An Uplifting Achievement
Students in a Kenowa Hills STEM program literally watched their ideas soar into the atmosphere at the end of the school year.
Help stop controversial changes to social studies standards
A committee, which included conservative state senator and gubernatorial candidate Patrick Colbeck (R-Canton), has forwarded recommendations to the State Board of Education for controversial changes to Michigan’s K-12 social studies standards. Many of these changes remove references to our diverse cultural history that are important for students to learn about, including: References to the Ku…
Member input shows in newly released Whitmer education plan
MEA members, Over the past few months, MEA has collected input from members on key priorities they hoped to see in the education plan of our recommended candidate for governor, Gretchen Whitmer. Her education plan was released today and I’m pleased to say that Gretchen has made good on her word to listen and act on…
Legislature continues debate around school safety bills
The Michigan House has passed a school safety plan that would create a statewide school safety commission and provide grant money for schools to improve building security.
New Survey: Michigan teachers, education support professionals oppose arming school employees
MEA members support enhanced school safety, oppose allowing more guns in schools
LANSING – The Michigan Education Association (MEA) today released results from a new statewide survey of its members that found an overwhelming majority oppose arming educators. Legislation to allow school personnel to carry guns or keep guns in locked boxes in schools has been proposed by politicians at both the state and national level.
MEA Spring RA Sends Message to DeVos
More than 400 delegates to the MEA Spring Representative Assembly voted unanimously to send a Vote of No Confidence to U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos from educators in her home state.
MEA Voice Magazine – April 2018
MEA Tools + Improving Finances = Better Contracts
By Brenda Ortega MEA Voice Editor Becky Schipper has served on the bargaining team for her Hudsonville Education Association in some capacity for 15 years, and during that time not much changed in the art of negotiating—until now. Schipper’s team piloted a sophisticated new online MEA bargaining tool for EA units that she says replaces…