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2024 Election Results: A Big Win for Cecil County

In Cecil County, citizens led by well-organized local pro-public education forces celebrated the win they needed most when they ousted County Executive Danielle Hornberger in the May primary. After three years of maintenance of effort only funding by Hornberger, and her 2024-2025 proposed budget of brutal cuts which included slashing middle school sports, music programs, […]
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General Assembly 2024

A Big Lift  Throughout the 90-day session, MSEA’s lobbyists tracked approximately 400 pieces of legislation and provided testimony on 150. While most of MSEA’s legislative priorities passed, other bills did not cross the finish line but raised awareness on critical topics that impact educators and students daily. We also worked successfully to prevent the passage […]
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A Message from President Cheryl Bost

OUR UNION VOICE continues to grow stronger! I’m extremely proud of our continued membership growth as MSEA realizes our highest level of members on record. Our voice is as strong as our members and you’ve turned up the volume on advocacy for ourstudents and each other. Thank you! I’m excited to report that education support […]
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Inside MSEA with Sean Johnson

Our educator voices must thwart the attacks on the Blueprint! Have you heard any elected officials, local superintendents, local board of education members, or candidates for office complain about the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future? I suspect a good number of them are the same people who routinely oppose any new investment in public education. The […]
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Anne Arundel Activists Rally for Q&A with County Exec

At a townhall-style Q&A in March, members of the Teachers Association of Anne Arundel County pressed County Executive Steuart Pittman, who they helped elect, about the county’s budget. The Board of Education’s proposed budget underfunds health care and increases educator contributions by $1,400 per year. As members stepped up to the mic, they urged Pittman […]
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Session Wins Include Freedom to Read, Bills to Address Educator Shortage

SINE DIE EDITION Successes This Session Help Address Educator Shortage, Prevent Book Bans The 446th Maryland General Assembly legislative session adjourned sine die at midnight on Monday, having delivered wins for educators, students, and Marylanders. Throughout the 90-day session, MSEA’s lobbyists tracked approximately 400 pieces of legislation and provided testimony on 150. While many of […]
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Freedom to Read Act Passes out of Committee

THIS WEEK IN ANNAPOLIS Freedom to Read Act Ready to Move to Floor Vote The Freedom to Read Act sets standards to prevent the kinds of politically motivated book bans that are emerging around the state, received favorable votes with amendments in the Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee and the Ways and Means […]
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Community College Funding, Educator Support in Motion

THIS WEEK IN ANNAPOLIS In Budget Talks, MSEA Justifies Restoration of Community College Funding In hearings on Thursday in the House and Friday in the Senate on the proposed $63.1 billion budget, Senate Bill 360/House Bill 350, MSEA took opportunities to justify restoring full funding for community colleges. They are essential components to meeting college […]
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Solving the Educator Shortage: Expanding and Diversifying the Profession

he most vexing problem facing nearly every community across the nation is the dwindling educator pipeline. Whether a community is experiencing this shortage now or bracing for it in the near future, it’s a crisis that must be addressed through an equitable and just public school model that funds the cost of more highly qualified […]
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