Opinion: Reevaluate teacher evaluations
November 20, 2019 By PAULA HERBART/President – Michigan Education Association How would you like your child’s teacher to be evaluated? By the number of correct “bubbles” filled in on a standardized…
MEA testimony urges flexibility in high school Merit Curriculum
Testimony continued Tuesday in the Senate Education Committee on legislation meant to provide local flexibility to the Michigan Merit Curriculum. MEA submitted written testimony about SB 600-601, supporting the direction of…
MEA member turned State Senator introduces repeal of reading retention
Sen. Dayna Polehanki (D-Livonia), who just a year ago was transitioning from a high school English teacher to a state legislator, has introduced SB 633, which would strike the retention…
Budget stalemate to continue into December after deal scuttled last week
Last week, a potential deal fell apart to end the standoff over supplemental appropriations to fill gaps in the state budget. Now, with the Legislature’s fall hunting and Thanksgiving break…
Join UEA in Solidarity on Monday Night
The Utica Education Association is calling on members from other locals to join in an informational picket and rally outside the Utica Community Schools Board of Education meeting at 6…
From Discouraged to Empowered: My Story of Union Advocacy
By Amy Urbanowski-Nowak Birch Run Education Association President We have a big problem in Michigan schools, folks, and it has nothing to do with test scores or differentiated instruction. It…
Education budgets signed, with line-item vetoes to force further negotiation
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer averted a government shutdown on Monday by signing a state budget sent to her on the eve of a fiscal-year deadline, but she used her veto pen…
MEA President statement on education line-item vetoes
EAST LANSING —The following can be attributed to MEA President Paula Herbart regarding the education budget signed into law by Gov. Whitmer, along with her line-item vetoes “Aside from the…
Community mourns loss of 55-year teacher: ‘She was ahead of her time’
By Brenda Ortega Editor Something was missing from opening day in Grand Blanc Community Schools this year. For the first time in more than a half century, MEA member Vickie…
MEA President statement on passage of education budget
A good first step – but only a step
EAST LANSING —The following can be attributed to MEA President Paula Herbart regarding today’s passage of the K-12 education budget by the Michigan Legislature:
“While this budget isn’t everything we had hoped for, it is a good first step to ending the decades long underfunding of public education.