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MEA President Paula J. Herbart

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…

November 20, 2019Featured, Labor Voices, Legislation, Newsroom, OpinionBy Miriam Garcia

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…

November 12, 2019Featured, Legislation, NewsroomBy Miriam Garcia

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…

November 12, 2019Featured, Legislation, NewsroomBy Miriam Garcia

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…

November 12, 2019Featured, Legislation, Legislation Update, NewsroomBy Miriam Garcia

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…

November 8, 2019Newsroom, Our MembersBy Miriam Garcia

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…

November 8, 2019Featured, MEA-EdWatch, NewsroomBy Miriam Garcia

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…

October 2, 2019Featured, Legislation, Newsroom, Political Action, Press Room, RedforEdBy Miriam Garcia

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…

October 1, 2019Featured, For News Media, Legislation, Newsroom, Press RoomBy Miriam Garcia

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…

September 20, 2019Featured, Newsroom, Our Members, TeachersBy Miriam Garcia

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.

September 19, 2019Featured, For News Media, Legislation, NewsroomBy MEA-RB
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