Category Archives: MEA Voice Magazine

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In this issue:

• Above and Beyond: Aspiring Educators Complete Adapted Service Project
• My View: Eyes Wide Shut
• Karen Moore: secretary with a purpose
• Karen Christian: COVID ICU survivor
• Jacob Oaster: leader, teacher, innovator
• Amy Quiñones: Charting New Waters
• Love Virtually (and actually, too) – MEA Members Create Wellness Toolboxes for Students
• Analysis: Where We Stand, Post-Election and Mid-Pandemic
• In First Person: By Todd Bloch
• MEA Book Studies Tackle Timely Yet Difficult Topics: Racism, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
• Loving Head Cook, ‘Miss Dawn,’ Wins ESP of the Year: ‘This is home to me’
• Member Spotlight: Kat Sibalwa

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In this issue:

• ICYMI: Scholarship Program for Essential Workers
• Above and Beyond – Capitol Area Schools
• My View: The Awakening
• Finding Strength in Solidarity
• Election 2020
• MEA Member-to-Member Ed-Tech Webinars Meet Urgent Nationwide Need
• New MTOY: An Advocate for Educators and ‘Marginalized Voice’
• MEA’s New LGBTQ Caucus Off to Good Start
• Member Spotlight: See (More) Educators Run

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In this issue:

• Above and Beyond – Ben Henri
• Member Voices: Living Life as an Educator
• Crisis Timeline – From Surreal Spring to Stressed Summer: A Timeline of Tumult and Togetherness 
• Educators Engage in Racial Justice Movement
• Our Chance to Fire Betsy DeVos
• Sen. Gary Peters deserves your support for re-election
• Another Reason Why Unions Matter: Safety
• Virtual Schools Seek Digital ‘Foot in Door’
• Higher Ed Unions ‘Building a Bridge Over a Chasm’
• Harmed by Historic Flood, Helped by Union Family
• Two Worlds, Big Hearts: Some Educators Work in Health Care, Too
• Member Spotlight: Chuck Waldroup

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In this issue:

• ICYMI – Census 2020
• Above and Beyond
• Get involved in Election 2020
• More Districts Tap Lesser Known Funding Source
  • What Money Can Buy: Emmet County – Alanson
  • What Money Can Buy: Ottawa County – Hudsonville
  • What Money Can Buy: Wayne County — Wayne-Westland
• My View: Four — Who Will Teach the Children?
• With MEA Help, Injured Teacher Wins Long and Tough Battle for Benefits
• Funding, Literacy Top Launch Michigan Recommendations
• Teacher Recruitment and Retention
• Union Leader Wins National Award
• Caring Bus Driver Wins State Support Staff Award
• Member Spotlight: Gabby Taylor

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In this issue:

• ICYMI – Save with Staples
• Above and Beyond
• From Discouraged to Empowered: My Story of Union Advocacy
• Member-Organizers Make A Difference
• Innovation: Place-Based Education – One Chapter at a Time
• My View: Three — ‘Read or Flunk’ Rules Inspire Fear
• How Do We Solve Educator Shortages?
• Union Bargains Improvements in Flint
• Member Spotlight: Amber Guerreiro

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In this issue:

• Above and Beyond: Nicole Haney
• Do You Have a Claim on this Money?
• MEA Scholarship Opens
• Inequality Brings Union Gains
• This is MiNE – Early career educators band together to strengthen colleagues and union
• New Rochester Teachers Shop Free Supply Store
• My View: Two–My Third-Grade Questions
• Call Her Miss Michigan or Miss Rivard: ‘It’s all good’
• New Standards Transform Science Instruction
• Innovation: Peer Tutors Fight Inequities
• In Memory of an Innovator
• Member Spotlight: Terri Spencer

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In this issue:

• #RedForEd Rally: ‘We have to keep going’
• Above and Beyond
• I will never stop loving/recommending/fighting for my profession
• Amid Benchmarks and Cut Scores, MEA Project Spreads Reading Love
• My View: One–The Courage of a Teacher
• In the spirit of Anne Frank, ‘He showed me my voice
• Travel for Teachers
• “Fund our schools! Fund our schools!”
• Innovation.
• Innovation: A ‘Menu’ for Learning and Engagement
• Innovation:Learning to Work Toward a Vision
• SVSU Prof is National Higher Educator of the Year
• New MTOY: How Can I Help the Profession?
• Paul Blewett Friend of Education award winners
• Member Spotlight: Karen Sands-Meabrod

In this issue:

• Who Will Listen to Educators
• Fear, Mistrust, Frustration: Four Years into Michigan’s Punishing Teacher Evaluation Experiment
• Helping Students See CTE Possibilities
• ‘Incubator’ Class Nurtures Entrepreneurs
• Reading Law Moves Toward Retention
• Budget Activism: Whitmer Makes Push for Spending Plan
• Budget Activism: Together We Can Seize this Moment
• Leading Change: Get a ‘Jump Start’ on National Board Certification
• Inspiring Educators Win MEA Awards
• Message to MEA Conference: More than ‘Justa’
• Member Spotlight: A Teach-in for Freedom