Author: Miriam Garcia
Legislative Calls to Action
Speak up for the education budget students, educators need As the state budget process for 2024-25 enters its final stages, it is imperative that MEA members make their voices heard on the priorities students and educators need. Michigan must adequately fund public education — from preK through higher education — so schools can pay competitive [...]
Program pairing retirees with student teachers is expanding
In the union, we often say that we stand on the shoulders of those who came before us. Student teachers are no different. Retired MEA members (MEA-R) have partnered with Aspiring Educators of Michigan (AEM) and serve as mentors to AEM members who are undergoing the rigors of student teaching. Any AEM member who is […]
Letter to Members: It’s a New Day
As your new MEA officers, we are proud to represent Michigan’s educators, as we work together to continue to advocate for the educational tools all students need and the professional support all school employees deserve. And now more than ever, we believe that our hard work and dedication over the past ten years have been […]
Members testify against board member: ‘They never backed down’
Three secretaries and a band director in Rochester found some closure in bringing complaints and publicly testifying against a school board trustee whose social media post and television news appearances sparked a deluge of vile, threatening phone calls to Hart Middle School. With the help of their union, the educators bravely shared their experiences in […]
Saginaw Valley prof talks design and preparing students for careers
MEA member J. Blake Johnson received MEA’s Distinguished Servant of Public Education Award for the Cardinal Solutions program he founded at Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU) in 2013, which allows students to do design and other work for local nonprofits and businesses before graduation. ____________________________________________________________________ What art and design work did you do before becoming […]