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Inside MSEA with Sean Johnson: The Blueprint for Maryland's Future Is Working to Improve Student Outcomes

For years, educators across Maryland have said the same thing: when students have the resources, supports, and opportunities they deserve, they succeed. Now, new national research confirms the real progress made in classrooms and school communities across our state. According to a recent Education Scorecard produced by researchers at Harvard, Stanford, and Dartmouth, Maryland students […]
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55 Years in the Classroom, and Still Counting!

On Teacher Appreciation Day, Greencastle Elementary School second-grade teacher and Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) member Estelle Moore thought she was going to another assembly celebrating student attendance in school. She didn’t know that behind the curtain were hiding NEA President Becky Pringle and Vice President Princess Moss, MSEA Vice President Nikki Woodward, MCEA President […]
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Documentary to Feature MSEA's 168-Year History

Delegates at the 2025 MSEA Convention and Representative Assembly passed a new business item requesting a longform video about MSEA’s 168-year history that will debut this summer. MSEA dug deep into its archive to find moving and unexpected print and photographic records for the documentary and interviewed members whose reflections illustrate the power, diversity, and […]
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2026 Read Across America

MSEA leaders and members have been celebrating Read Across America and pro-moting literacy and the joy of books for years. This year, MSEA’s gift collections of 20 brand-new hardcover books were donated to school media centers across the state. MSEA’s program dovetails with NEA’s yearlong Read Across America program and highlights literacy at a time […]
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ESP’s: Focus on Bargaining As MSEA’s ESP Organizing Committee gets ready to launch the 2026 Bargaining Guide, members are focused on an aggressive push for a $25 minimum starting wage. The new guide, developed by the MSEA ESP Organizing Committee and aligned with the ESP Bill of Rights, will include a uniform member survey that […]
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Professional and Leadership Development at MSEA

Through workshops, trainings, and conferences, MSEA provides members—from early career to veteran—valuable resources to help you feel confident and prepared on the job. Offerings range from in-person, virtual, self-paced, and webinar events on frontline issues, including passing Praxis, restorative practices, trauma-informed and culturally responsive education, and many more. Leadership development includes skill-building and empowerment to […]
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Inside MSEA with Sean Johnson: MSEA membership at record levels

This issue of ActionLine highlights what makes our union strong: work that is done with members, by members, and for members. That commitment is not just a value—it is a strategy. And it is driving real, measurable growth. At press time, MSEA has 73,693 active members—an increase of nearly 1,200 members over last year. That […]
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MSEA's 2026 Legislative Agenda

The 2026 legislative session will be pivotal for Marylanders, educators, and students. Elected officials can continue to build on the strong history of commitment to our public schools by the governor and the legislature in the final year of their terms before November’s election, when every seat in the General Assembly is on the ballot. […]
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Why I Belong: The Power of Membership

We asked members across categories of union membership why and how they took the step to join. Our members are early career, mid-career, veteran, and retired teachers, education support professionals, administrators and supervisors, and higher education faculty—to a person, they joined because they were asked directly or made aware of what union solidarity means when […]
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