New MTOY: How Can I Help the Profession?
Every Michigan Teacher of the Year brings personal passions to the role as spokesperson for the state’s educators. The state’s top teacher for 2019 sums up her mission in two…
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How to reduce student attrition is a topic of great interest to college administrators, but Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU) Communication Professor Dr. David Schneider is on a mission to…
DetailsInnovation: Learning to Work Toward a Vision
MEA member Carrie Warning says she’s like a mother with her first- and second-year engineering and design students. She teaches and hand-holds the juniors but lets go with the returning…
DetailsInnovation: A ‘Menu’ for Learning and Engagement
William Renner knows technology evolves at about a three-year rate, so the goal in his middle school computer science classes is not for students to learn the ins and outs…
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It’s not about perfection, and it doesn’t move in a straight line. But it’s what we do as educators—always developing new ways to reach and teach our students. Given the…
Details“Fund our Schools! Fund our schools!”
Thousands of public school supporters from across the state repeatedly broke into thunderous chants accompanied by banging noise makers and waving homemade signs at two June #RedForEd rallies at the…
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MEA member Matt Cottone has been on a roll lately, and he wants other educators to know they can be lucky too. The NEA Foundation announced in June that Cottone—a…
DetailsIn the spirit of Anne Frank, ‘He showed me my voice’
By Brenda Ortega MEA Voice Editor MEA member Robert Lurie feels a special connection to Anne Frank, the Jewish teenager whose diary became a classic of world literature after she…
DetailsMy View: One—The Courage of a Teacher
By Nicole Droscha Third-grade teacher Mason Public Schools “We are a team, we stick together. We are here to help everyone learn and grow in our classroom.” I can still…
DetailsAmid Benchmarks and Cut Scores, MEA Project Spreads Reading Love
It was nearing the last day of school in June, and second graders in MEA member Sally Howell’s Saginaw-area classroom patiently awaited a special unveiling. With their classroom full of…
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