Lame Duck Legislature to Begin Meeting This Week
The Michigan Legislature’s “lame duck” session begins this week, with the next three weeks of session leading up to the end of the year when all unpassed bills expire and…
This Week in Review (and it’s only Wednesday)
This week, MEA members gave and they received. They gave feedback to policymakers and the public in the form of survey answers sounding their alarm. And they received clarification from…
Labor Voices: Student Health, Safety MEA Educators’ Top Priority
By Paula Herbart When it comes to decisions on how to educate students, we must heed the voices of Michigan’s front-line educators. That’s been a steady refrain in my monthly…
Majority of 4,700 MEA Members Surveyed Concerned About Safe Return to In-Person Learning
Educators want to be part of the decision-making process, solution EAST LANSING – The Michigan Education Association today released a statewide online survey of more than 4,700 educators with findings related to…
Regarding Gov. Whitmer’s announcement of new steps to contain COVID-19
A message from the MEA President about efforts to keep students and school employees safe MEA members, This evening, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced new restrictions across Michigan to fight the…
Loving Head Cook, ‘Miss Dawn,’ Wins ESP of the Year: ‘This is home to me’
By Brenda Ortega MEA Voice Editor At Parma Elementary School in Jackson County’s Western School District, students coming through Miss Dawn’s cafeteria line enjoy a generous serving of love along…
Your guide to “hazard pay” grants – applications due Dec. 4
Applications to get the “hazard pay” grant payments enacted by the Legislature will be coming from school districts to members by Nov. 9. School employees need to turn in that…
ICYMI: MEA working to raise member voices about pandemic school safety
With all the focus on the election, it would have been easy to miss the advocacy work MEA has been doing to ensure schools are safe for students and employees…
MEA members create wellness toolboxes for at-risk students
EAST LANSING – At-risk students may be hardest hit by the disruption of schooling in the COVID-19 era, so an MEA unit of Kalamazoo behavior specialists has taken action to help them…
VOTE – and make sure every vote COUNTS!
I hope you and your loved ones had a safe and happy Halloween weekend. I am emailing today to provide some last-minute election resources as we head into what is…