ending the underfunding of our schools and providing every family and community a great public school and the opportunity to succeed. SPRING — SUMMER The Kirwan Commission […]
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