EAST LANSING — The following statement can be attributed to MEA President Paula Herbart regarding today’s announcement by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer outlining guidelines for safely returning to school this fall. President Herbart sits on Gov. Whitmer’s Return to Learn Advisory Council, which is working to ensure a safe return to school for students, families and […]
EAST LANSING — The following can be attributed to MEA President Paula Herbart regarding this evening’s announcement of the agreement between the governor and legislative leaders on the current year’s state budget: “I applaud Gov. Whitmer and legislative leaders for working together to minimize the negative impact on schools, students and public education employees in […]
EAST LANSING — Following more than 15,000 survey responses from educators and discussions about the needs of both students and school employees, today MEA announced three key priorities the state’s largest education union feels must be fully addressed as we look toward safely returning to school buildings this fall. As our mission indicates, we believe […]
MEA members, school families provide helping hand to Midland-area colleagues following 500-year floods EAST LANSING – MEA member Jill Bischer’s fellow union members and local school families came to her side after her Midland home was severely damaged by May’s 500-year floods. “It’s indescribable because you just feel it in your heart,” said Bischer, a […]
MEA’s leadership is committed to exploring and addressing systemic racism, including how it has existed in unionism and public schools, said MEA President Paula Herbart, who participated in a recent MEA webinar on the subject organized by Aspiring Educators of Michigan (AEM). “We are committed to working hard and to asking people of color what […]
The deadline for completing a 25-minute Read by Grade Three (RBG3) survey worth 5 SCECHs for current K-8 teachers who participate has been extended to June 30 by our partners at the Education Policy Innovation Collaborative (EPIC) at MSU. The researchers have also added a set of questions regarding how educators responded as schools suspended […]
By Brenda Ortega MEA Voice Editor For MEA member Lisa Watkins, the ongoing Black Lives Matter movement speaks to important and personal issues for her as a mother, grandmother, and associate preschool teacher in Ypsilanti—concerns that she believes every educator should seek to know and address. “Educators are helping raise black lives,” said the mother […]
