By Erik Edoff, Senior Executive Director, Michigan Education Association State leaders must set aside election-year politics and bring much-needed stability to our local schools by passing a robust and comprehensive education budget before the June 30 statutory deadline, so schools can begin planning for the fall. The alternative is needlessly bringing uncertainty to our neighborhood […]

Wendy Winston, a middle school math teacher in Grand Rapids Public Schools, has been named the winner of MEA’s 2026 Maurine Wyatt Feminist and Gender Equity Award. Winston’s lengthy and impressive resume includes advocating for students — including girls seeking futures in STEM — as chair of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s MI-STEM Advisory Council. She was […]