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Monthly Archives: June 2019

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Statement from MEA President Paula Herbart regarding Benton Harbor

EAST LANSING – The following can be attributed to MEA President Paula Herbart regarding the tentative plan to address the academic and financial challenges facing Benton Harbor Area Schools: “From…

June 28, 2019For News Media, Newsroom, Press RoomBy Miriam Garcia

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Parochiaid Case

The Michigan Supreme Court this week agreed to hear a case involving an appropriation of tax dollars for private schools by the Michigan Legislature in 2016. A coalition of education…

June 26, 2019Featured, LegislationBy Miriam Garcia

#RedForEd Rally Brings Noise to Quiet Capitol

At the second of two June education funding rallies in Lansing on Tuesday, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called out Republican leaders in the state Legislature for taking a summer recess without…

June 26, 2019Featured, Our Members, Political Action, RedforEdBy Miriam Garcia

A Message From a Mid-Career Teacher in Michigan

By Brenda Ortega Editor Like many mid-career teachers in Michigan today, English teacher Maureen Horan can document the decline of her income starting in 2011. Not only did her salary…

June 24, 2019Featured, MEA-EdWatchBy Miriam Garcia

Sign up for Staples discounts by June 30 to win a “classroom refresh”

Since MEA’s new discount program with Staples launched late last year, members who’ve signed up have saved thousands of dollars on supply purchases. But we know many haven’t signed up…

June 20, 201913 CommentsFeaturedBy Miriam Garcia

#RedForEd Rally: ‘We have to keep going’

Center Line math teacher Robert Boccomino retired at the end of last week after a 25-year career in education, but that didn’t stop him from showing up at the Michigan…

June 19, 2019Education Support Professionals, Featured, Our Members, RedforEd, TeachersBy Miriam Garcia

Opinion: Educators deserve more funding

June 19, 2019 By PAULA HERBART/President – Michigan Education Association Unions learned an important lesson decades ago: collective action gets results. Tuesday, educators from the Michigan Education Association and American Federation…

June 19, 2019Featured, Labor VoicesBy Miriam Garcia

Together We Can Seize this Moment

Editor’s Note: Much has been written about educator demoralization in Michigan and across the country. Politicians have simultaneously cut education funding while increasing demands on schools and educators. The resulting…

June 17, 2019MEA-EdWatch, RedforEdBy MEA-RB

June 18 Rally Update – Parking, Busses and T-Shirts

The following information is about the rally on Tuesday, June 18 (more information about parking and busses for the June 25 rally will be sent next week).   Schedule 10…

June 11, 2019RedforEdBy MEA-RB

Teaching ‘shouldn’t require financial martyrdom’

By Brenda Ortega Editor Four years ago, MEA member Brady Crites returned to teach at his high school alma mater in Rochester after earning a Bachelor’s degree in Germanic Languages…

June 9, 2019Featured, MEA-EdWatchBy Miriam Garcia
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