“I knew that if I became a teacher, I was going to be a good one. I was going to be there for my students, no matter what. I was going to advocate for my students, and not just for

Longtime MEA activist and Lansing teacher Deborah McMillan was posthumously awarded the 2017 MEA Distinguished Service Award, our organization’s highest honor, during last weekend’s Representative Assembly.

Local leaders in Parchment and Utica – where contract talks have stalled – are asking union members from neighboring communities to join them in informational picketing next Monday evening.

A new six-part webinar aims to empower educators to take control of one source of professional frustration over the past two years: teacher evaluation. The webinar begins this Thursday, Oct. 19, with a one-hour section at 4 p.m.