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#WhyIMarch for Education

Educators are marching, rallying, and contacting their elected representatives like never before. “In my years as a public education advocate, I have never witnessed this level of public outcry,” said NEA President Lily Eskelsen García. Educators right here in Maryland are getting involved, speaking up, and organizing to protect our schools from DeVos and others […]
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Maryland Legislators Stand with MSEA to Protect Our Schools

MSEA President Betty Weller and legislative leaders at MSEA’s Protect Our Schools press conference. ANNOUNCING: 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 to join us: […]
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Bummed about Betsy DeVos?

Source: NEA Today On Tuesday, the unfortunate news broke that Betsy DeVos — billionaire, ardent supporter of private and religious school vouchers and unregulated charter schools, and “Trump’s most controversial nominee” — was America’s new education secretary. While she has no prior experience working in public education, she has spent decades advocating for private school voucher programs and the privatization […]
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“With More Time to Teach, We’d Visit Museums, Galleries, Archives, and Battlefields …”

The Less Testing More Learning Act of 2017 is the real deal, and with two-thirds of senators signed on as co-sponsors this year (it passed the House of Delegates unanimously last year), hopes are high among parents and educators. The legislation calls for a reduction in mandated standardized tests that would limit elementary and middle […]
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It’s Time for Maryland to Limit Standardized Testing

  MSEA President Betty Weller with legislators, educators, and parents at a MSEA press conference. When the Commission to Review Maryland’s Use of Assessments and Testing in Public Schools released its recommendations to reduce over-testing in July 2016, one recommendation in particular was hailed by commission members and educators: the creation of District Committees on […]
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An ESSA Primer: Will Maryland Make the Most of ESSA?

Photo credit: National Education Association It’s been more than a year since President Obama signed the every student succeeds act (ESSA) into law — laying to rest the policy disaster known as No Child Left Behind. Now Maryland is beginning to take serious steps in the lengthy process of implementing the new law. The Maryland State Department […]
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It’s Time to Protect Our Schools

Photo by Martin Falbisoner (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons THE WEEK THAT WAS IN ANNAPOLIS MSEA Begins Advocacy on “Protect Our Schools” 2017 Educators’ Agenda With the 2017 Maryland General Assembly now under way, MSEA President Betty Weller and the government relations staff are moving quickly to line up bill sponsors, […]
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Educators’ Agenda: Protect Our Schools

Photo: Martin Falbisoner (Attribution: ShareAlike 3.0 Unported) There is a growing threat to our public schools from President-Elect Trump in the White House and Governor Hogan here in Maryland. Both share an education agenda that weakens public schools by shifting taxpayer dollars to private and for-profit charter schools. This agenda would harm — and in some cases, […]
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An Educator’s Guide to MSDE’s ESSA Survey

Photo: Stephen Cherry The Every Students Succeeds Act (ESSA), the landmark federal bill that replaces No Child Left Behind, presents a once in a generation opportunity to redefine and improve public school success, with less emphasis on testing and a greater focus on closing opportunity gaps. Maryland’s ESSA Implementation Will Shape Your School for Years to […]
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