Education Funding Updates

Longtime LCC union leader honored at MEA Higher Ed Conference

Eva Menefee (right), winner of winner of MEA’s Jim Davenport Award, nominated by friend and colleague Marcia Mackey (Left) It seemed fitting that Eva Menefee was texting a student when she was named this year’s winner of MEA’s Jim Davenport Award, which recognizes a member for significant service to higher education statewide and nationally. An academic advisor at Lansing Community…

October 23, 2025October 23, 2025

Teacher cadets critical in effort to recruit best and brightest to Michigan’s classrooms

MEA partners with educators and schools to inspire youth to consider careers in education A growing corps of teacher cadets has joined a statewide effort to recruit the best and brightest educators to Michigan’s classrooms and help address the state’s continuing educator shortage. Landen Robinson (far right) is pictured with other aspiring educators attending the Next Gen Teachers Program, a…

October 23, 2025October 23, 2025

Private: New training offered for paras

Paraeducators have long said they needed higher pay plus better training to improve staff retention and equip them for the vital and challenging work they do in schools. That message was heard loud and clear at an MEA paraeducator summit in 2023. From there, a new statewide training series was developed in partnership with the Michigan Association of Administrators of…

October 22, 2025