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6 Steps to Get Ready for MSEA’s March to Protect Our Schools

Less than a week from now, a thousand educators will make their way to Annapolis to March to Protect Our Schools. We’re marching for less standardized testing and to prevent the privatization of our public schools. (Haven’t RSVPed yet? Take care of that now.) Here are 6 steps to make sure you’re ready to march! […]
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Are You Marching to Protect Maryland’s Public Schools?

There’s still time! You can join hundreds of Maryland educators in Annapolis on Monday, March 13 to take a stand against the school privatization schemes of the Hogan/Trump/DeVos agenda and work to reduce standardized testing. MSEA’s Educators’ Agenda is moving but we need to keep the volume loud and the heat high. The Protect Our […]
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Maryland House Approves Less Testing, More Learning Act Unanimously

MSEA President Betty Weller stands with Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz, former NAACP president Ben Jealous, Maryland PTA President Elizabeth Leight, Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker, and Baltimore City educators at Tuesday’s press conference pushing back on private school vouchers. *The March to Protect Our Schools* We’re closing in on a thousand RSVPs for our […]
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House of Delegates Passes Less Testing, More Learning Act

This morning, the Maryland House of Delegates unanimously (139-0) approved the Less Testing, More Learning Act (HB461), legislation that would limit all district, state, and federal mandated tests to 2% of the annual school year—or 21.6 hours in elementary and middle schools and 23.6 hours in high schools. The legislation now moves to the Senate, where […]
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Why We’re Marching on March 13

The issues MSEA is fighting for this year are pretty straightforward: reducing testing to 2% of instructional time, protecting neighborhood schools from privatization, and stopping public school funding from supporting for-profit charters and private school vouchers. You can make a difference in these fights by joining the March to Protect Our Schools! We’re marching from […]
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Less Testing, More Learning Act Heads to the House Floor

    THE WEEK THAT WAS IN ANNAPOLIS Less Testing, More Learning Act Passes House Ways and Means One of MSEA’s top legislative priorities — the Less Testing, More Learning Act (HB461/SB452) — cleared its first major hurdle this week when it was unanimously voted out of the House Ways and Means Committee, 19–0. The full House of Delegates moved […]
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138 Hours of Entering Test Data?

A new assessment is being piloted this year for three- and four-year-olds across Maryland. The Early Learning Assessment (ELA) is brought to you by the same folks who developed the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA), a test which so disrupted the first months of kindergarten that the General Assembly stepped in last year to limit the […]
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Educators Lead on Efforts to Reduce Testing

Fox Baltimore was among the outlets covering Wednesday’s Senate bill hearing of the Less Testing, More Learning Act. Sign-Up for the March to Protect Our Schools Protect public education with hundreds of educators on March 13 at MSEA’s march and lobby night! We have one simple message for legislators: Protect Our Schools. Sign-up and share this link […]
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“Over-testing is ineffective instruction.”

Educators know this all too well — mandated testing has gone through the roof and the impacts are far reaching. Much of the problem is at the local level —district-mandated assessments account for 74% of all required testing of K–12. It’s time to put an end to the culture of over-testing. MSEA members are leading on the […]
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