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What Gov. Hogan’s Education Announcement Is Trying to Distract You From

  Photo from Governor’s Office. On Monday morning, Gov. Hogan held a positively Trumpian press conference, attacking school systems in jurisdictions that didn’t vote for him (Baltimore City and Prince George’s County in particular), bizarrely attempting to relitigate old fights (introducing a bill called the Protect Our Students Act, an attempt to cozy up further […]
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MSEA Statement on Hogan’s Newest Attacks on Public Schools

The Governor Distracts from $3 Billion in School Underfunding This morning, Gov. Hogan once again launched a political attack on Maryland’s public schools. Sean Johnson, Director of Legislative Affairs for the Maryland State Education Association, released the following statement: “Gov. Hogan’s decision to once again stand with Betsy DeVos and against the educators, parents, and […]
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Student Poverty? Class Size? We’re On It.

This is our moment — if we are to be successful in our work influencing the recommendations of the commission to right the $3 billion annual funding deficit that our schools face, we need to educate each other, our communities, and our representatives in Annapolis. Meet Liz, Ronnie, Dwayne, Betty, Jeff, and Vernon — six MSEA activists who are […]
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550+ Meetings and 10,000+ Educators

What do our students deserve? More than MSEA members responded with better pay, more staff, and increased student services. “This really is our moment, and members are responding to it. Legislators will hear from 73,000 members come January with a strong message of unity and purpose for improving our schools — and they won’t stop hearing from […]
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3 Ways the New Kirwan Commission Timeline Can Help

  twitch.tv What do our students deserve? Thousands of MSEA members responded in building meetings with better pay, more staff, and increased student services. The recently announced delay in the final roll-out of the Kirwan Commission’s recommendations, while disappointing, make organizing and power-building all the more important — and MSEA will take full advantage of the new […]
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Betty Weller: We’re Making the Connections on School Funding, Student Services, and Student Success

Betty Weller, MSEA President I’ve been travelling the state over the last month to meet with members and talk about the opportunity we have to improve school funding through the recommendations of the Kirwan Commission. This is a chance to improve the future success of our schools and the resources available to students and educators. […]
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Educators Out in Force at Final Kirwan Commission Hearing

They came in buses and in carpools. They came from down the road, over the Bay Bridge, and through rush hour traffic on the Beltway. At Wednesday night’s final Kirwan Commission public hearing, educators packed the room, stood in the aisles, and made their voices heard. Here are some of the highlights of what they […]
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We’re $3 Billion Behind and We’re Pushing Back

MSEA President Betty Weller introduces MSEA’s This Is Our Moment campaign at a Calvert Education Association building rep assembly October 16. Every educator has stories — the kind that give you goosebumps or bring a tear to your eye. Those are the stories that help keep educators in the classroom — but what also helps are working conditions that lead […]
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What’s Changed Since 2002?

…but there was the Bridge to Excellence Act (also known as the Thornton Plan), which the General Assembly passed in 2002 thanks to MSEA’s advocacy. It was an “historic” accomplishment according to the New York Times. Thornton funding helped make Maryland the nation’s highest rated school system five years in a row. In 2002, Marshall […]
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